[am_amx]

how do the sites like game tracker/game monitor work??
(i.e how they get the info about servers)

[TheFrozenFire]

Though I've never actually investigated the process, I would imagine that they simply reverse-engineered the protocol for getting a server listing that the game itself employs, by sniffing the game's connections using something like Wireshark.

Once they have a list of servers, a similar process is used for getting player and map information, except from the servers themselves.

[YamiKaitou]

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Server_Queries

[am_amx]

Originally Posted by YamiKaitou http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Server_Queries

thanks but i dint GET a word in it

[Jack86]

I saw somewhere php script that does server querying, and its free so if u really need it u can use it.

[am_amx]

Originally Posted by Jack86 I saw somewhere php script that does server querying, and its free so if u really need it u can use it.

can u please give me the link

[TheFrozenFire]

See the Implementations section of the page that YamiKaitou linked.

[Styles]

Yep, I would imagine they actually have an application to do it, not PHP. The application then re-populates a database. That's much easier since PHP is more intensive for longer running queries.

How it works is, the Server Queries return a list of ips, then you query each one yourself. Hence why an application is optimal for this.

[bmann_420]

Hi Styles And Yami is smart eh

[Styles]

Lol bmann <3

I've made something like this w/ xPaw already that's why I know how it works so well Lol.