[bf1942] BFV servers not listed on ASE ( the reason and the fix )

[Chris Adams]

What exactly are the default ports for BFV? Or has this all been fixed and I
haven't noticed...

Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Hartland" <killing at multiplay.co.uk>
To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>; "Andy Berdan" <andy.berdan at dicecanada.com>
Cc: <clanservers at multiplay.co.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 1:52 AM
Subject: [bf1942] BFV servers not listed on ASE ( the reason and the fix )


> 1.01 Patch ReleasedRight making some progress on why this is happening.
Its due to the
> fact that the player info reported by BFV is missing all detail:
> <BFV packet snip>
>   672: 6e645469 6d655265 6d61696e 01077374  ndTimeRemain..st
>   688: 61747573 02340974 69636b65 74733101  atus.4.tickets1.
>   704: 09746963 6b657473 3201066d 61704964  .tickets2..mapId
>   720: 01076761 6d654964 01011b01 01052028  ..gameId...... (
>   736: 2f29011b 01010520 282f2901 1b010105  /)..... (/).....
>   752: 20282f29 011b0101 0520282f 29011b01   (/)..... (/)...
>   768: 01052028 2f29011b 01010520 282f2901  .. (/)..... (/).
>   784: 1b010105 20282f29 011b0101 0520282f  .... (/)..... (/
>   800: 29011b01 01052028 2f29011b 01010520  )..... (/).....
>   816: 282f2901 1b010105 20282f29 011b0101  (/)..... (/)....
>   832: 0520282f 29011b01 01052028 2f29011b  . (/)..... (/)..
>   848: 01010520 282f2901 1b010105 20282f29  ... (/)..... (/)
> </BFV packet snip>
>
> You can see above the details are missing. This is correct on a BF1942
> server:
> <BF1942 packet snip>
>   736: 31343937 07737461 74757302 34097469  1497.status.4.ti
>   752: 636b6574 73310433 30300974 69636b65  ckets1.300.ticke
>   768: 74733204 33303006 6d617049 64074246  ts2.300.mapId.BF
>   784: 31393432 0767616d 65496407 62663139  1942.gameId.bf19
>   800: 3432011b 132a2a43 6f6f6b69 65732a2a  42...**Cookies**
>   816: 4a417920 4a415902 31083020 28302f30  JAy JAY.1.0 (0/0
>   832: 2902301b 1447656e 6572616c 6973696d  ).0..Generalisim
>   848: 6f204672 616e636f 02320830 2028302f  o Franco.2.0 (0/
>   864: 30290230 1b0c4861 6d737465 72486572  0).0..HamsterHer
>   880: 6f023208 30202830 2f302902 301b0757  o.2.0 (0/0).0..W
>   896: 45474d41 4e023108 30202830 2f302902  EGMAN.1.0 (0/0).
>   912: 301b0f43 79626572 20576572 2d576f6c  0..Cyber Wer-Wol
>   928: 66023108 30202830 2f302902 301b0d43  f.1.0 (0/0).0..C
>   944: 61707469 616e2057 696c6c02 32083020  aptian Will.2.0
>   960: 28302f30 2902301b 064c6172 72790231  (0/0).0..Larry.1
>   976: 08302028 302f3029 0230               .0 (0/0).0
> </BF1942 packet snip>
>
> Now the reason why this affects the servers being listed is that; due
> to this issue ASE is forced to query the server using the GameSpy
> protocol. Unfortunately they have no way of telling what port this
> will be on so they just try the default port. If you servers not on the
> default port, which none of ours and many other GSP's, aren't
> then its not listed.
>
> So there's two ways I've proposed to get this fixed:
> 1. ASE workaround
> ASE should query the server using the ASE protocol, which it has
> all he port details for, for the basic server details. Next it should
> try and flesh out the player / rule details with the GameSpy query.
> This will result in all servers being listed but some without correct
> player / rule details.
>
> 2. Dice fix
> Dice should fix ASE query support to include all the player / rule
> information in the next patch.
>
> I hope this info helps and we can come to a quick and successful
> resolution to the problem.
>
> The gorry details are covered here:
> http://www.udpsoft.com/forum/topic.cgi?forum=3&topic=1491&start=30
>
>     Steve / K
>
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