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Hello, For the upcoming new statistics website I want to create a directory client in PHP. I already have a directory client in Java but running a java program from a PHP script isn't the most efficient and in this case the performance (or more specifically, the time of execution) is important. This is what I have so far. You can see I have followed the program structure of the PHP ping client by GoldEye (more or less). -- snip snap, see attachment below -- I haven't done much socket programming in PHP so this piece of code isn't working as it should. Basically, I need to make sure I'm going the right path. Given the following protocol and D1st0rt's protocol packets, can someone help me with the correct format parameters of the PHP pack method? CLIENT SERVER ------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------- Encryption request 0x01 -------> <------ 0x02 Encryption response Server list request (reliable) 0x03 -------> Synchronization request 0x05 -------> <------ 0x03 Reliable Packet Reliable ACK 0x04 -------> <------ 0x0E Cluster <------ 0x03 Reliable Packet (contains 0x0A Massive Chunk) Reliable ACK 0x04 -------> (0x03 is received multiple times for the complete server list) Disconnect 0x07 -------> <------ 0x07 Confirm Disconnection For example, the Encryption request packet I need to send contains 0x00, 0x01 (type byte), client encryption key of 4 bytes and 2 bytes for the protocol version (0x00 and 0x01). Right now I have this done with $out=pack("vvVvv",0x00,0x01,$clientkey,0x01,0x00); but I doubt this is correct. Which format parameter do I need to use for packing 4 bytes? an unsigned short (v) or an unsigned long (V)?

See Topic: Welcome to the new server running on Titan! Topic: Change your password (or at least refresh it) I also use the SSL connection. Most likely just because I can

So... anybody has the IP address of SSDownloads's server? If we have that then (theoretically) all you need to is add that IP to the Windows's hosts file with 'subspacedownloads.com' and it should work again. However, given that the nameservers are gone, the server serving the website is probably gone too.

If you need it (I doubt you do as you've already acquired a domain name), you are welcome to make use of subspacehq.net/com/org and/or sshq.net* to the fullest extent necessary. I was planning on using them for a new project but I doubt I'll begin working on that anytime soon (if ever). Maybe making these domains mirror SSGN / SSO would be a good idea. As for the population statistics, maybe we can work together on that subject. I already have a pretty good setup which I've been testing the last few months. It's powered by Cacti, RRDTool and several scripts that are pinging the zones every minute to acquire population numbers. The website I created to present the population statistics is almost finished aswell. As the website is aimed to supply the population graphs to the general public and anyone willing to use them on their website (by making use of graph exports every 5 minutes), it's possible for SSGN to simply link to them and display them at SSGN's website. * You can only use the root domain of SSHQ.net if needed as I'm still serving websites and offering hosting under it's subdomains.

Have you tried disabling Data Execution Program (DEP) (if it even exists in Windows 7)? Read the full FAQ item about not loading Continuum here

yup, the community definately need a public scores website again, preferably a fancy designed one. In the past there have been a few attempts at recreating one (and maybe there is still an attempt running) but all of those have failed at which most big/overhauling changes in this game fail; the unwillingness of Priit K. to give people access to anything he controls (the SSC biller in this case). More information can be found in this topic.

I doubt it, only showing problems with SSCU Death Star Battle on my population statistics. More info here: http://forums.deathstarbattle.com/showthread.php?t=1523

Which old ugly icon?

That is not the "official" mentioning of Continuum on mpogd.com, this one is (which is also always visible in the top 100):

Thanks, Swift

It was quite useful in the beginning but nobody posted/visited anymore after a while/in the end. I'm not sure what intentions Aceflyer had or exactly what happened that led to his dismissal but he did keep the forum alive and updated. Something that stopped after he left. If it was up to me, I would just renew the domain just for the sake of keeping the domain active and keeping a neutral place for zone owners to dicuss things if it's necessary. Just my 2 cents.

I think that depends pretty much on the reason why you haven't renewed it before it expired.

What do you think would be the reason of that?

Are there any SSL zones that have been put on SSC already ? (Yes, I'm too lazy to spit trough the directory server statistics.)

alright, no problem. Too bad it'll cost a lot but if you give me an estimate, I can think about it

It's Joseph Medeiros's (Swift's) domain and it expired 11 Apr 2010 (yesterday). I'm sure PoLiX can get ahold of him and ask him to renew it.

Passplay isn't responding to my PM

Hell why not, I'm interested in buying one. If you send it to The Netherlands, how much would the shipping be? P.S. http://www.ssdownloads.com/index.php?act=file&fid=932

Nice. You can also display the amount of players actually playing for ASSS zones. Same script which you probably already used. It would be nice if you can also display the status of the directory servers by using Doc Flabby's script on one of SubspaceOnline's pages; I've got a copy of it running here.

Trench Wars wasn't the problem here, Corey. Read what Purge said.

Looking at Lynx's bandwith report it seems like it's also possible that Continuum clients can misfire when downloading the zone list. This time it couldn't have been my directory client causing this as it hasn't run for quite some time now. I would recommend all server owners running Snrrrub's directory server to restart it daily to prevent excessive use of bandwith.

Thanks

I always used to get that URL from Doc Flabby

Quick simple small question; Which zones on SSC are running the ASSS server ? A few I already know; - SSCE Hyperspace - SSCE Hockey/Football Zone which else?

hm yea true, I will do that. Unfortunately I don't think that will solve the problem of Snrrrub's directory server endlessly spamming packets if a client closes the connection while not finishing the process