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Which are... What do you mean by "start"? Start the program? Hit the "Internet Game" menu item? What do you mean by "goes slow"? How many servers did it say it received? What do you mean by "freezes"? How long did you wait to check that it's not just taking a...

^}LC}<Fear wrote:back to my topic

Yes, back to your topic. I suggest you answer the questions you were asked, lest you go without support for this issue.

SMF does something like that. But I know we're not switching to SMF on these forums, so heh.

fun with arena_axis

umm? this happens sometimes after AA loses the focus and then I bring focus back to AA. 0.2.8_beta2 used in this.

yes, but how can you access this information from outside the client? afaik, the client doesn't put the player information or the server name/ip in a file like the server would. only if you're hosting a game.

maybe a good starting point would be to put a server info file in the var/ directory? output server name, ip, number of players, etc. into the file. and rewrite it every round or something to that effect. then any number of things could be done with that file, ie PERL, PHP, mIRC, whatever. if this d...

I think you're talking about the server. I'm asking about the client. I want the client to output information about the current server (if connected to one) upon request from another application (such as an IRC client).

looking through the AA source, I do see some COM stuff, but all of it is commented out!

why is this?

I still need to help you with those config files, don't I?

The only reason I ask you guys is that I cannot program well (except some PHP and mIRC scripts) and do not have a compiler and don't want to go through the nightmare of installing a C compiler on windows. I'd like Armagetron to support COM calls, so that other programs (such as mIRC) can get certain...

I hate lamers like him. They just ruin the game for everyone else.

not bad, I added the windows directories though. Ah, but keep in mind that I was counting on WinXP when I did it. 2000 and NT systems should be the same though (and those running older versions are simply stupid).

I got bored. Here's the Whirlpool.

The Tard's anticamping map kicks ass. Probably the best I've seen so far.