Retrieving core and plugin info from an external app written in c++

fakuivan · **Author**

I need to get sm's version installed on a server and some basic info from plugins (author, name, version). Where can I find the headers? What binaries do I need to load?

Fyren · *Last edited by Fyren; 10-21-2016 at 23:48.*

The source headers are not included in the release archives. However, there is a version in the scripting headers inside version_auto.inc.

To get info out of plugins, you're going to have to write code to parse the SMX format. There is probably zero documentation, so you'd have to look at SP's source code (smx-v1-image.cpp/.h) or find tools others have made (like the decompiler or https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=189809).

fakuivan

That seems complicated. Is there a way to pull that info out of the binaries?

sourcemm_api.cpp

Code:

const char *SourceMod_Core::GetVersion()
{
	return SOURCEMOD_VERSION;
}

GetVersion seems to return a literal. Can I load the binary and call that?

Fyren

For the SM version, it's not going to be impossible but it's not going to be easier than parsing a text file. On Linux, we compile with -fvisibility=hidden. I don't think the situation is better on Windows, but I know less there.

asherkin · *Last edited by asherkin; 10-22-2016 at 04:57.*

On Windows the version information is included in the file properties, so you can just use GetFileVersionInfo / VerQueryValue.
This covers all of SM's DLLs, and a number of 3rd party extensions as well.