There's nothing wrong with the IRC plugins, but I wanted to make something
that could be run independently from the game server and any add-ons.
Also, the ultimate goal is to add chat message viewing to the CheckValve
app, and to do that, I needed a single protocol with a fixed message format.
- Dave
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 11:53 PM, Doctor McKay <mc...@doctormckay.com>wrote:
> While a good point, I think the majority of providers just don't want you
> running IRC *servers*, while IRC clients are fine.
>
>
> Dr. McKay
> www.doctormckay.com
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 11:49 PM, Weasels Lair <wea...@weaselslair.com
> >wrote:
>
> > I know some hosting providers (like mine) have TOS that say no IRC.
> > Probably due to all the DDOS bot-networks out there that use IRC for
> > bot control.
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 8:46 PM, Doctor McKay <mc...@doctormckay.com>
> > wrote:
> > > What's wrong with the various IRC relay plugins? IRC clients are
> > available
> > > for pretty much all platforms.
> > >
> > >
> > > Dr. McKay
> > > www.doctormckay.com
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 1:09 PM, David Parker <dpar...@utica.edu>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hello everyone,
> > >>
> > >> I have received a lot of feedback regarding the CheckValve app for
> > Android,
> > >> and several people have asked for the ability to view the chat
> messages
> > on
> > >> a server. As a first step toward fulfilling this goal, I have created
> > the
> > >> CheckValve Chat Relay, and I'm hoping to find some volunteers to test
> it
> > >> with various games and let me know how it holds up.
> > >>
> > >> The Chat Relay is a Java program which receives log messages from one
> or
> > >> more HLDS/SRCDS servers, filters out the chat messages, and relays
> > those on
> > >> to one or more clients. The Chat Relay is a pretty lightweight
> > program; in
> > >> my tests it has used about 9 MB of memory, and CPU usage has been
> > >> negligible. The program itself is platform and OS independent, but
> > >> currently I only have working start/stop scripts for Linux, hence why
> > this
> > >> has only been sent to hlds_linux.
> > >>
> > >> The Chat Relay is available with a bundled Java Runtime Environment,
> so
> > if
> > >> you don't have Java installed on your system, that's okay. Please
> note
> > >> that the CheckValve app does not yet support the Chat Relay, but the
> > >> downloads below include a stand-alone client which can be used to log
> > chat
> > >> messages to a file on any computer (it should work on Windows, Linux,
> or
> > >> Mac, as long as Java is installed).
> > >>
> > >> The Chat Relay can be downloaded here:
> > >>
> > >> https://www.utica.edu/faculty_staff/dparker/checkvalve/downloads.cfm
> > >>
> > >> And I have written some documentation for it here:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> https://sites.google.com/site/checkvalveapp/documentation/chatrelay/using-the-chat-relay
> > >>
> > >> Feel free to e-mail me with any questions or comments, at either
> > >> dpar...@utica.edu or checkvalve...@gmail.com .
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> Dave Parker
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Dave Parker
> > >> Systems Administrator
> > >> Utica College
> > >> Integrated Information Technology Services
> > >> (315) 792-3229
> > >> Registered Linux User #408177
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