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<0> Blizzard?
<1> nah..
<0> Is that a page maintained by blizzard?
<1> it's a personal site
<1> lemme see if i can find it
<2> the code is not stored in a log file anywhere?
<0> See, now we're getting somewhere
<0> Because I was thinking this would be like some clan tournament or something
<0> And, so far, I still think that
<0> I don't get why blizzard would give you a code but nowhere to use it
<0> Like, here, JDHFSKUE!*#@$JLSDIF!
<1> no it's not from blizzard
<1> it's a custom map
<0> Ahhh
<0> And why is the custom map done that way?
<1> http://www.3corridors.com/index.php?page_id=17
<1> that's where you enter it
<1> oh it's just for fun..
<1> like a bunch of us play on kali and compare to each other..
<1> it's not some huge worldwide thing..
<2> The GameCode is the code generated at the end of the game, printed on screen, and also created in the Quest Log
<1> yea
<2> Where is the Quest Log?
<1> that's in the game too
<1> like you can't select it and copy it
<1> "We are still working on finding an easier way of extracting the GameCode. Please bear with us, and keep submitting so that we can start tracking stats.
<1> "
<0> If they did the custom map
<0> And they did the tracking site or whatever
<0> Why can't they just change how it outputs the code?
<2> seriously.. its such a simple modification...
<1> well i don't think you can output to files in maps..
<2> just damn near impossible without the source code
<2> ah yeah that makes sense...
<2> not a Blizzard mod so they dun have a lot of leeway
<1> haha yea..
<2> to find it in memory would be ridiculously difficult
<1> yea
<1> so i thought
<2> it probably only exists in memory for a few ticks anyhow
<3> there's no program to do OCR on the screendump? or for that matter, on the screen itself
<3> ??
<0> Hmm
<0> It does make more sense now, anyway
<1> well ocr is very limited as it is.. plus the image is in colour..
<0> Did someone get in touch with blizzard about it?
<1> hm..
<1> i don't think so..
<1> i guess i could write them
<3> jisatsu color won't matter
<1> i thought it only worked on black and white images
<2> well, you can desaturate it easily
<1> true
<1> but it'd be greyscale then
<3> <sigh> I'll go back to reading
<2> you can adjust the threshhold too
<2> among other things
<1> hm..
<0> Try a packet sniffer for the code?
<2> you could auto crop it, and do a bunch of other things with an Image Magic script
<0> But that wouldn't work well for deployment
<4> he's trying to create a server emulator?
<1> well i mean..
<1> i read the source code for some old maphacks..
<1> it was written in visual basic..
<1> and all it does is read from specific locations in memory
<1> i was wondering how they found that out in the first place
<1> could you use a debugger like softice?
<2> well, once the game is loaded into memory, static strings and such are hard coded to an offset
<4> i don't know what a 'maphack' is
<4> but I would ***ume they just reverse engineered the code
<1> i see..
<0> Ever notice that when you don't feel like having crackers, there are a few boxes open
<0> And if you want some, there are no open boxes
<0> I notice that
<1> lol
<0> Some sort of OCR activex control or something would seem like it's right up your alley, jis
<0> As well as figuring out who the mod support or whatever at Blizzard is
<1> hm.. okay..
<0> See how now that we understand what you're up to, it's a little easier to figure out how to deal with it
<0> I'm guessing the map stats are transmitted in packets, but you don't want to build a packet sniffer into public code. Network admins get a little frisky
<1> oh it affects the isps?
<0> Well
<0> Packet sniffing is one of those things that if your boss or ISP or whoever noticed it, you could get in trouble
<2> actually...
<0> And you don't want to bring that down on the dudes who just like to play an old game
<2> it would not be a packet sniffer, but a socket hook
<2> so it would be local to the one machine
<4> for warcraft, or world of warcraft?
<0> Still
<0> Just warcraft, rdragon
<0> Warcraft 3
<4> ah
<0> They've got a custom map that they can't figure out how to save statistics from
<0> So they output a hash of them to the screen
<4> oh
<0> We thought OCR or sniffing for the code or something
<0> Any ideas?
<0> (Also contacting blizzard)
<0> Er
<4> yeah, ask blizzard
<0> People have to copy down the hash and type it in on a web page
<0> So he wants to automate that step
<4> if it's even something they support
<0> Yah
<1> haha yea..
<0> When was the last patch released for that, jis?
<1> warcraft?
<1> just a little while back..
<1> maybe 2-3 days?
<1> 1.20c
<1> it is an old game though
<0> Well
<0> If they're still releasing patches
<0> Ought to be someone around who can help you
<1> yea
<1> i'll try asking them..
<1> maybe there's an easier way with the map editor
<4> don't ask them how to read the code from the screen, ask them how to do what you wanted to do to begin with
<0> Note that most people at blizzard won't have any interest in what you're trying to do
<0> Yeah, what rdragon said
<1> lol yea
<0> And remember that the hardest part is finding who to ask
<0> I like this SG-1 episode, I hadn't seen it before
<0> The big alien guy is allowed to get an apartment and tries to fit in
<0> Sort of a reversal of things
<4> hm
<5> i can't update my windows xp OS
<5> and error occured
<4> calc vague
<6> vague = We might be able to help you, but you'll have to be a little more vague.
<7> his head scares me
<0> Haha
<7> man
<7> i was looking forward to my ai cl***...
<7> but, on the first day we spent like 45 minutes reading silently to ourselves this paper: "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" By A.M. Turning
<4> Turing
<7> christ... we can read this at home, or the teacher can at least read it aloud and comment... but we just all sat there reading...
<7> thanks
<7> well, i took a nap actually since i had been up since 4am and it was like 9pm
<0> Actually, that's probably the only way they can expect you to read anything
<7> i thought about that
<0> It's a good approach
<7> but it apparently was just as successful with me
<4> you should have just walked out, eh
<0> Well, that wasn't their fault
<7> yea but... augh x_x
<0> Well, go to sleep earlier
<0> Dopey
<7> you mean sleep longer :P
<0> I mean whatever I want to mean
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