upcoming lobby protocol changes

[aegis]

multiple engine support (added params to OPENBATTLE/BATTLEOPENED)
QUIT on orderly disconnect
sayhooks (HOOK)

modhash added to OPENBATTLE/BATTLEOPENED

[Stealth870]

Tell your relative Stealth says Happy Birthday.

[lurker]

must..not..hook..every..character..

[aegis]

must..not..hook..every..character..

wha?

[aegis]

uberserver.clan-sy.com on port 8300 for anyone interested in testing
this version does not have multiple engine/version support because it was commented out for normal lobbies to be able to use it properly

[lurker]

Can't you hook multiple characters? I'm fighting the urge to have every single character act as a hook.

[aegis]

it's only one right now, though I could change the command to use a space-separated list...

[lurker]

Well uberbot supported multiple hooks.

[koshi]

could we please get proper documentation instead of bits and pieces?

[bibim]

So, how are unique IDs gonna be implemented in the new server ? What about just adding a parameter to the ADDUSER command sent by the server ?

The ADDUSER syntax would then just change from

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ADDUSER <username> <country> <cpu>

to

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ADDUSER <username> <country> <cpu> <uniqueId>

[lurker]

As long as you're changing the battle protocol, why not add a mod version field? Then we'll be one step closer to having unitsync not append it to the name.

[Posts]

re: uniqueId,
if backwards compatibility is a deterrence, how about a new command/query to fetch it instead.
if you are worried about lobby clients implementing this hack and later wanting to remove/change it, require the bot flag to cut down on the failure.

[aegis]

I'm actually considering adding a param to LOGIN for new lobby clients to enable some of the protocol features (old lobby clients can function perfectly fine with assumed engine/version and without unique ids)

[tizbac]

Also add modhash & name to UPDATEBATTLEINFO to make that you can change mod without rehosting

[aegis]

Also add modhash & name to UPDATEBATTLEINFO to make that you can change mod without rehosting

probably not, at least not for now

[Posts]

when we talk about this unique id, we're not talking about the unique id that the client sends to the server on connect right?

[aegis]

this one will be server-assigned (probably the user's SQL row id)

[ZellSF]

has proper banning functions been implemented yet?

[aegis]

server, battle, or channel?
they've all been in uberserver for a while :)

[ZellSF]

battle, so has any client actually allowed to do proper bans yet?