[bf1942] [OT] Server query tools.

[Christian Lizell]

Hi list!

Maybe you are experiencing what sometimes is referred to as ghosting. 
The game spy protocol "forgets" to clean up used player slots every 
now and then. Don't fear, there is a solution to this. All player 
slots are resused so you can look at the current 'numplayers' 
parameter on the server you are querying and just skip players with 
'player_id' > 'numplayers'.

At least this is how we do it at BF Tracks. :)

Regards,
/Christian

PS.
  We are not using qstat to query the servers, so I'm
  not sure if qstat already implements this and your
  problem is something else.
DS.

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James Gurney wrote:
> Anyone had any luck with querying the BF1942 server for player 
> information? From what I've read on various forums, you can use qstat 
> with the -gps switch to query the server, and this seems to basically 
> work. However, when you query for player information, it shows players 
> which don't seem to be actually on the server (perhaps failed 
> connections?).
> 
> For example, right now I get this:
> 
> root at fez:~# qstat -P -gps 127.0.0.1:23000
> ADDRESS           PLAYERS      MAP   RESPONSE TIME    NAME
> 127.0.0.1:23000        0/20 Battleaxe     26 / 0  conquest CSM - DC 0.35 
> - Seattle
>           0 frags team#0       0ms ?
>           0 frags team#2       0ms CELUI QUI AIME LE SANG
> 
> However, if I view the server using ASE or similar tools, it shows no 
> one playing. This is a little inconvenient because I'd like to query the 
> players for a live view on the website, and these "fake" entries would 
> show up there.
> 
> One thing I noticed is that qstat is using port 23000, but ASE appears 
> to use 14690 as the query port. I tried pointing qstat at this port, but 
>  it times out.
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions for alternate methods of getting 
> accurate player information from a script?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> James