QStat 2.5a
August 6, 2002

Download from http://www.qstat.org

Highlights
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* Config file support - Add a new game type to QStat without re-
compiling!
This means many more games are supported. The default config file
supports SOF2, CnC:Renegade, and MOHAA. A beta tester contributed a
config file with support for AvP2, UT, Serious Sam, Global Ops,
Daikatana, V8 Supercar Challenge
* SOF2 support for servers and masters (all versions)
* Server rule template with rule value equality tests
* Improved Half-Life status info
* Lots of bug fixes
* Artistic License - This version of QStat is released under the
Artistic
License.


Summary of New Features
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Config file support to define new game types
This is a major new feature. This will allow users to define
new game types and master servers, including setting custom
request packets. I expect that support for most new game
types
will be accomplished via config files.
The default config file is "qstat.cfg". More game types from
QStat users can be found in "contrib.cfg".
Added support for "status port offset" to config file; UNS (unreal)
has
this set to 1. If you extend UNS, the new server type will
have
the same status port offset.
Added a GNUmakefile to support gmake
Updated COMPILE.txt with new instructions
Improve Half-Life server status; extracts mod information and
secure status
Add support for server rules template (-Tr file)
See qstatdoc.html for instructions.
Support broadcast queries for Tribes and Tribes 2
Star Trek: Elite Force server and master (-efs and -efm)
Return to Castle Wolfenstein server and master (-rws and -rwm)
Debug flag (-d) (uses an improved packet output format)
Support color player names in Soldier of Fortune

Default Config File (qstat.cfg)
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Command and Conquer: Renegade server (-crs)
Soldier of Fortune 2 (-sof2s)
Soldier of Fortune 2 Master (-sof2m)
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault server (-mas)
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault server, Quake 3 protocol (-maqs)
Half-Life "infostring" protocol (-hlqs)
This is a Quake 2 style protocol

Fixes
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Fixed raw output to include the game or mod name as the last item
Fix template to allow numbers, '.' and ' ' in rule names
Refers to $(RULE:someserverrule) Allowing space ' ' may
break existing templates if they use syntax like
$RULE:maxbullets Max Bullets
This can be fixed by change it to $(RULE:maxbullets)
This change was made because SOF2 allows spaces in server rule
names.
Fix Unreal and Gamespy based servers to support backslashes '\' in
player names (only partially worked before)
Support Half-Life split packets; this happens to the rules info from
some Half-Life servers (usually AdminMod and DOD).
XML output; added <?xml ...> element, UTF-8 output option (-utf8)
XML; added <gametype>
Fix crash on broadcast queries
Avoid duplicates in the rule list
Fixed -srcip to put address in the right byte-order
Work-around for crash on Windows when bind() returns temporary error
Finish output when -timeout expires
Changed Q3 based servers to use a two-packet status query; I think
this gets more accurate mod information.
More accurate player count on Quake based servers
Compiles on OSX/Darwin
Fix one byte overrun on QuakeWorld packet

New template variables
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$TYPEPREFIX The server's game type prefix
$RULENAMESPACES Allow spaces in rule names
$RULETEMPLATE Invoke the server rule template
$RULENAME The rule name
$RULEVALUE The rule value
$(IF:RULENAME(name)) True if rule name equals "name"
$(IF:RULEVALUE(value)) True if rule value equals "value"
(see qstat.cfg for gametype variables)

Thanks
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Many thanks to all the beta testers for bug reports and feature
suggestions. There are many to list, but the following provided
significant help:
Kingsley Foreman, Mike Davis, Ludwig Nussel, Pierre Smolarek,
aphax, and Simon Garner. and I'm sure I forgot someone


Steve, steve@...