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All Zandronum servers use '''UDP''' as their network protocol. | All Zandronum servers use '''UDP''' as their network protocol. | ||
Additionally, all traffic is compressed using the Huffman algorithm to save bandwidth. Therefore, you'll need [ | Additionally, all traffic is compressed using the Huffman algorithm to save bandwidth. Therefore, you'll need [https://wiki.zandronum.com/files/huffman.zip a copy of huffman.cpp or huffman.java] to encode and decode your traffic appropriately. | ||
Definition of data types used in this article: | Definition of data types used in this article: | ||
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Messages that the server sends to the client always begin with one of the following bytes: | Messages that the server sends to the client always begin with one of the following bytes: | ||
< | <syntaxhighlight lang="cpp" > | ||
enum | enum | ||
{ | { | ||
SVRC_OLDPROTOCOL = 32, //This set of enumerations starts at 32, increments by one | |||
SVRC_BANNED, | |||
SVRC_SALT, | |||
SVRC_LOGGEDIN, | |||
SVRC_INVALIDPASSWORD, | |||
SVRC_MESSAGE, | |||
SVRC_UPDATE, | |||
SVRC_TABCOMPLETE, | |||
SVRC_TOOMANYTABCOMPLETES, | |||
}; | }; | ||
</ | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
Messages that the client sends to the server always begin with one of the following bytes: | Messages that the client sends to the server always begin with one of the following bytes: | ||
< | <syntaxhighlight lang="cpp" > | ||
enum | enum | ||
{ | { | ||
CLRC_BEGINCONNECTION = 52, // Also increments by one | |||
CLRC_PASSWORD, | |||
CLRC_COMMAND, | |||
CLRC_PONG, | |||
CLRC_DISCONNECT, | |||
CLRC_TABCOMPLETE, | |||
}; | }; | ||
</ | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
Also, when the server sends SVRC_UPDATE, it's immediately followed by another byte: | Also, when the server sends SVRC_UPDATE, it's immediately followed by another byte: | ||
< | <syntaxhighlight lang="cpp" > | ||
enum | enum | ||
{ | { | ||
SVRCU_PLAYERDATA = 0, | |||
SVRCU_ADMINCOUNT, | |||
SVRCU_MAP, | |||
}; | }; | ||
</ | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
== Connecting to a server == | == Connecting to a server == | ||