I have noticed that some servers have corrupted replies when they have
more than 56 (around) players playing. I haven't managed to put my
finger on it exactly, but it doesn't seem to happen when the server is
loaded with bots, but perhaps only human players.
Also, even the steam client displays corrupted data when viewing server
info, and can eventually crash (just did on my secondary machine with it
open).
It also appears that the query for server rules may be corrupt as well.
Here is an example player query:
Packet Sent:
ff ff ff ff 55 7e 23 4c 01 00 | U~#L..
Packet Received (corrupted):
fe ff ff ff cb 6d 0a 80 01 00 9b 05 00 00 91 2a | ?m.*
29 83 42 5a 68 39 31 41 59 26 53 59 e8 1d 2e 8c | ).BZh91AYSY?...
00 02 cd ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff fe bf ff ff | ..??
fb bf ff ff fe 7f ff de 7f df ff be fb df 77 f5 | ?.??.?w?
fd d2 ed c0 f2 d0 03 3b 79 37 65 81 cd 20 89 08 | ??.;y7e.? ..
d4 d3 d2 9e 53 69 18 d4 f4 40 c8 0f 44 f4 d4 d3 | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
13 4c 4f 50 03 13 34 20 c9 e9 1e 44 64 c8 62 64 | .LOP..4 ??.Dd?bd
d1 ea 34 d9 40 f5 34 d3 d4 7a 83 d0 13 1a 98 8c | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
8d a8 6d 08 1e a7 a4 0c 41 93 d1 a4 de a4 3c d0 | .?m..??.A.?
9a 4c 55 3d 13 53 ca 6d 26 87 a8 1a 0f 50 8d b5 | .LU=.S?m.?..P.?
34 9b 43 41 34 f4 98 13 02 30 98 00 00 01 a2 32 | 4.CA4?...0?2
34 68 60 d4 64 7a 09 91 84 c0 00 9b 51 91 80 13 | 4h`?dz...?..Q...
23 43 02 60 04 18 8c 4d 34 2a 9e 04 9b 51 a6 89 | #C.`...M4*...Q?.
e9 4f 4f 49 37 aa 7e 54 fd 53 6a 79 4f 4c a6 6a | ?OOI7?~T?SjyOL?j
32 7a 80 0c d2 34 00 f5 03 41 a0 34 00 1e a6 8d | 2z..?4.?.A.4..?.
06 80 0d 1a 1a 00 03 40 3d 46 40 7a 87 a8 00 00 | [EMAIL PROTECTED]@z.?..
00 00 00 20 68 68 34 00 1a 01 90 1a 00 0d 01 90 | ... hh4.
69 a0 00 68 06 46 40 01 a0 00 01 a6 40 1a 00 06 | [EMAIL PROTECTED]@...
81 90 1a 00 00 00 1a 00 00 c2 68 06 84 53 d4 ca | .?h..S??
7a 14 d0 f5 07 a2 34 1a 01 a0 1a 32 00 34 c4 68 | z.??.?42.4?h
00 18 81 a6 83 20 64 00 06 23 d4 03 40 0c 80 03 | ...?. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
40 32 1a 00 03 40 64 d0 32 34 00 36 77 01 9e 93 | @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
55 99 e3 92 92 a7 67 8d 10 f3 56 34 f5 09 81 a0 | U.?..?g..?V4?...
00 ea 03 36 47 8f 0a b4 61 c0 7c 84 f4 d9 e1 33 | .?.6G..?a?|.???3
1d 74 20 a6 d6 da f8 c0 30 28 0a 25 1b aa 35 25 | .t ?0(.%.?5%
b3 a7 cd 00 06 8d 21 30 76 1e b8 c0 34 00 42 0a | ???...!0v.??4.B.
f8 3a 41 84 ba 96 0f 8d dc 78 68 19 d9 c1 e2 c5 | ?:A.?...?xh.
be 3b 76 ba 61 b1 6b d5 36 fd 8b 49 8b c7 5d 61 | ?;v?a?k?6?.I.?]a
86 07 fd 10 a1 4c 10 03 2e 60 14 39 82 6c c1 98 | ..?.?L...`.9.l?.
14 0f d0 ae 26 16 66 c4 43 ac 44 16 9e 32 94 19 | ..??.f?C?D..2..
9f 52 a5 c2 d7 50 de 55 81 0c c1 b8 88 1a 36 8d | .R???P?U..??..6.
34 aa df 9b 00 c1 2e 6c 51 05 18 fa 61 a6 69 5d | 4??..?.lQ..?a?i]
c5 63 4a 2c eb ea 26 53 3b a0 bf cd 29 9c 5a 3a | ?cJ,??S;.??).Z:
27 f4 c4 ab 0f d4 29 19 c5 0b 16 29 39 d8 0b c4 | '???.?).?..)9?.?
e9 92 f2 14 06 07 be 8c dc 67 cc b1 d9 55 0c f4 | ?.?...?.?g???U.?
93 42 d0 24 49 d2 8f 06 71 14 f1 d1 88 c7 4e d4 | .B?$I?..q.??.?N?
85 5f 20 88 6a 0a 05 b0 d1 08 3b 5d 53 8b 9d f5 | ._ .j..??.;]S..?
1f 9b 7d 4c ca b4 5d d1 b8 71 5e 74 e4 24 9d 60 | ..}L??]??q^t?$.`
a2 24 c1 6a 68 1c 95 36 95 8c f6 2b 50 01 5a ee | ?$?jh..6..?+P.Z?
24 d6 81 5c 1d e6 47 33 13 85 54 7b fa a4 e9 f0 | $?.\.?G3..T{
51 a9 4b a5 00 7c d9 e9 6a c1 3c fa da 86 6a 23 | Q?K?.|??j???.j#
7b 9e c1 79 b0 ac ee ba bf 9c a6 75 ba c9 2c 8e | {.?y?.?u??,.
53 5c d8 dd 7a 5d c1 8e 81 5a 07 a9 e6 bb ed 01 | S\??z]?..Z..
b8 c5 95 8b 71 3c 04 2f b6 7d e4 f3 f8 89 8b 8e | ??..q./?}???...
62 38 91 b1 82 28 96 ce 22 d4 82 79 28 41 24 aa | b8.?.(.??.y(A$?
21 bc c2 25 08 03 24 8a 24 e4 03 c2 1b 57 8b 28 | !??%..$.$?.?.W.(
d1 2e 4e 45 36 a5 3e f8 c8 da fe 7a ac 20 54 3c | ?.NE6?z? T
e0 bf b4 10 3f 29 a8 50 82 6e cf 8b f3 e2 f8 14 | ???.?)?P.n?.???.
ae 4d fb 0d 14 05 ea a1 c9 b3 e4 dc d5 2b 68 86 | ?M?...???+h.
2a 56 32 b0 88 10 81 d5 ec c8 65 c0 d8 ae c5 36 | *V2?...???e6
c9 4a 78 54 c8 c9 44 b6 b9 25 85 83 1b d6 2d 6d | ?JxT??D??%...?-m
9b 55 fd 6b 21 69 ee 2a 3b d7 f6 75 15 ce e1 c6 | .U?k!i?*;??u.???
87 43 77 95 5d 4d 7b 70 58 65 18 74 2e 61 5e 34 | .Cw.]M{pXe.t.a^4
d8 64 55 6a 04 5c 84 41 94 e9 16 ee 96 a3 da 23 | ?dUj.\.A.?.?.??#
3c 4b 79 75 b4 e9 02 74 81 4c 0f 3c c7 88 63 58 | Kyu??.t.L.?.cX
a0 5e 32 85 dd 97 96 72 aa 6e 98 43 22 6f 63 4a | .^2.?..r?n.CocJ
83 ed fa d8 77 c7 a2 67 1e 18 10 04 d8 21 10 af | .???w??g?!.?
55 ed d4 97 3a 07 2c 22 07 86 9f 59 7e 7c 98 a3 | U??.:.,...Y~|.?
38 57 32 3a 5b 5b 2e c4 1a 1e ac 00 04 64 18 94 | 8W2:[[.?..?..d..
e8 4b 9a 61 57 53 24 2c c6 dc ec 65 e2 09 7b 30 | ?K.aWS$,???e?.{0
90 54 0d e6 31 8f 79 cb 90 06 36 62 83 12 fd 28 | .T.?1.y?..6b..?(
e1 6c 70 90 62 a8 be 3f 04 e1 0f 2b 3f 4a fc 04 | ?lp.b???.?.+?J?.
ab 4d 0b 03 b8 50 81 6a 49 02 22 b4 66 34 fc 76 | ?M..?P.jI.?f4?v
62 9e 69 70 c5 44 40 60 56 84 ad cb 46 9c 2c 19 | [EMAIL PROTECTED],.
76 74 5b 5c 2c 04 98 79 45 56 9b a8 17 a0 18 5a | vt[\,..yEV.?...Z
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