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Bnet mods (custom servers, automated matchmaking woo!)
Jul 20 2012, 12:04 am
By: Jack  

Jul 20 2012, 12:04 am Jack Post #1

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Perhaps ShadowFlare can best answer this. Is it possible to implement a custom server and mod that has a Find Match button on the custom bnet server, such that one could automatically find a match with a similiarly ranked player?

Also, for custom servers such as iCCup, SFR, fish, where did they get their code? Did they make it themselves or is there a download somewhere which someone already made a custom server or what?



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Jul 20 2012, 1:08 am IskatuMesk Post #2

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It's most likely custom made, and getting it from them is not likely to happen (In regards to matchmaking code). There's probably a BnetD sort of thing around though.

Anything is possible when you are in control of the code, the question would be - would it be worth it to invest in such a venture? In Shadowflare's circumstances, I'd say absolutely not, because the playerbase likely to make use of a service now could be counted on one hand.



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Jul 20 2012, 1:12 am Jack Post #3

>be faceless void >mfw I have no face

Quote from IskatuMesk
It's most likely custom made, and getting it from them is not likely to happen (In regards to matchmaking code). There's probably a BnetD sort of thing around though.

Anything is possible when you are in control of the code, the question would be - would it be worth it to invest in such a venture? In Shadowflare's circumstances, I'd say absolutely not, because the playerbase likely to make use of a service now could be counted on one hand.
I'm not suggesting ShadowFlare implements it (although that would be nice :P) but rather a server like iCCup, or else I could set up a server like that myself in the future. Finding games with similiar players seems to be one of the biggest problems new players to iCCup have; this would solve that.



Red classic.

"In short, their absurdities are so extreme that it is painful even to quote them."

Jul 20 2012, 1:31 am IskatuMesk Post #4

Lord of the Locker Room

Well, anything is possible through code, it all comes down to time investment.



Show them your butt, and when you do, slap it so it creates a sound akin to a chorus of screaming spider monkeys flogging a chime with cacti. Only then can you find your destiny at the tip of the shaft.

Jul 20 2012, 5:30 pm ShadowFlare Post #5



The server program I use is PvPGN, which is open source.



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