New Master Server for MOHAA

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AriFeannor
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New Master Server for MOHAA

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In March of 2025, x-null decided to move the ownemall's master server that was within his servers but with some x-null domain usage that James owns, to 333networks that hosts a lot of master servers for older games. It is more reliable than the other one was, there was some drama about it and still is but this is more about what our patrons and members will have to do soon if not right this moment.

https://dl.volute.io/downloads/MOHAA.zip

Here is the new exe for mohaa that you replace with the old one to actually use the new master server than using the redirect that x-null has been doing since March. The reason for doing this now is that sometime soon, James(x-null owner) will be removing all mohaa related things from the site and moving on with other projects. The redirect will no longer work like it does now when he does this. Could be a few months, longer, or shorter. If HoD can maybe make a message in the MisFits Public server, with a pk3 edit or how ever it works, to spam this info and link to future proof their mohaa and also know that the game didn't die because they cannot see servers in the in game server browser, they just need the new exe. The one I provided is the volute one that has demo recorder enabled, but you can also just get the ones that xnull/openmohaa people also uploaded to the 333networks website.

https://333networks.com/instructions/mohaa

Direct link to the download for all 3 moh games.

https://333networks.com/files/mohaa/moh ... client.zip

If we want to make a separate download location that could be a lot shorter it would make it easier, maybe a different site or a bit.ly link conversion. We should start telling the patrons of the server as soon as possible before this even happens to burn it into their minds about it so when on the day they load up mohaa and cannot see any servers, they don't just stop playing altogether and remember the spam message and actually try to get it done. Idk how to get through to non English speakers and anything like that but maybe a few other common languages if anyone knows which ones the very common repeat patrons are speaking. But yes, replace your clients exe with one of the ones provided and tell everyone you can about it. Prepare them for the future of mohaa and keep people playing the game. I wonder if gametracker has been notified about the new master server? I would imagine so but I do not use it.

And if anyone was wondering, both our mohaa servers for MisFits has already been updated with the new binaries a few months ago.*** Update: I assumed the 333 ones I replaced them with was the new ones, because both our servers were not showing up in the master server anymore, but apparently those months ago, they were just supplying the old ones that used the redirect and our servers might of been added manually and never have been uplinking to any master server and they are now fixed to go to gonespy/333. I have still kept the old ones as always just incase.

Another good link to have and tidbit. 333networks domain or whatever they use for some master servers is too long for mohaa to be coded into it, so they got another domain for mohaa to to be able to have it shorter. https://master.gonespy.com/s/mohaa?q=;o=d;s=numplayers The way the link is to show mohaa servers but you can access other games from it that they host master servers for. Here is a post of one of the OPM members explaining part of it while telling people how to confirm their server is correctly updated.
To verify that you have installed the update succesfully, you can check your server on master.gonespy.com. For example, this is the FORTE server: https://master.gonespy.com/mohaa/185.107.96.110:12203

You can see the uplink icon being green. This means that the server is uplinking directly towards master.gonespy.com, and that the update was succesful.

Your server will also appear on master.333networks.com, but the uplink icon will be shown in red there, stating that there is no direct uplink and that the server was added by master server synchronization. This is normal, as the new binaries use Gonespy for uplinking.

The reason why they are uplinking to Gonespy and not 333networks, is that the 333networks address is too long to be patched into the game. Gonespy is being controlled by 333networks, and is as reliable as their main master server.
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Great stuff Ari
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Thanks Ari. I'll have to catch up with you sometime and get caught up on all this shit.

II don't know why they didn't contact me, but meh, it's all set, right? I'll have to update our downloads and shit...
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Who didn't contact you? I don't know the reason our servers stopped showing up in the master server those months ago. One guys best guess was we never had the right file at least settings for the file and someone had someone add our server manually. Probably years and years ago, and when they switched to 333, we were in a grace period and when it ended thats why it stopped showing up. But thats not certain, could of been some glitch anywhere, maybe our server just needed restarted or the file properties got reset or something. In the server file list, it would seem we had the right file but who knows unless we open those files up and look, I didn't try, maybe I can't, not that important to know why it stopped showing and prob will never know. But yes, as of now it is all set correctly. Like I said in the post above, last time I fixed it, I apparently didn't fix it with the new ones cause they didn't exist yet. They were still supplying the old ones which we should of had the whole time since gamespy ended. But I checked and seen it wasn't directly uplinking to gonespy and had a chat with someone. We got the correct ones now for both servers. Just need to get the public to know about it is all. Unless your friends with Ownemall, who is bitter its still not his Master Server anymore, or James or idvc or who ever is in the 333 mohaa admins, there is no one central place for mohaa news, I find all my mohaa newss on discord really, between the ones with our group of players or Openmohaa or xnull, or EU/volute at least the fastest way for this sort of thing, though hoping someone more connected to the change will make a reddit post in the mohaa reddit but if not Im sure someone or I will. X Null will make an official announcement near the end of January they said. But given I don't know how long the redirect will work, having the server spam the info and the way to fix it sooner is better, might take months of spamming the news and getting people like unna or others to even register something is going to change at some point and to actually be able to fix their game to find servers.
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https://farewell.x-null.net

Ownemall and RR are making his old master server redirect to the new 333 master server but with their own binaries and exe's pointing to their master server. Weird..
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A good video made by Jthreedolladolla, a content creator. The opening is really good, even if you know about it and are fixed, I would watch the first 20 or so seconds of it.

https://youtu.be/3oY9lKxQKCk
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