Field manual · Community servers
Host a server
Anyone can run their own Battlefield 1943 Reborn servers, free of charge. They are listed in every player's server browser, under Community.
What the server download is
The server download runs Battlefield 1943 dedicated servers on a Windows PC, in the background with no window. One PC can run several. Each server plays its maps in turn: when a round ends, the next map loads after the end of round screen, and the players stay.
Each server has its own name, description, maps and movement (Modern or Classic), and its own pause between rounds.
What you need
- Windows
- Windows 10, 11 or Windows Server, 64 bit.
- Python
- Python 3.12, with "Add python.exe to PATH" ticked when you install it.
- The game
- Your own Battlefield 1943 package for Xbox 360: the single file in
5841097E\000D0000on your console's storage. It is installed once.
Set it up
- Download
BF1943-Reborn-Server-(version)-windows.zipfrom the latest release and unzip it anywhere. - Open BF1943 Server.bat and install the game from your package.
- Add your servers. Give each one its name, description, maps, movement and pause between rounds.
- Leave Show in the server browser ticked to list a server. There is nothing to type: the game finds where your server is. Untick it for a private server, which players then join by its address, with Direct connect in the game's server browser.
- Press Start all. The servers run in the background with no window. Stop all, or Stop servers.bat, ends them.
The download has its own short guide too, in README.txt.
Ports
| Port | For |
|---|---|
| UDP 18300 | Your first server: players join here |
| UDP 18301 and on | One port for each further server |
Behind a home router, leave Open the ports on and the router is asked to open them (UPnP), or open them yourself.
On a hosted server, run Open firewall ports.bat once, and open the same ports in your host's own firewall.
Private matches
For a match with friends you do not need the server download. In the game, Create Private Match hosts a match on your own PC: pick the map and the playstyle, then play. Friends join it by Direct connect in the server browser.
Friends outside your home need UDP port 18300 open on your router. The game asks the router for it (UPnP) unless you choose to open it yourself.