Network message flow

[hreintke]

LS,

Exploring new parts of simutrans, now getting into networks.
I am looking into the several network*.cc & .h files to get an understanding but is somewhere documented what the message flow is that should occur when a client connects to a server. Also cannot find the format of the tcp message that is transferred.

FYI : I am looking for a way to have an non-simutrans program connecting as a client and requesting info from the simutrans server to display specific gameinfo.

Kind regards,

Herman

[prissi]

Then just look at the nework tool. It can query serveral things from a remote game.

[hreintke]

Thanks Prissi,

Didn't know that. Nettools should indeed be a good starting point.

Herman

[hreintke]

LS,

Took some time and effort but I've got nettool compiled with mingw and is starting up.
However, I prefer to use msvc and I am stuck there. Lots of unresolved and now errors in duplicates in libcmt and msvrt.
Does anyone have nettools compile in msvc configured ?

When useing nettool I am asked for password. Tried setting public and first players password but no luck.
At which location/parameter is the server access password settable ?

Herman

[prissi]

I think for the simple gameinfo string, you could just sent one command to the server. The nettool needs player1 password, imho.

[Dwachs]

At which location/parameter is the server access password settable ?

This is a password independent of player's passwords. It has to be specified when server is started.

Command line option: ' -server_admin_pw XXX', or simuconf.tab entry

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server_admin_pw = test