MHServerEmu 1.0.0 is Here

The wait is finally over: MHServerEmu leaves beta with the official release of version 1.0.0, and Marvel Heroes is now fully restored to its 2017 state.

What You Need to Know

You can download the release and read the full list of changes for 1.0.0 on GitHub. To summarize:

  • Account data from 0.x is no longer compatible. It can still be used with 0.x versions of the server, but you will need to start from scratch in 1.x.

  • Default settings have been adjusted to be more appropriate for a released version, including heroes and team-ups not being unlocked for new accounts.

  • There are now additional settings to help community server operators better manage multiplayer environments, such as being able to adjust how many players are allowed to be in the same hub instance.

  • Some nasty bugs have been fixed, including one where you could lose most of your progress if an autosave happened in the exact wrong frame of a region transfer. Ouch!

In addition to all that, I have a new trailer to share with you. I think this one turned out pretty dramatic!

You can download the original full quality trailer file here. Also, as you can see, I made a Vimeo channel where you can watch all the previous trailers too if you want to.

What’s Next

I finally rest, and watch the sun rise on a grateful universe. Seriously though, these past few years have been pretty exhausting for both me and AlexBond, and both of us need a nice long break. There may be some fixes for critical issues if they arise, but outside of that, it is time for me to touch some grass.

When I get back, I will no longer work on a tight schedule like I did to get version 1.52 restored, but there are still various things I want to do in a more relaxed manner. The one people are probably going to be the most excited about is implementing support for pre-BUE versions of the game, primarily 1.48 from late 2016. There is a branch for it that is somewhat functional, but it needs to be rebased to use the 1.0 server code, and then there is some minor feature implementation and a lot of bug fixing to do. The current semi-functional version was done in literally two days, so I expect this to progress without too much trouble. Famous last words, I know.

What I am personally the most excited about though is restoring the launch version of the game from mid 2013, also known as 1.10. Realistically speaking, probably not many people are interested in playing this version, but it is one I have great nostalgia for, and I think it is different enough to what most of you know well to feel like a fresh experience. Not to mention that my nerdy self finds it incredibly fascinating to see how the game’s technology evolved over its short but eventful lifespan. This one is going to be a lot more work than 1.48, but, after doing some early experiments, I am confident that this version is very feasible to restore.

Support for other versions, such as 1.53, is not out of the question and may eventually happen some day, but there are no immediate plans to work on them.

Looking for Hoarders

Speaking of the game’s legacy, I plan to do a separate blog post on this, but I want to give a plug for it here too. We are actively looking for people who may have old alpha and beta versions of the game client from 2012 and early 2013. These versions were available to alpha and beta test participants, as well as showed off on various trade shows. They were never distributed via Steam, so we were unable to archive them, and there is a significant risk of them becoming lost media. To give you some context for what we are looking for, here is a video of what the game looked like in December 2012:

If you possess a version of the game client from anywhere around that time period and would like to help preserve it, please contact me on Discord or send an email to crypto137gh@proton.me.

Thank you all for showing your interested in Marvel Heroes and MHServerEmu. Have fun playing!