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Master Server Update

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 8:32 am
by StackOverflow
Figured I'd make this an official announcement. Only a few days late.

As stated in this thread, I have reverse-engineered the master server protocol and have a new master server ready to go. A small semi-public test was done the other night and it went perfectly. The master server has since been bridged with our web server so we are ready to throw up our own serverlist, completely independent of Jagex.

What is the "master server"?

The master server is a centralized server that game servers can connect to to have themselves listed on a centralized serverlist. Until now, Jagex has had control over the master server and is the only sense of control that Jagex has over 0.x. With our own master server, we will be completely stand-alone.

What will this mean for server owners?

In order to use our master server, existing pyspades installations will need to be updated to connect to it. We are intending on releasing a forked version of pyspades (currently dubbed "pysnip") that will better suit our needs, including but not limited to pointing to our master server.

Optionally, server owners will be able to make simple modification in their existing pyspades installation code to use our server.

What version(s) will the master server support?

Currently, it supports 0.75. We will likely be adding support for 0.76 RC10 as well later on.

Re: Master Server Update

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 9:09 pm
by rakiru
Still called pysnip? I tallied up the suggestions for the name for you and everything. ;(

But yeah, nice work. When can we expect a json version? :3

Re: Master Server Update

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 9:42 pm
by TB_
this is great news, I'm looking forward to break away from jagex.

Re: Master Server Update

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:05 am
by Kalin
yaaaay

Re: Master Server Update

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:45 am
by PXYC
Woohoo!

Re: Master Server Update

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 8:10 am
by lh48532
Yay!! :blue: :lol: :D

Re: Master Server Update

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 2:43 pm
by rakiru
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Re: Master Server Update

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 12:48 am
by StackOverflow
rakiru wrote:
Still called pysnip? I tallied up the suggestions for the name for you and everything. ;(

But yeah, nice work. When can we expect a json version? :3
Just saw this, I assume you mean a JSON serverlist? If so, yes, one will be publicly available.

Re: Master Server Update

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 11:03 am
by AcornSpades
Good job.

Re: Master Server Update

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 11:35 am
by [BP]TheKeyToaster
Awh Yeah ! Nice work guys.

And on this version, You can change the flag next to the server name ?

Sorry for my very bad english.... :)

Re: Master Server Update

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 12:14 pm
by StackOverflow
[BP]TheKeyToaster wrote:
Awh Yeah ! Nice work guys.

And on this version, You can change the flag next to the server name ?

Sorry for my very bad english.... :)
The flags next to the server names are determined by a GeoIP lookup. This is handled by the master server.

Re: Master Server Update

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 3:14 pm
by KomradeKorakoff
I believe he's talking about the actual graphic of the flags.

On another note, good job Stack!

Re: Master Server Update

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 4:02 pm
by CooLDoG
Great! Ace of Spades is saved!!!

Re: Master Server Update

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 6:07 pm
by [BP]TheKeyToaster
KomradeKorakoff wrote:
I believe he's talking about the actual graphic of the flags.

On another note, good job Stack!
No, i speak about cange our flag because we have (for exemple) a serveur hosting in France for a english community.
StackOverflow wrote:


The flags next to the server names are determined by a GeoIP lookup. This is handled by the master server.
Yes, i know, but why not shearch the data by the new pyspades, that way, we can change the code for to choose the flag.

I propose that because ace of spades 0.75 is now bases on this community, and it is better choice the flag in terms of the community, and no the geolocate.


EDIT : Sorry (again) for my very bad english, but i'm french :P

Re: Master Server Update

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 6:28 pm
by StackOverflow
I'm afraid I still don't get what you mean. Are you referring to language and not physical location? The flag indicates the country of origin, not the "language" for the server.