-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Thats exactly what I need to know, thanks a lot.
On 1/13/06, Jeffrey botman Broome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Charles Solar wrote: > > -- > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > > Quick question guys, I need to know if its possible to make a server > plugin > > that forces clients to be running a certain program on their > computer. I > > need the server plugin to recognize the program on the client and if its > not > > there to boot him or her. I know this was possible in hl1, but I am not > > sure if hl2 has the same ability. > > It is possible if you want to do it "out-of-band" from the HL2 network > stream (i.e. you create you own network socket connection between server > and client). You can't send some "magic" packet down the HL2 network > stream to cause an application to start running on the client. > > Just create a IP socket connection in your plugin on the server and have > it authenticate with the custom app on the client (when the client > connects to the server). Of course without any encryption on your > custom network stream, it can easily be faked out by some other hacker's > client application (so if you are using it to prevent cheating you will > run into problems). You would need to supply the client side > application along with your server side plugin and you would need some > method to alert people who want to join that server that they are > required to download, install and run your custom client application > before connecting to the server. > > -- > Jeffrey "botman" Broome > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
