GAMESPY SHUTDOWN / REPLACEMENT MASTER SERVER / FREEZE FIX

[silverNZ]

Just to confirm, I can host a server (down in my part of the world) and register against the master list?

[doci]

Not sure if it's explicitly necessary to mention, earlier I talked about the development of a masterserver that works with bf1942 as well.

A quick status update:

• the current version can receive bf1942 server uplinks, but can not send the serverlist to clients; servers only show up on the website: http://master.333networks.com/s/bfield1942
• the serverlist is by far not complete due to the inability to synchronize with other masterservers for bf1942
• a new version is being written (different language, different implementation)
• help is most welcome, the serverlist protocol is still not clear to me, so difficult to write a fix.

We are on discord too nowadays: https://discordapp.com/invite/qbbTaGA
It would be great to have people from bf1942 around as well. Short communication lines make it easier to test support.