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since he's not here, I'll tell you...it's actually now metalgearctf.net which is why the link doesn't work anymore...but it's still up...just change .com to .net http://www.metalgearctf.com/kirksbots

By crash id asume you mean the program terminates abnormaly. If so, in order to diagnose it id have to see the crash on my own system in a debug state. What zone and what type of biller are you on. Also if you want me to look into it, put the name Admiral Kirk on the VIP in the zone so i can connect (unless your zone is NOT ctm only, in which case its a moot point) and ill see if i can reproduce the crash. If not, then I might email you a debug version of the client so we can track the bug down. - Admiral Kirk

ok, for subchat you have to be a staffer or on the vip.txt for it to work. kirk isn't exactly working on the chat anymore considering the amount of time he has...maybe one day there will be a new version of it.

Kirk> Ah yes, now i remember. I had issues logging into the SSN biller, so I changed the macID to something static. That ID must have been banned.. I should realy fix that ^^ well, ban free it is then sorry guys. Ill fix it some time eventualy

Developement of SubChat has recently come to a stand still and will most likly remain that way for awhile. I just recently lost my only connection to the internet from my personal computer (typing this up on my gfs comp) and without an internet connection, its sort of hard to develope on online client for subspace ^^. Anyway, sorry to disapoint all those waiting for new features, I still plan to jump back on the devel once I have internet again. I used to have free dialup, but apparently the isp got wise and deleted the account. I cant afford even basic dialup (-*BAD WORD*- i can barely afford to eat) soooo, itll be awhile. Again, sorry. And this project is NOT dead! Just set back a little. I promise just as soon as I can manage to get an internet connection again (if you know any good FREE ones PLEASE!! tell me [access in FL, Gainesville required]) ill begin devel once again. Laters yall. Kirk

Bergeld: the sugestion was for something much more intigrated and more sophisticated than what your sugesting. A built in IRC client would, infact, be about in the realm of what Jules was sugesting. A built in IRC client accessable from outside of any zone as well as inside zones. Anyway, keep dreaming mabye some day theyll come true.

Just to clarify, I can make it so the commands arnt run when changing arenas im sure. However, not issuing them after a DC would cause a problem. Not much I can do about that im afraid... Eventualy such things as Death, Leave, and Enter msgs on by default will be a check box setting, but for now im afraid the best I can do is not re-issueing auto commands when arenas change. Sorry.

Sorry jules, looks like the NeySayers swamped your topic before anything constructive could be said. Its an interesting idea, and one me and snrrrub had intended to put into our now dead ss clone. (a server without a client isnt much use ^^). Many other MMOG's have introduced this idea with great success. We all know of course that nothing of the kind will ever be done by the current "developement team" but its a nice idea none the less.

Someone else had mentioned it was a pain for the Auto to run every time you changed arenas, I didnt see any reason to fix it before but I guess its become an issue now. Ill work something out.

Im certain the Checksum formula works fine, since the arena you initialy enter always has correct checksums, its only when changing arenas that things get messed up. Im sure I forgot to reset something or reset something that shouldnt have been somewhere along the line. Hey, for a 10 min hack, im surprised it worked at all Ill figure it out.

Kirk> Thanks for the offer, but ive already gotten the class half done, i just havnt gotten around to finishing it yet. Thanks though, if i run into any other ideas that can be "out sourced" ill let you know

Kirk> It is the level checksum, that much i know for certain, i was pretty sure where the bug was, and it only happened for ME when the level file had to be downloaded before the checksum was calculated, if the level already existed, it worked fine. let me know what you find out, because if my previous !@#$%^&*umption is incorrect, then i gotta start all over again looking for the bug.

kirk> help is always appreciated, it just irks me sometimes when someone who isnt a programmer starts making estimations on how hard/easy a feature would be to add, no offense. Keep the comments rolling

Admiral Kirk> Because everything should be released, and if you have security concerns with releasing your code, its cause your code sucks. Ya thats probably harsh and far to large a generalization, and probably only applies to hard core coders but still. OpenSSH, and OpenSSL pretty much prove that security can be had with open source. -*BAD WORD*-, those teams themselves just found a bunch of security vulnerabilitys and fixed them before they were ever exploited. Why? Cause the code is open sourced, someone else critiqued it, and notified them of thier problems. Instead of the Microsoft way, where you only find out about a vulnerability after someone has exploited it. Anyway, I digress. BigSlam has a shaddy and very old history with me. Perhaps hes changed, who knows. I could mention a certain quest for a certain Sniper Server many many years ago. But anyway. I am a skilled C++ coder with vast experience with MySQL and MSSQL databases. But one word, I dont work on projects that arnt or wont become open sourced. Its just an ethics thing. But then, you probably dont want my help anyway so no matter ^^. Later

http://kirk.sscentral.com/downloads.php

Admiral Kirk> The issues with cheating in the old days had NOTHING to do with the security of the client, and everything to do with its lack of continued development. Had VIE stayed in the game and continued to develope the client, even paying absolutly no attention to tightening its security, cheaters would NEVER have become as big an issue as they were. There is proof of this concept strewn ALL over the gamming work with hundreds of MMOG's. Its just that after being burned, some people tend to overreact on the backlash. But as many have stated, thats all well and fine, the client is in a useable state to perpetuate the game as-is and new features are being added, all-be-it at a snails pace. This is being done for free (al though the license agreement for Ctm is more convoluted than many commercial games ^^) and it IS being done. So while in a perfect world, this situation sucks, in the real world, its much better than most other dieing MMOG's had.

oops.. I didnt relize I was posting under my gf's name, sharing the same computer is a pain in the -*BAD WORD*-. This is Admiral Kirk btw ^^

I think I would like to equate this community with the Matrix.. You see, everyone is always asking what the matrix is, you have a few special guys that can hack into it and do funky -*BAD WORD*- and beat everyone up, then you get the regular joe smoes that can be taken over by agents (hows that for being banned) and then youve got The One, the only guy who can actualy get to the source. So... Priit is obviously The One (or mabye an evil version of The One) and... Catid would be Morpheus or something I personaly think im Mouse, even though he died, he was cool, and he got to use the biggest guns in the movie (aside from mabye the MiniGun on the copter) And see its The Ones job to deal with the source, until he relizes hes just a pawn used by the system and... wait.. mabye im just a matrix fanatic whos lost his marbles ^^ ill stop now

(Kirk Wrote)> Very unlickly, heres why: Encryption: Im not in a mood to compete with Priit on cracking his encryptions to keep my client compatible with the current Servers. UI: Ive never dealt with DirectX or its ilk, thatd be a major learning curve for me to figure out how to make the game screen. Time: I have a job, a girlfriend, and a life. I just dont have the time necisary to poor into this to complete the prior two goals by myself. Now, if thier were a few tallented coders who wanted to work with me on this project, I might reconsider it as a posibility. But for the most part, all I have time to work on is the core. And the little bit of UI that my chat client needs. Admiral Kirk

Right justified names - no can do Use // - too much work timestamps - no problem, had it planned player list - was already mentioned as the next step dustpuppys sugestion - going one step further, mouse over, popup box change interzone to pm - already done bind f1 and f2 - acidental f2 = dc + autoreconnect = no point auto cmds sent every arena - why not, no harm done, pain in the -*BAD WORD*- to fix speccer gfx - part of sprucing the user list ?freq - part of sprucing user list spelling - live with it EDIT: This is Kirk btw, i forgot to log onto my own name ^^ sry.

make it so that you can see who enters and leaves the zone in the chat area