Bot Questions - packet capture / playback bot Dege - Sun Mar 16, 2003 2:09 am Post subject: packet capture / playback bot
are there any bots or plugins that will capture and timestamp packets received?
i am trying to make a bot/program that can record a subspace game (from HZ most likely) and then play it back. i have seen mr.ekted's ssvcr, but it is fairly graphically primitive and i wanted to make the playback the exact same as if you were playing it live. which means, about the only way i could make the graphics be the same as in continuum is to actually play it back through continuum.
here is my idea: have a bot record the packets along with their time, then make a server side program that spits out the prerecorded packets.
is something like this possible? i would most likely need the source to subgame. is that available for the public? if it isnt, i'm not sure what i should do.
i am fairly new to bots, but i want to learn. i would appreciate any help in telling me how to go about doing this. i told anborn (hz bot maker) about what i wanted to do and he suggested some form of server side program that just hands out packets, as well.
SOS - Sun Mar 16, 2003 4:01 am Post subject:
The source to subgame is not, but ASSS is.
I don't know, maybe ASSS is well made for something like this? I was thinking of it myself, but mesa no like ASSS.
Mine GO BOOM - Sun Mar 16, 2003 4:03 pm Post subject:
Have no fear, Grelminar is there! (Bah, old cartoon). Grel is already doing this. Much easier to have the server playback the game, since then you can create 'fake' players for specs to watch.
Dege - Sun Mar 16, 2003 9:03 pm Post subject:
aw
thought i was first with the idea
i'm sure that it would be a huge download among ss players, especially if you can download the bot to record the game and then go to a dedicated ss replay zone where you could playback your own footage.
maybe grelminar needs some help or ideas? i'd be happy to help.
thanks for informing me that someone is already developing that idea.
did you say the source for asss is open? where could i find it?
