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packet_structures

Josh Tyree

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General Chat - plain text/string

  • The general packet structure is as follows:
  • COMMAND:user_name:command args

Login Packet - plain text/string

  • LOGIN:user_name:password << Client sends
  • LOGINRESP:response_from_DBEngine (string giving failure reason or success/etc) << Server sends

Disconnect Packet - plain text/string (not fully implemented)

  • DISCONNECT:user_name:reason << Client sends
  • DISCONNECT:reason << Server sends (in case of kick or something)

Logged in users list - plain text/string

  • LISTUSERS:user_name << Client sends
  • USRLST:user_name << Server sends to the client that requests the user list
  • Server loops over every connected client and sends a USRLST packet for each one

Message Packet - plain text/string

  • MSG:user_name:message << Client sends
  • MSG:original_user_name:message << Server replicates to all connected users
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