New Feature

[Armin]

That's wayy to easy though.  :(

[Blaze]

Easy and efficient... so it must be all wrong?

[Joe]

Just figure out what port starcraft is connected on (netstat), open a raw socket, and send Battle.net broadcasts from Battle.net (the TCP protocol allows you to specify where it came from) to StarCraft (again, send it to SC's port).

[Newby]

Just figure out what port starcraft is connected on (netstat), open a raw socket, and send Battle.net broadcasts from Battle.net (the TCP protocol allows you to specify where it came from) to StarCraft (again, send it to SC's port).

You need to initiate a connection first... and if you send a SYN packet with the spoof source address of Battle.net, it's going to send a RST back to Battle.net..

[Blaze]

Which is why my method would be best.

[Joe]

You need to initiate a connection first... and if you send a SYN packet with the spoof source address of Battle.net, it's going to send a RST back to Battle.net..

Not if theres nothing to be responded to. IIRC, a client doesn't send back SID_IRecievedYourBroadcastAndImLettingYouKnow. =p

[Newby]

You need to initiate a connection first... and if you send a SYN packet with the spoof source address of Battle.net, it's going to send a RST back to Battle.net..

Not if theres nothing to be responded to. IIRC, a client doesn't send back SID_IRecievedYourBroadcastAndImLettingYouKnow. =p

TCP != UDP.

You can't send a packet to a computer and assume it'll get there. Because you can't send the packet in the first place without initiating a connection (via SYN).

The server has to acknowledge your syn (through SYN/ACK sent back to you).

[MyndFyre]

UDP:
a->b I sent a message.

TCP:
a->b SYN
b->a SYN | ACK
a->b ACK
a->b message
b->a message received

[Joe]

I knew that? Oops. =)

[Blaze]

Which is why my method would be best.

[Ryan Marcus]

Hmm.. Using Starcraft's built in print function is a tad more complicated then it looks, not to mention it would not be cross platform.

I got my idea to work:

Basicly, you hit F8 to toggle on and off.

When on, a  small box appears with a list of channels on the left, and the chat on the right. When you click on a channel on the left (or type one in) the bot joins that channel and begins to add the text to that window.

If you don't have F keys, its command/control + 8.

It works great.. I use it. Should be in the first beta release of my bot: http://luxer.cjb.net