Quoted From GSH @ bzforums.matesfamily.org

Ladies and gentlemen, we are pleased to announce that the Battlezone 2 patch version 1.3.6.2 Public Beta has been released.

You can download it from http://matesfamily.org/bz2 .
Mirror & Direct link to patch: http://www.bzscrap.org/downloads/Patches/Public1.3/PB6.2/BZ2_v1_3_6_2_PublicBeta_english.zip

Major features of v1.3.6.2 Public Beta:
- Reduced warp/lag for MP
- Tweaked network code for better performance with lots of players in game.
- Various other fixes and optimizations.

Legal disclaimer
This Battlezone II Combat Commander 1.3 patch comes with no warranty, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Except when otherwise stated in writing the copyright holders and/or other parties provide the package "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose and the accuracy of the information contained within it. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of the package is with you.

According to the publisher, the last officially supported patch is the 1.1 patch.

-- GSH

Ladies and gentlemen, we are pleased to announce that the Battlezone 2 patch version 1.3.6.1 Public Beta has been released. You can download it from http://matesfamily.org/bz2 .

Major features of v1.3.6.1 Public Beta:
- Reduced warp/lag for MP
- Tweaked network code for better performance with lots of players in game.
- Various other fixes and optimizations.

Everyone might of thought that the total shutdown of bzuniverse.com would greatly affect the Bz2 community. Last Sunday we saw the decade-old called Battlezone 2 come back to life with alot of users deciding to launching Battlezone II with the 1.3 public beta 6. It seems the 1.3 patch is getting more popular..


Below is a screenshot of the game sessions of the 1.3pb6 game sessions with 31 people hosting 12 different sessions.

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Long Live Battlezone II!!

For those not aware, Battlezone Universe is no more. More details on why in the future but for now I will simply say some lunatic went 'missing' for a week, stole the family car, drove across the country, and vandalized CW's property.

From what I hear some people have moved to BZ2Maps.com, however, while there is nothing wrong with that site, those members who made it their mission to attack BZU do make their base there alongside the other fair and normal members.

Nathan Mates has set up a forum at bzforum.matesfamily.org that now holds Battlezone II 1.3 Development and Battlezone 1 1.5 development as well as some sections similar to those from BZU.

I am working on improving www.bzcomplex.com as the purpose for its creation has sadly come to pass and hope to have it fully up to date, integrated, and running with a nice Black on White theme option for those who have issues with the current color scheme.

GreenHeart long ago created www.bzcommand.com, around when I created BZCx, to hold tutorials and guides.

These are the sites, this is the situation. We have recovered nearly all data lost from BZScrap and will be making a mirror public at some point in the future.


Remember that in loosing BZU the 1.3 development was not lost, but what was lost was the long time meeting place for the Battlezone II community and all its versions and mods.