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If it's anything like past betas (Warcraft 3), there will be leaked copies and pirate servers set up.
by chaosmachine 17y ago
If it's anything like past betas (Warcraft 3), there will be leaked copies and pirate servers set up.
- zackattack 17y agoOkay, how on EARTH does a pirate server work? That must take an INCREDIBLE amount of reverse engineering/packet monitoring.. Or they stole a copy of the server sw?
- DarkShikari 17y agoThere have been pirate servers of many MMORPGs, far more complex than any simple RTS (Everquest, World of Warcraft, Earth and Beyond, Ragnarok Online, among others).
- zackattack 17y agoRight, that's what i mean, how?
- daeken 17y agoYou start off simple. You write a packet sniffer and begin analysis of the protocol. As you determine how the protocol works, you can start to implement the base of a server. Implement authorization, game discovery, etc. If you'd like to know more, hit me up on IRC -- I cut my teeth on MMO server emulation, so it's a subject that's near and dear to my heart.
- eru 17y agoYou could also write up a blog post. Please.
- csallen 17y agoI'd love to read a blog post about this as well.
- ghost303 17y agoHells yes Write a blog. I reckon that anyone with a working beta key should download WireShark, and capture all network traffic for the launch and authentication of Starcraft II. That would be a great help.