On 2012-09-19 17:23:24 +0000, Bob Tanner said: > My packet trace looks nothing like a real client so I'm looking forhelp > on what I'm doing wrong (pseudocode): > > connect to server port 2593 > send CP_SOCKET > assume I don't need to send CP_FEATURE? > read SP_MOTD Lots of my previous problems had to do with packet sizes and switching to the stdint.h stuff cleaned up a lot of the problems. I'm back to understanding how an observer connects to the server. Here is what my packet trace looks like, which isn't lining up with the documented state machine. connect to port 2593 CP_SOCKET SP_MOTD CP_LOGIN SP_YOU SP_ LOGIN SP_HOSTILE SP_PL_LOGIN SP_KILLS SP_PSTATUS SP_FLAGS I keep gettig SP_FLAGS until I ghostbust. Looking for some help on what should I do next (as far as the state machine goes)? Thanks. -- Bob Tanner <basic at us.netrek.org> Key fingerprint = 9906 320A 8BB6 64AD 96A7 7785 CBFB 10BF 568B F98C