STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection

STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection

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Hosting Servers for Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection
By The Pusher
A guide for server hosts on setting up and configuring servers for Multiplayer.
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Introduction
I am creating this guide to hopefully help people make their servers better by informing them of little known and mostly forgotten configurations as well as give an overview of Multiplayer servers for Star Wars: Battlefront and Star Wars: Battlefront II.
Hosting for Star Wars: Battlefront
Creating a Server With the In-Game Menu
Run the game and navigate to the main menu.
Click on the Multiplayer tab.
Choose your connection type: LAN or Multiplayer.
Click Create.
On the left you have the option for the server title, the map/era selection and password.
On the right you have the current map selection and the order.
Along the bottom you back, the server settings and the launch.
The server options should self-explanatory.

There are some additional options such as the server tick rate and the hosting bandwidth in
the Options<Online Options accessible from the main menu.

There are additional configurations you can add through command line arguments.
To use those open up the Steam Library and navigate to the game.
Right click on properties.
Under the General Tab go to Set Launch Options and type them in.

Here's a list of all the arguments in the executable.
/profile /ai /ainotext /lang /loadspam /record /playback /notvalues /ShowAllSessions /ShowAllServers /nointro /firstperson /nonames /bandwidth /latency /loss /nodrag /autonet /playercount /playerlimit /gamename /lan /norender /nowait /nosound /nostartupmusic /fixedrate /team /skill /soundwarning /noai /crashed /adminpw /throttle /netplayers /sideselect /bots /heroes /randomize /nomovies /tps /noframelock /noaim /noteamdamage /difficulty /gameslice /resolution /win /fixedfunction /password -password +password /playername /audiomixbuffer /audionoenhance /audiosamplerate /audiomaxchannels /logfinalscore /spawn

I'm not sure how many of these will work with servers created through the in-game menu but I do know /tps and /adminpw do. /tps should override the default which I believe is 30 tps. Although I will caution that going too high can cause problems with the game's physics and may make the server unstable. /adminpw allows you to set up a server with the remote admin controls.

Remote Admin

Remote admin commands can be typed in game through the chat
system. Use global chat (ctrl-t) and start each command
with /admin. The first admin command must be /login unless
you are on the host. The admin password is set from the
command line with the /adminpw <password> option.

“/login <password>” – login as admin

“/waitlate” | “/nowaitlate” – turn on and off waiting for
late moves from clients

“/dropmap” – drop the specified map from the rotation or
the current map if no map is specified

“/addmap” – add a map to the rotation

“/nextmap” – skip to the specified map at the end of the
current game

“/players” – list the players in game

“/boot <player number>” – boot the specified player

“/endgame” – end the current game

“/say” – send an admin message to all players

“/maps” – list the maps in rotation

“/shutdown” – shutdown the server

“/bandwidth <kbps>” – set the hosting bandwidth

“/adminpw <password>” – change the admin password

/restart - restarts the current map

/whatmap - tells you what map you're currently playing

/mapnext - tells you what map is next

bes1a - Bespin: Platforms GCW
bes1r - Bespin: Platforms CW
bes2a - Bespin: Cloud City GCW
bes2r - Bespin: Cloud City CW
end1a - Endor: Bunker
geo1r - Geonosis: Spire
hot1i - Hoth: Echo Base
kam1c - Kamino: Tipoca City
kas1c - Kashyyyk: Islands CW
kas1i - Kashyyyk: Islands GCW
kas2c - Kashyyyk: Docks CW
kas2i - Kashyyyk: Docks GCW
nab1c - Naboo: Plains CW
nab1i - Naboo: Plains GCW
nab2a - Naboo: Theed GCW
nab2c - Naboo: Theed CW
rhn1i - Rhen Var: Harbor GCW
rhn1r - Rhen Var: Harbor CW
rhn2a - Rhen Var: Citadel GCW
rhn2c - Rhen Var: Citadel CW
tat1i - Tatooine: Dune Sea GCW
tat1r - Tatooine: Dune Sea CW
tat2i - Tatooine: Mos Eisley GCW
tat2r - Tatooine: Mos Eisley CW
yav1c - Yavin IV: Temple CW
yav1i - Yavin IV: Temple GCW
yav2i - Yavin IV: Arena GCW
yav2r - Yavin IV: Arena CW
tat3c - Tatooine: Jabba's Palace CW
tat3a - Tatooine: Jabba's Palace GCW
Hosting for Star Wars: Battlefront II
Most of the Star Wars: Battlefront section applies to Star Wars: Battlefront II as well. Server creation is almost identical as are the command line arguments. The ones that are of interest to us are /tps and /adminpw. /adminpw allows you to set up remote admin for your server which allows you to use a host of amazing commands to enhance your multiplayer experience and /tps allows you to set your own tick rate for your server overwriting the default limit. I would advise you not to set the tps too high, I set it to 60 and it was a stuttering mess, though results may vary.

Remote Admin

Remote admin commands can be typed in game through the chat
system. Use global chat (ctrl-t) and start each command
with /admin. The first admin command must be /login unless
you are on the host. The admin password is set from the
command line with the /adminpw <password> option.

“/login <password>” – login as admin

“/waitlate” | “/nowaitlate” – turn on and off waiting for
late moves from clients

“/dropmap” – drop the specified map from the rotation or
the current map if no map is specified

“/addmap” – add a map to the rotation

“/nextmap” – skip to the specified map at the end of the
current game

“/players” – list the players in game

“/boot <player number>” – boot the specified player

“/endgame” – end the current game

“/say” – send an admin message to all players

“/maps” – list the maps in rotation

“/shutdown” – shutdown the server

“/bandwidth <kbps>” – set the hosting bandwidth

“/adminpw <password>” – change the admin password

/restart - restarts the current map

/whatmap - tells you what map you're currently playing

/mapnext - tells you what map is next

Below is a list of the map names
  • bes2c_con - Bespin: Cloud City Conquest CW
  • bes2c_ctf - Bespin: Cloud City CTF CW
  • bes2g_con - Bespin: Cloud City Conquest GCW
  • bes2g_ctf - Bespin: Cloud City CTF GCW
  • bes2g_eli - Bespin: Cloud City Hero Assault
  • cor1c_con - Coruscant: Jedi Temple Conquest CW
  • cor1c_ctf - Coruscant: Jedi Temple CTF CW
  • cor1g_con - Coruscant: Jedi Temple Conquest GCW
  • cor1g_ctf - Coruscant: Jedi Temple CTF CW
  • cor1g_eli - Coruscant: Jedi Temple Hero Assault
  • dag1c_con - Dagobah: Swamp Conquest CW
  • dag1c_ctf - Dagobah: Swamp CTF CW
  • dag1g_con - Dagobah: Swamp Conquest GCW
  • dag1g_ctf - Dagobah: Swamp CTF GCW
  • dea1c_con - Death Star: Interior Conquest CW
  • dea1c_1flag - Death Star: Interior CTF CW
  • dea1g_con - Death Star: Interior Conquest GCW
  • dea1g_1flag - Death Star: Interior CTF GCW
  • end1g_1flag - Endor: Bunker CTF
  • end1g_con - Endor: Bunker Conquest
  • end1g_hunt - Endor: Bunker Hunt
  • fel1c_1flag - Felucia: Marshland CTF CW
  • fel1c_con - Felucia: Marshland Conquest CW
  • fel1g_1flag - Felucia: Marshland CTF GCW
  • fel1g_con - Felucia: Marshland Conquest GCW
  • geo1c_con - Geonosis: Dust Plains Conquest
  • geo1c_ctf - Geonosis: Dust Plains CTF
  • geo1c_hunt - Geonosis: Dust Plains Hunt
  • geo1c_xl - Geonosis: Dust Plains XL
  • hot1g_1flag - Hoth: Echo Base CTF
  • hot1g_con - Hoth: Echo Base Conquest
  • hot1g_hunt - Hoth: Echo Base Hunt
  • hot1g_xl - Hoth: Echo Base XL
  • kam1c_1flag - Kamino: Clone Facility CTF CW
  • kam1c_con - Kamino: Clone Facility Conquest CW
  • kam1g_con - Kamino: Clone Facility Conquest GCW
  • kam1g_flag - Kamino: Clone Facility CTF GCW
  • kas2c_con - Kashyyyk: Beachhead Conquest CW
  • kas2c_ctf - Kashyyyk: Beachhead CTF CW
  • kas2c_hunt - Kashyyyk: Beachhead Hunt
  • kas2g_con - Kashyyyk: Beachhead Conquest GCW
  • kas2g_ctf - Kashyyyk: Beachhead CTF GCW
  • kas2c_xl Kashyyyk: Beachhead XL CW
  • kas2g_xl Kashyyyk: Beachhead XL GCW
  • mus1c_con - Mustafar: Refinery Conquest CW
  • mus1c_ctf - Mustafar: Refinery CTF CW
  • mus1g_con - Mustafar: Refinery Conquest GCW
  • mus1g_ctf - Mustafar: Refinery CTF GCW
  • myg1c_con - Mygeeto: War-torn City Conquest CW
  • myg1c_ctf - Mygeeto: War-torn City CTF CW
  • myg1g_con - Mygeeto: War-torn City Conquest GCW
  • myg1g_ctf - Mygeeto: War-torn City CTF GCW
  • myg1g_eli - Mygeeto: War-torn City Hero Assault
  • nab2c_con - Naboo: Theed Conquest CW
  • nab2c_ctf - Naboo: Theed CTF CW
  • nab2c_hunt - Naboo: Theed Hunt
  • nab2g_con - Naboo: Theed Conquest GCW
  • nab2g_ctf - Naboo: Theed CTF GCW
  • nab2g_eli - Naboo: Theed Hero Assault
  • pol1c_con - Polis Massa: Medical Facility Conquest CW
  • pol1c_ctf - Polis Massa: Medical FacilityCTF CW
  • pol1g_con - Polis Massa: Medical Facility Conquest GCW
  • pol1g_ctf - Polis Massa: Medical Facility CTF GCW
  • rhn1c_con - Rhen Var: Harbor Conquest CW
  • rhn1g_con - Rhen Var: Harbor Conquest GCW
  • rhn1c_1flag - Rhen Var: Harbor CTF CW
  • rhn1g_1flag - Rhen Var: Harbor CTF GCW
  • rhn1g_hunt - Rhen Var: Harbor Hunt
  • rhn1g_eli - Rhen Var: Harbor Hero Assault
  • rhn2c_con - Rhen Var: Citadel Conquest CW
  • rhn2g_con - Rhen Var: Citadel Conquest GCW
  • rhn2g_ctf - Rhen Var: Citadel CTF GCW
  • rhn2c_ctf - Rhen Var: Citadel CTF CW
  • rhn2g_eli - Rhen Var: Citadel Hero Assault
  • spa3c_1flag - Space over Kashyyyk CTF CW
  • spa3c_ass - Space over Kashyyyk Assault CW
  • spa6c_1flag - Space over Mygeeto CTF CW
  • spa6c_ass - Space over Mygeeto Assault CW
  • spa7c_1flag - Space over Felucia CTF CW
  • spa7c_ass - Space over Felucia Assault CW
  • spa8g_1flag - Space over Hoth CTF GCW
  • spa8g_ass - Space over Hoth Assault GCW
  • spa9g_1flag - Space over Tatooine CTF GCW
  • spa9g_ass - Space over Tatooine Assault GCW
  • spa1g_1flag - Space over Yavin GCW
  • spa1g_ass - Space over Yavin GCW
  • tat2c_con - Tatooine: Mos Eisley Conquest CW
  • tat2g_con - Tatooine: Mos Eisley Conquest GCW
  • tat2c_ctf - Tatooine: Mos Eisley CTF CW
  • tat2g_ctf - Tatooine: Mos Eisley CTF GCW
  • tat2g_hunt - Tatooine: Mos Eisley Hunt
  • tat2g_eli - Tatooine: Mos Eisley Hero Assault
  • tat3c_con - Tatooine: Jabba's Palace Conquest CW
  • tat3g_con - Tatooine Jabba's Palace Conquest GCW
  • tat3c_1flag - Tatooine: Jabba's Palace CTF CW
  • tat3g_1flag - Tatooine: Jabba's Palace CTF GCW
  • tan1c_1flag - Tantive IV: Interior CTF CW
  • tan1g_1flag - Tantive IV: Interior CTF GCW
  • tan1g_con - Tantive IV: Interior Conquest GCW
  • tan1c_con - Tantive IV: Interior Conquest CW
  • uta1c_1flag - Utapau: Sinkhole CTF CW
  • uta1g_1flag - Utapau: Sinkhole CTF GCW
  • uta1c_con - Utapau: Sinkhole Conquest CW
  • uta1g_con - Utapau: Sinkhole Conquest GCW
  • yav1c_con - Yavin: Temple Conquest CW
  • yav1g_con - Yavin: Temple Conquest GCW
  • yav1c_1flag - Yavin: Temple CTF CW
  • yav1g_1flag - Yavin: Temple CTF GCW
  • yav2c_con - Yavin: Arena Conquest CW
  • yav2g_con - Yavin: Arena Conquest GCW
  • yav2c_1flag - Yavin: Arena CTF CW
  • yav2g_1flag - Yavin: Arena CTF GCW
  • yav2g_eli - Yavin: Arena Hero Assault
Author's Notes
I will try my best to keep the info up to date and to improve the layout and flow of the guide over the following days. With the messy release I expect things to change with any new patches and will update the info when I can. Also, sorry to whomever's comment I deleted. It was an accident. =)
6 Comments
Graphix 7 Apr, 2024 @ 11:53am 
Any way to ban? some dude kept team killing when i was host and he kept rejoining so i just had to keep booting him
SeedyBee 15 Mar, 2024 @ 4:19pm 
Haven't bought this yet (maybe on payday...). I've seen reviews saying stuff about the game "only having 3 servers" at launch, is that just because we're using the old school private dedicated server model for the multiplayer here, where anyone can host their own?
kyabados 15 Mar, 2024 @ 2:34am 
does anyone know how to host on battlefront 1 but raise the ticket count?
Quarren King of Q 14 Mar, 2024 @ 10:58am 
they use default battles for the space assault maps. so that means each battle is on for 30 seconds then you ahvce to wait for map to rotate. ill try to host with more points let me know if you wanna know
lil sazo 14 Mar, 2024 @ 1:10am 
they made multiple servers now and its working if welling to give it a try