I'm assuming 'byte' is just an unsigned char, and everything else is exactly what it says on the box - int32, short, etc....
At 15:40 3/05/2004, you wrote:
Yeah...i was just wondering how to make that into intelligible data.
I have no idea what it is...byte order...long, short, int,...black, white, etc.
Dave
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Koppes Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 8:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [hlcoders] server protocol
They're not a string, they're the actual binary data.
something like
clientCount = (byte)szRecieveBuffer;
I'm assuming szRecieveBuffer is a char *, given the name...
At 12:07 3/05/2004, you wrote: >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. >-- >[ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] >I am playing around with an old proggy I wrote a couple years ago that >connected to a server and did rcon commands (good thing I comment my >code). I modified it to connect to a server and issue an "info" >command. Here is the packet the server sends back: >Server responds with the following packet: > (int32) -1 > (byte) ASCII 'C' (info response, S2A_INFO) > (string) net address of server > (string) name of the host / server > (string) name of the map > (string) game directory (i.e. valve/) > (string) Game description (e.g. "half-life >multiplay") > (byte) active client count > (byte) maximum clients allowed > (byte) protocol version > >I am able to parse the packet and get the netaddress, name, directory, >and description. I can't seem to figure out how to get the client >count, maxplayers, or protocol version. In the serverprotocol.txt, it >only says that they are bytes. > >Here's a snippet of my code: > > strcpy(netAddress, szRecvBuffer+c); > c = c + strlen(netAddress) + 1; > strcpy(hostName, szRecvBuffer+c); > c = c + strlen(hostName) + 1; > strcpy(mapName, szRecvBuffer+c); > c = c + strlen(mapName) + 1; > strcpy(gameDir, szRecvBuffer+c); > c = c + strlen(gameDir) + 1; > strcpy(gameDesc, szRecvBuffer+c); > c = c + strlen(gameDesc) + 1; > strcpy(clientCount, szRecvBuffer+c); > c = c + strlen(clientCount) + 1; > >The part where I parse the clientCount does not work. > >I want to make this program ping all of my half life servers (100+), >outputting some brief info, and issuing an alert when one goes down. Of >course, I will share when complete. > >Dave > >-- > > >_______________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >please visit: >http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
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