Server Query Questions

03-31-2008, 06:18 PM

Okay I understand that some of you may not understand php code. But I was reading on the dev wiki -> http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Server_queries (that page in particular) and reading I found that I can send this

Code:

\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFFTSource Engine Query\x00

with out the challenge code.

But when start to try and do challenge the to get the code it returns a non number with cancel code in it.

So what would i need to send in order to get player list and server rules? so I can get a valid response back in order to format in to a understandable output.

Marine · 04-01-2008, 10:27 AM

So you send this:

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/w...Y_GETCHALLENGE

And it's not sending anyhting back?

04-01-2008, 01:37 PM

The returned information in the string is

Code:

3 74 178 4

that is the ascii code numbers of the string data returned

so translation is 3 = ETX (End of Text) ; 74 = J ; 178 Not there ; 4 = EOT (End of transmission)

I got the data from here http://www.asciitable.com. and said string will not be allowed to be returned to the server so i can get the as2_player list

edit

if you are wondering how i got the ascii chars i added a debug section to my scripts that out puts the acsii char id in dec form.

Epsilon · 04-01-2008, 02:37 PM

If I were going to try debugging this, I'd check: make sure you're sending the right data to the server, see if that string of 4 bytes is in fact a 4-byte number of some kind that might mean something, try changing which server you're querying, see if it returns the same value each time.

And if all that doesn't work, see if there's a PHP class available on the 'net that will do the job for you!

04-01-2008, 02:52 PM

well i am kinda regulated to make this from peices of other scripts and some of my code that i added as most if not all the scripts i have found are a no longer supported / discontinued support in 05 or is not php5 compliant with no intension of upgrading to php5

okay edit

the ascii decode from my debug says this is what i am sending for the challenge requests

Code:

255 255 255 255 87

and it is this

Code:

\xff\xff\xff\xff\x57

which is the same from here http://developer.valvesoftware.com/w...Y_GETCHALLENGE

04-03-2008, 11:57 AM

so any more ideas?

03-31-2008, 06:18 PM	#1
amw_drizz Guest Posts: n/a	Server Query Questions Okay I understand that some of you may not understand php code. But I was reading on the dev wiki -> http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Server_queries (that page in particular) and reading I found that I can send this Code: \xFF\xFF\xFF\xFFTSource Engine Query\x00 with out the challenge code. But when start to try and do challenge the to get the code it returns a non number with cancel code in it. So what would i need to send in order to get player list and server rules? so I can get a valid response back in order to format in to a understandable output.

04-01-2008, 01:37 PM	#3
amw_drizz Guest Posts: n/a	The returned information in the string is Code: 3 74 178 4 that is the ascii code numbers of the string data returned so translation is 3 = ETX (End of Text) ; 74 = J ; 178 Not there ; 4 = EOT (End of transmission) I got the data from here http://www.asciitable.com. and said string will not be allowed to be returned to the server so i can get the as2_player list edit if you are wondering how i got the ascii chars i added a debug section to my scripts that out puts the acsii char id in dec form.

04-01-2008, 02:52 PM	#5
amw_drizz Guest Posts: n/a	well i am kinda regulated to make this from peices of other scripts and some of my code that i added as most if not all the scripts i have found are a no longer supported / discontinued support in 05 or is not php5 compliant with no intension of upgrading to php5 okay edit the ascii decode from my debug says this is what i am sending for the challenge requests Code: 255 255 255 255 87 and it is this Code: \xff\xff\xff\xff\x57 which is the same from here http://developer.valvesoftware.com/w...Y_GETCHALLENGE Last edited by amw_drizz: 04-01-2008 at 02:57 PM.

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04-01-2008, 10:27 AM	#2
Marine Join Date: Sep 2006 Reputation: 9 Posts: 2,691	So you send this: http://developer.valvesoftware.com/w...Y_GETCHALLENGE And it's not sending anyhting back?

04-01-2008, 02:37 PM	#4
Epsilon Join Date: Jan 2003 Reputation: 1834 Posts: 5,328	If I were going to try debugging this, I'd check: make sure you're sending the right data to the server, see if that string of 4 bytes is in fact a 4-byte number of some kind that might mean something, try changing which server you're querying, see if it returns the same value each time. And if all that doesn't work, see if there's a PHP class available on the 'net that will do the job for you!

04-03-2008, 11:57 AM	#6
amw_drizz Guest Posts: n/a	so any more ideas?