From: Jim Menard <jim.menard@...>
Date: 2009-02-16T01:19:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Game server query problems

Randy,

On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Randy W <randygeneral@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm relatively new to Ruby, so some of this is foreign, but despite trying
> for several hours I can't seem to get this query to work.
>
> My goal is to create a query that's consistent with this (
> http://www.int64.org/docs/gamestat-protocols/gamespy2.html)
>
> Here's the code I have so far:
>
> require 'socket'
>
> message = [0xFE,0xFD,0x00,0x43,0x4F,0x52,0x59,0xFF,0xFF,0x00].pack("c*")
> socket = UDPsocket.new
> socket.connect('64.34.186.176', 29900)
> socket.send(message, 0)
> receive = socket.recvfrom(1400)
> puts receive

Try TCPSocket instead of using UDP.

>
> In return I should receive some data, but no matter how long I leave it
> running I never get a response from the server. Apparently I'm doing
> something wrong, but I can't seem to figure out what I'm messing up.
>
> Any assistance is appreciated!
>



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