I was mistaken, i looks like each fork returns a different set of bytes.
Also, the problem only exists when the fork is empty. It returns no
tag information at all when there are players.
- Dave
Crazy Canucks wrote:
> Aliens! No, REAL aliens! Communicating to us through Valve! Gawds,
> where's ma tinfoil hat?!!!
>
> Drek
>
> Midnight wrote:
>> 4ø�...@
>>
>> There it is in text, so probably nothing you can decipher.
>>
>>
>> David A. Parker wrote:
>>
>>> Just wanted to mention that I ran a packet capture, and there are 8
>>> bytes in the A2S_INFO packet between the port number and tag data which
>>> aren't there in the response from L4D, TF2, etc. I can't make heads or
>>> tails of what the bytes are supposed to be, but they are always the same
>>> from my server:
>>>
>>> 0x03 0x34 0xF8 0xCC 0x9A 0x01 0x40 0x01
>>>
>>> - Dave
>>>
>>> David A. Parker wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> The issue with the weird data in the A2S_INFO response is still present
>>>> in the last update (l4d2 demo linux dedicated server version 2). It
>>>> really looks like some sort of data has been added before the tags field
>>>> in the response packet, but that's just a guess.
>>>>
>>>> - Dave
>>>>
>>>> ics wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Well naturally i expect no less than 1-2 updates to dedicated servers
>>>>> before the demo actually goes live and many more updates during the
>>>>> demo, just like last time with l4d However, having lack of features now
>>>>> either is a sign on heavy optimization to the game engine and thus
>>>>> ripping off everything that is not needed or just lack of implementation
>>>>> at the dedicated servers part.I guess we will find out during the demo.
>>>>>
>>>>> (And this is pointed to Valve) Last time there were heads up for us,
>>>>> with new features and such explained here on the list. Is there anything
>>>>> we need to know about running the game on our ded servers? Changes to
>>>>> the lobby and how they affect to our settings? Milton said that if game
>>>>> settings are modified, then we're out of luck but what else?
>>>>>
>>>>> -ics
>>>>>
>>>>> Richard Eid kirjoitti:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> We're talking about a demo. Some features are going to be limited while
>>>>>> others just plain won't work. Not to mention that the early-access demo
>>>>>> has
>>>>>> been delayed so Valve can take care of some bugs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Until the full game is released, I'd expect that a big set of features
>>>>>> might
>>>>>> be unavailable. Plus, being that there is a delay, be ready to run
>>>>>> hldsupdatetool again before the demo goes live.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Richard Eid
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 11:54 AM, ics <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I also have an script running that provides server status to the irc,
>>>>>>> players, ip, name, ping, map and game name. Currently it fails with L4D2
>>>>>>> servers so something definitely has changed. No reply.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -ics
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> David A. Parker kirjoitti:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Was something new added to the A2S_INFO response in L4D2? I have a
>>>>>>>> Perl
>>>>>>>> script which fetches server info, and it works correctly for other
>>>>>>>> games
>>>>>>>> but I get some random data in with the server tags on my L4D2 servers,
>>>>>>>> almost like there's a new field in the packet before the tag data.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You can see it here:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.utica.edu/academic/iits/computingservices/networking/resnet/gaming/status.cfm
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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