Topic: The guts of the D2...

[**DONOTDELETE**]

For anyone with VC++ 6.0 or higher and a solid networking knowledge,
OpenSkies has made a demo of their SDK (and lots of other info) available at:
OpenSkies Network Home (see downloads)

Sadly, I do not have VC++6.0 and cannot really evaluate this SDK (or script missions...   ).
The OpenSkies engine has come up in discussions of the future of the D2 before
but it's cost is prohibitive.  It is the current engine for the D2 - Taldren thankfully
managed to scrape up enough to get a copy... (The reason there was no dyna to start?)
In any case, I thought this info might still come in handy for some,
and the SDK demo might give us some insight into the structure of the D2
or ideas for ways to improve it.

My intention when I just returned to the OpenSkies Network webpage was to find
additional info on the "WONDirectoryServer" / LobbyManager so I could create a webpage to display
the same info that the campaign selector does in game (server list...). Much to my pleasure
I found a new downloads page, or I had missed it before.

On a slightly ironic note, OpenSkies refers to each D2 server as a "FederationHost"! LOL!  
(If i am reading this correctly...)   So the "BP" is built in!!!   <ducks>
 

[Karnak]

'·Federation Host (FedHost) -- This is an application which accepts client connections and routes messages from clients to each other based on applications-specific routing rules. "

Yeah, what a bunch of dweebs.  It should be call FrogHost.

Thanks, rajnsaj. I'll put it on my ToDo list.  Still got bugs to swats in existing mission and Dizzy and Chuut are keeping me busy with other mission SoWs.

You can easily find VC 6.0 (Std Ed.) on Ebay.  I got my for$25.  I do wish that we could use something more modern like VC 7.0, but, oh, well...

[Maxillius]

Quote:
'·Federation Host (FedHost) -- This is an application which accepts client connections and routes messages from clients to each other based on applications-specific routing rules. "

Yeah, what a bunch of dweebs.  It should be call FrogHost.

Thanks, rajnsaj. I'll put it on my ToDo list.  Still got bugs to swats in existing mission and Dizzy and Chuut are keeping me busy with other mission SoWs.

You can easily find VC 6.0 (Std Ed.) on Ebay.  I got my for$25.  I do wish that we could use something more modern like VC 7.0, but, oh, well...  

</butthead on>

You thaid dweeb...  huh huh huh

</butthead off>

[Karnak]

Yeah,  what bunch of dweebs.

 

[**DONOTDELETE**]

On further study, it appears that  the OpenSkies network structure
is not used in OP or TNG. The dll and calls to it are there in EAW but
not in OP. It is not clear if it is still actually in use in EAW either.

It appears that D2 serverlist box is running some other type of
Directory Server software.

I'm still looking into how to get a serverlist on a webpage..