Syndicate 2012 Private Server Emulator

This is a Fork from the ME3 Private Server Emulator.

It is modified to allow playing the Coop-Missions of the Syndicate 2012 Game from Starbreeze Studios / Electronic Arts

Currently this is a heavy WIP and will only run with the PC or Xbox360 Version of the Game. Also it currently only allows multiplayer for the PC Version, on Xbox360 instead you can use it to start the Coop-Missions and play them solo.

YouTube Video of the Server

Usage

Dependencies

• A legal copy of the game on one of the supported platforms.
• Windows PC, to host the services
• Docker installed

Download the Latest Release and extract the contents somewhere on your harddisk.

Edit the following files:

• docker-compose.yml | Replace the current value of CLIENT_HOST with the IP-Adress of your Windows PC
• conf/conf.txt | Replace the current values of RedirectIP and REDIHOST with the IP-Adress of your Windows PC
• Xenia-WebServices/titles/45410923/servers.json | Replace the current value of address with the IP-Adress of your Windows PC

Then open a terminal in the folder where you extracted the current release and run the following commands:

docker compose build
docker compose up

Afterwards execute the file Syndicate2012Server.exe. Your private server is now prepared!

PC Client

For the PC-Client you have 2 choices:

1. Run the Game unmodified
   • Pro: no need to modify any game files
   • Con: if you have another game that utilizes the domain gosredirector.ea.com you will most likely brick that other game
2. • Pro: you won't affect other games multiplayer experience
   • Con: you will have to patch a game file

Option 1

Edit your hosts file under %windir%\system32\drivers\etc and enter your IP Address and set it to gosredirector.ea.com

Option 2

Edit your hosts file under %windir%\system32\drivers\etc and enter your IP Address and set it to gosredirector.local

Use a Hex-Editor like HxD to edit the game file System/Win32_x86_Release/MSystem.dll and look for the string gosredirector.ea.com. Replace it with gosredirector.local and add the Hex-Code 00 directly after the string

Edit docker-compose.yml again and set the value of LOCAL_FQDN to true. Stop the current docker containers in the previously opened terminal by hitting CTRL+C and then run docker compose up again.

Playing

• Start the game and select CO-OP
• You will have to enter login credentials. The service comes with 4 premade users player1, player2, player3 and player4, the password for all is 1234
• If you want additional users, simply create new ones in the server using Tools -> Create Player Profile
• Within the game select Create private game and start it
• If another user shall join, he simply has to select Play quick match to join the previously created game

Known Issues

For help visit the official Discord-Channel

Timeout on Server and In-Game

If you see the In-Game message The request timed out. You are being returned to the main menu. and also in the Server-Log the message: [Main Server Handler #] Player Timed Out, this is most likely due to an existing silentLogin in your game-client.

To fix this, first open the file logs/MainServerLog.txt and look for something similar to this:

2024.12.24 13:24:41 [<-][INFO] Authentication Component : silentLogin
2024.12.24 13:24:41 [<-][INFO]  AUTH : 1 "2E9FCF8EUoE4gBscrqJNM7j6nR84thRQrPmaqc1TgbPCXc3vTmOf-1jnUBttCGvO-j2M2RG54CP48eNSZHqbHLnGeP8PL4YsPVsqKU9s9CmyKohn9ezWeQ5HhX9u9wVY"
2024.12.24 13:24:41 [<-][INFO]  PID  : 0 0x2E9FCF8E
2024.12.24 13:24:41 [<-][INFO]  TYPE : 0 0x2

Within the quotes is the AUTH Token and in the line below is the Hex-Value for the PID. Take a note of both values.

Then open the file player/player1.txt and replace UID and PID with the Hex-Value from your logfile. Also replace the AUTH value with the one from your log. Save the file and reconnect your game-client, everything should work now.

Xbox360 Client

• Dump your original Game-DVD using your Xbox360 to an USB-Device (many Tutorials exist for that).
• Grab a release (i.e. v3.0.0) of Xenia Canary Netplay
• Start it once and exit right away
• Edit the file xenia-canary-netplay.config.toml and set the value of api_address to api_address = "<YOUR-IP-ADDRESS>:36000/", i.e. api_address = "192.168.1.100:36000/"
• Then start xenia again and launch the game

Linux Support

The game itself runs pretty decent on SteamOS and Ubuntu using Steam (add Syndicate as a non-steam game) and by turning on the compatibility using Proton (i.e. Proton 9.0-4).

To use the Server on a Linux machine you simply have to copy the file linux/compose.override.yaml to the root directory of this project (so one directory up). If you are running this on a desktop with GUI you can enable the GUI by editing the copied file and setting HEADLESS to false.

Afterwards rebuild and rerun the services by executing:

docker compose build
docker compose up

Todos

• Fix Coop / Multiplayer for Xbox360
• Fix quitting and finishing a Mission (Crash of Emulator)
• Save Stats of each Player
• Add support for PS3 Version
• Enable Cross-Platform play

Thanks

• Warranty Voider
• Erik JS
• Zlofenix
• Bshtornado
• Balázs
• Aim4kill

Donation

I developed this project in my free time. If you like it and want to support future updates, feel free to donate here:

Donate via PayPal

Thanks in advance :-)

Disclaimer

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.