On March 2010 the Star Trek Elite Force II Master Server disappeared for two Months . GSIO, a Member of the Elite Force II community created a new Master Server, now hosted by the SFU Clan. You will need to make adjustments for the game to accept the alternative Master-Server!

The changes will make your computer use a different IP for the address of the Activision ST:EF2 master-server, this is necessary since the game offers no option to change the master server from within the game.

For this operation you will need to have administrative privileges

Assuming the automated tool did not work for you, you should try this procedure, to add or remove the entry.
You may also want to make sure that the Tool didn't get blocked by any other Software.

1. Open the file named "hosts" in "C:/windows/system32/drivers/etc"
   (assuming you installed windows on drive "c").
2. Make sure you use Notepad.exe or any else text editor to edit the hosts file, Wordpad or Word or Office will !!!N O T!!! work!
3. Scroll down to the bottom line and add the following line:
   88.198.74.83 ef2master.activision.com
4. Save the file and reboot your Operating System.

1. Access the TERMINAL
2. Browse the directory using the command string:
   cd /private/etc
3. Open the hosts file in the nano text editor:
   sudo nano hosts
4. Scroll down to the bottom line and add the following line:
   88.198.74.83 ef2master.activision.com
5. Press Control and X and save the file with administrative privileges.
6. Reboot your Operating System.

1. Add the following configuration string to your server-config and make sure the server loads the config file on each start-up:
   set sv_master1 ef2master.activision.com
   set sv_master2 ef2master.sfu-server.de

1. Enter into the console (use the middle mouse button to paste text from the clipboard into the game console), and hit enter:
   seta sv_master1 ef2master.activision.com
   seta sv_master2 ef2master.sfu-server.de