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suxxx

Post Sat Mar 08, 2003 7:41 pm

MP - Server Hopper

Hi,

i'm a programmer (Delphi) and i'm intrested to write a small tool for clients AND servers to allow a client that it could copy one character from one server to an other...

is there allready a programmer who want to do this or whats about an cooperation with me?

the basic idea:

each person who runs a server installs a small app-

when a gamer want play freelancer online he starts a small app. there is a small server browser (like gamespy). when he doubleclicks on a server the app starts freelancer with the -s switch.

on the first start playing multiplayer the gamer simple connects to a server (with the app), after he exit freelancer the app connecting the server app and downloads the character data from the server.

when the player wants connect a other server the app connects the server app again and uploads the character data. after exit freelancer the data will be downloaded again from the server.

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a additional change is, that the app don't download the characterdata local. it also could uploaded to a global server

bye suxxx

ExoCraft

Post Sat Mar 08, 2003 8:02 pm

Smart idea, i like it... too bad i'me not a programmer...

ThresholdRPG

Post Sat Mar 08, 2003 8:40 pm

What does the -s switch do?

ExoCraft

Post Sat Mar 08, 2003 8:53 pm

for example: "C:\Games\Microsoft Games\Freelancer\EXE\Freelancer.exe" -s213.100.29.212:2302

its a way too add a server too the server list...

Monele

Post Sat Mar 08, 2003 9:24 pm

I think about something : the character data should also contain where the player is (like... Trenton Outpost for example). But won't there be problems if things are modified on a server. What if Trenton Outpost doesn't exist there anymore? Will the game crash or send the player to the default start position?

suxxx

Post Sat Mar 08, 2003 10:58 pm

my idea is, that the app copys the complete chardata from a server to client and copy the chardata from client to server before joining with freelancer.

the app don't change anything @ the datafiles. so if you want copy a chardata from a modded server to an non modded server or back it won't work.

bye suxxx

Harger

Post Sun Mar 09, 2003 12:04 pm

im on a similar program... i want to transfer the chars to but on an event in the game (special wormehole or something) to make multi server universes possible

patton

Post Sun Mar 09, 2003 12:11 pm

the only thing i worry about with an app like this is someone hacking their character files to have a sabre, nomad weapons, 50 hojillion dollars, etc. then server-hopping and griefing everyone.

you'd probably have to add a way for someone to either check the plausibility of the character, or for an admin to ban a specific person so that they couldn't come back, or else they'd just keep on recreating their high-level character and being an idiot.

ExoCraft

Post Sun Mar 09, 2003 1:19 pm

As said, something like "Punkbuster" would fix this problem, it might be as simple as checking if the files are still encrypted and then sending a "yes they are whole" to the server and then the server allows that player to play on it.

Harger

Post Sun Mar 09, 2003 5:34 pm

some checksum check on the ini files should be no problem. cause of hacking: u got a client of that app and the server has to run a server for that app. the other server has to run such a server too so we can send the player files from one server to another with no files on the client.

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