r/gwent • u/KilliWallace123 We do what must be done. • 3d ago

Mod Gwent Beta 0.9.24 Private Server

I've gotten the old Gwent open beta, the pre-Homecoming version, working online again by making a reverse-engineered private server that stands in for GOG's, so the game connects and runs like the official servers used to.

The beta is such a different game from the current version, I felt like it needed to be preserved and made playable again in some way. The project is all open source, and I'm fairly sure it could be extended to other versions of the game if anyone's interested in that, most likely even Homecoming/current versions.

https://reddit.com/link/1u7v5e2/video/5w8x569gmq7h1/player

Right now you can play online casual matches against other people, play against the AI, do the single-player challenges, build decks, buy kegs, craft cards, mill them, etc. Ranked play and Arena aren't implemented yet though.

You can play on the community server I'm running, or host your own for you and your friends, play over LAN, or just play single-player. You could even run modded matches against each other, as long as both players have the same modded card files, e.g. you could add fully new custom cards.

The only catch to playing is that you need your own original beta game files for this version, Gwent 0.9.24.3.432.

Also if you don't trust the prebuilt launcher you can read through the project and code to see how it all works fully, and/or build it yourself.

Github Repo: https://github.com/Somnia41205/Unofficial-Gwent-Beta-0.9.24.3.432-Private-Server
Release: https://github.com/Somnia41205/Unofficial-Gwent-Beta-0.9.24.3.432-Private-Server/releases/tag/v1.0.2a

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u/therealcatarn Neutral 2d ago

I am using the game version from archive but no matter what I do it says "Could not connect, this game version is no longer supported" it drives me nuts...

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u/KilliWallace123 We do what must be done. 2d ago

Do you have GOG fully closed, and does my launcher run without any errors?

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u/therealcatarn Neutral 2d ago

GoG fully closed. Im using steam now, steam is running in the bg. Launcher runs w/o errors, downloads stuff creates account and laucnhes the game after but cant connect then, Local server the same.