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PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 5:20 am    Post subject: Starting a new Chat client program Reply to topic Reply with quote

most of you will probly disagree with this but i want to make a chat client in vb 6.0, i can also code c++ but i want to do it in VB, im having trouble understanding the protocol, if anyone has some spare time could you either help me with the protocol.bas or atleast explain it to me. Thank you
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 6:34 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

Use the chatnet protocol. It's much easier to implement.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:21 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

Not to dissuade you, but 2 points really.

1. There are alot of chat clients already...an aweful lot, they don't get very widespread usage (even i've written one in delphi). The easiest way to write a chat client would be to take an existing bot and modifiy it, rather than implement the protocol from scratch.

2. VB6 is a dead language. Its probably not going to be supported beyond windows 7 http://blogs.artinsoft.net/jose_aguilar_blog/archive/2009/06/22/if-the-vb6-0-runtime-is-supported-in-windows-7-why-should-i-move-to-net.aspx
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:16 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

If you want to do stuff in VB6, you can check out DCME, the map editor ( http://www.ssforum.net/index.php?showforum=277 )
You can get the source via SVN
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 11:00 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

he's probably doing it for fun. I recommend you do as brain said, use the chatnet protocol: http://wiki.minegoboom.com/index.php/ChatNet_Protocol

you should be able to connect to asss zones with that such as hyperspace or hockey zone
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 1:35 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

ok thanks lots guys, just cant figure out how to connect to a zone, that page said something about tcp, i tried to connect to devastation with tcp and udp and no response, im sure im doing something wrong, altho if i could get it to connect that protocol doesnt seem too hard at all id be able to use it
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:14 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

Yeah, don't connect to Deva, for whatever reason you won't be able to connect to the server using the TCP chatnet protocol. Try testing on a local asss zone, though as Bak mentioned zones like Hyperspace and Hockey Zone will work.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 1:53 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

i started a basic client, got it to connect but that page with the protocol isnt the real protocol to connect to zone and do everything else is it? seems very basic. anyways i tried sending that example of the login and i cant even get the server to send me a response
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 8:32 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

I think that chatnet port is the server port , TCP is that what you're using to connect? Does the TCP connection get established correctly?

It's not a complete protocol, it's just what a chat client needs/


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PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 8:53 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

by default it is the same as the main port. but it can be changed with a setting
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 3:30 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

Nevermind i got it, killer, well, now all thats left is to program it, heh, ill have a release soon

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 4:22 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

Try this:

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Winsock1.SendData "LOGIN:1;SideCN 1.6:" & Username & ":" & Password & vbCrLf



It should respond with LOGINOK: or LOGINBAD: immediately


Also, maybe you can get the sources of CypherJF's chatnet client, it's in VB6 to
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 4:35 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

i got it, i just used chr(10) and everything is working
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 4:35 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

Why change it to "1;SideCN 1.6" ? From my understanding of the document, the first should be the protocol version, followed by client information. When I send 1.6;SideCN it works properly so it's definitely not the issue.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 4:53 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

its working now lol no problems
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 6:01 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

i thought he misunderstood that for the client version instead of the protocol version, but i now see the chatnet protocol is 1.6.
so "1;SideCN 1.6" should be "1;SideCN" then.

anyways the protocol version should be integral (atoi() is used, so the .6 is ignored)

not that the protocol version is currently used anywhere icon_smile.gif
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 2:08 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

Yeah, he took that part directly from my example code I sent him before (only difference being mine was in C#), that's why I asked; though it makes me feel better to mark the exact protocol version, even if it's not even used tongue.gif
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 4:45 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

I also wrote a (fairly complete) chatnet client, you might want to peek a look at...I never got round to finishing it icon_sad.gif

http://forums.minegoboom.com/viewtopic.php?p=76761
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