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Server spy program

xtrmntr · 2001-10-06T10:02:18

Hi there, It''s been awhile since i''ve had time to work on a personal project and since I''m learning win32/MFC on a pretty close level I was considering writing a server spy program for games like q3, tribes2, etc. I have the UI framework already in place to show the list of servers, a spot to show player specific info, and a spot to show server specific info. The only problem is that i don''t know how to get all this information. :/ I believe I have to get it through the q3 master servers and/or the gamespy master servers (which i believe use the previous). But how do i go about this? Are there any resources that explain how to "talk" to these servers and how to translate the info you receive from them? I know i will be using sockets for this which is something that i''m going to be learning as i go but any form of help would really be appreciated. thanks!

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Started by xtrmntr September 26, 2001 05:07 PM

14 comments, last by xtrmntr 22 years, 9 months ago

GalaxyQuest

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October 01, 2001 11:41 AM

No kidding dire.wolf about the prototyping in 15. Just because u got a UI doesnt mean the damn app is gonna work.

As for queries, i think you need to be careful. If id software, UT, or Valve lets everyone query there master servers, then go ahead with the project.

BUT, if you gonna leech off gamespy''s database, then i would be carefull. Querying a free Q3 master server and making your own game launcher is fine, but using Gamespys work, is a different story!!

So, make sure you get your query info from free game servers and not a company that provides a service of showing all servers in a neat UI for the gamer!

xtrmntr

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October 01, 2001 12:56 PM

I know someone who works over at Gamespy, so I was gonna ask her about the legality of getting info from their servers. I was able to download the source code to someones serverspy program that actually used the gamespy servers to retrieve info about the game servers for each game type.

thnx for the input guys

KalvinB

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October 01, 2001 02:11 PM

That''s what I was saying. Putting together a UI in 15 can be done. It''s the actual coding that takes days.

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xtrmntr

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October 02, 2001 05:50 PM

I suppose if I didn''t care about how things looked I could have fired up the MSVC wizard and threw together a crappy splitter window with some listboxes in them but that isn''t a challange.

GalaxyQuest

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October 03, 2001 04:03 PM

So, if you asked a gamespy employee, please tell us the legality of the situation...dont leave the thread hangin like this.

meh

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October 06, 2001 10:02 AM

I don''t think Gamespy would mind you querying thier master servers. Although they don''t run them as such, Gamespy 3D queries external servers to gather server lists (eg. East/West WON Servers for HL). As for having to write a different query for each game there''s no real way around it unless they all conform to the same protocol, which they don''t.

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