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I did put up a 285 Assist Server running a few days ago, found that tracked had banned my IP from their Server-Adding page.

Might have been that I ran a 2.8.5, I didn't think it at the time but that might have been it.

Have you been able to contact homey at battletracker? the tracker currently only tracks 2.5 so would need to get that changed before going ahead.

Really? Isn't it just so that since there is no "Honor" servers on 2.8.5, no servers are tracked?

I did this test:

With the special Fix, downloading from sourceforge with maxing my download:

Downloading 00:13:55
7z unpacking 00:02:15
aaFix 00:02:25

Total 00:18:35
A similar download, but with the full Download 2.6 GB
Downloading 00:24:07
7z unpacking 00:02:15

Total 00:26:22
So in my case I'd save almost 8 minutes with the special way I described.

Pack it as hard as you can with 7z just like it is now but make sure to use the multi-core command line switch.

The Special way I mention, is just not hard 7z packing, but rather removing some of the package encryption that prevents proper packing, and then after download add it back on.

If we proceed, of these 2 options, what do prefer?

1 Downloading the full 2.6 GB that is the 2.8.5 Client?
2 Download 1.5 GB, but spend 2 minutes afterwards unpacking the files in a special way that enabled the 1.5 GB?

I think option 2 would be faster on most systems.

How did/does 2.8.5 handle maps?
Does the client download the new map or how was it handled?
If it downloaded, was it from the server or was from some type of deposit?

Hi all.

We wish to take this opportunity to start the discussion on perhaps moving the players of 25Assist to the newer version of 2.8.5

For a while I've been able to decrypt 2.8.5 packages, but unable to compile new uscripts that would be needed to move to 2.8.5.

That last hinder to that is now gone, and I’m able to create the components that is needed to bring Auth, and as an extension to that 25Assist to 2.8.5

I see a model that would dictate this timeline:

Phase 1, 285Assist Developing
Phase 2, 285Assist Beta Testing
Phase 3, 285Assist going online and at the same time 25Assist Auth would be shut down.

The dual action of Phase 3, is that the player base is too small to be split into 2 versions, and therefore, IF we make the move, it will be completely

The model above is mine alone, and should only be viewed as a suggestion at this time. But before a moving on, we wish to hear what you, the player’s think of this