Introducing BlueByte Archives!
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You can now find bluebyte.settlers2.net which contains archived copies of Settlers I, Settlers II, and Settlers III files from Blue Byte FTP which was taken down quite a few years ago by now. These are different to the previous copies available on this site, which are conversions from EXE to ZIP archives.
In addition I uploaded any unique(ish) original copies of Settlers II demos that I could find from my own archives, and also got a few more from Hallfiry, including French and Polish demos!
Finally, I also uploaded copies of map files that I found from my archives. Most of these are not really unique in that they can still be found by digging the known fan sites, but at least there is a backup now. Still haven’t gotten around to creating the maps database.
Other updates
I didn’t only put up BlueByte Archives site, I have also updated Downloads page with more info, and the file listing on Tech Docs page has been improved.
And then there is also the big one: a new map files documentation! Especially the part on textures has been greatly expanded compared to the older WLD/SWD documentation.