You can crash the server with old sockets mode :(. --- Andrew Fuchs < fuchs.andy at gmail.com > wrote: > On 10/20/05, Joshua Wilson < josh at woosworld.net > > wrote: > ... > > > > Unless the server implemented a sort of "light" > client interface? I'm > > not a client person so I can't really comment > here, but could we have a > > client similar to an old telnet client that only > subscribed to > > chat/shout messages? i.e. some form of bot that > may or may not even need > > to login? > > Such exists, just send "oldsocketmode" without the > usual bytecount, > when you first connect. then you can see shouts, > and chats, and use > the "who" command. > > You can't easily use this interface for much more > though, since it has > become somewhat broken (you can log in, but the > "shout" command won't > work, "chat" will though; also when loged in, food > usage applies). > Additionaly, there is the posibility that it will be > removed in the > future, because of it being broken. > > -- > Andrew Fuchs > > _______________________________________________ > crossfire mailing list > crossfire at metalforge.org > http://mailman.metalforge.org/mailman/listinfo/crossfire > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com