[meTaLiCroSS]

Originally Posted by Arkshine It attaches the entity on the weapon attachment 1 I guess, something like. But you can do that probably because it a custom entity (FL_CUSTOMENTITY). I remember you can use too the weapon attachment with the player id and TE_BEAMENTS for example. ( eg : id | 0x2000 ) Anyway I'm going to do some research on it, long time i wanted to do this weapon. [edit] Btw, you can do it without orpheu.

Yeah, i know about that, http://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=53989

I'm going to test the SetEndAttachment func

[Drak]

This probably isn't the best place to post this, so somebody tell me other wise. But I'm new to reverse engineering and stuff, but I read BAILOPAN's blog about sigscanning, and the articles on the SourceMM wiki.

I'm using IDA to get the memory location, my goal is to hook the function "CTSEmitter:InitThink" in The Specialist. Which is found here: http://img210.**************/img210/3631/sadfu.jpg

Can anyone enlighten me on how to take this information I've got, and turn it into something Orpheu can use? Sorry if this is asking for alot.

[Exolent[jNr]]

It looks like it would be this for the Windows support of the Orpheu module:
?InitThink@CTSEmitter@@QAEXXZ

You would have to do a different thing for Linux.

[joaquimandrade]

Originally Posted by Drak This probably isn't the best place to post this, so somebody tell me other wise. But I'm new to reverse engineering and stuff, but I read BAILOPAN's blog about sigscanning, and the articles on the SourceMM wiki. I'm using IDA to get the memory location, my goal is to hook the function "CTSEmitter:InitThink" in The Specialist. Which is found here: http://img210.**************/img210/3631/sadfu.jpg Can anyone enlighten me on how to take this information I've got, and turn it into something Orpheu can use? Sorry if this is asking for alot.

For that function you don't even need signature scanning because it is exported. Click with the right button on it and choose edit name, copy it and make a file for it. (As exolent said)

Create a folder named "CTSEmitter" on the functions folder and create a file on it named "InitThink".

The file should look like:

{
    "name" : "InitThink",
    "class" : "CTSEmitter",
    "library" : "mod",
    "identifiers" : 
    [
        {
            "os" : "windows",
            "mods" : ["ts"],
            "value" : "?InitThink@CTSEmitter@@QAEXXZ"
        }
    ]
}

Then you would go to the folder "typeAliases" and edit the file CBaseEntity to have "CTSEmitter *" as an alias.

Look, me and Arkshine are updating the module to support virtual functions including support for derivates of CHalfLifeMultiplay and also to support easy adding of new aliases without editing files. If you don't manage to make it work or if it doesn't work (because the type CBaseEntity was not tested in your mod) just wait some time for the new version that will work for sure on your mod because it will use the hamsandwich way of handling CBaseEntity.

[Arkshine]

linux, it seems to be : InitThink__10CTSEmitter

[joaquimandrade]

Updated to version 2.1 that includes virtual functions and memory hacking.

Credits to hamsandwich for the concept and the handling of the class CBaseEntity and to memhack.

Me and or Arkshine will provide more examples and code later. Cheers.

The module should work now without any problem in any mod.

The only change that affects old files for function definition is the change of the field "mods" that supported an array of mods, to "mod" that support a string with one.

[01101101]

I will have a fun day of memory-crashes

[joropito]

I wonder if someone could do something with orpheu and this call

(this is the prototype on CS:S but this call exists on engine dll/so so I guess it's the same)

PHP Code:

SV_FindEmptySlot (netadr_t *adr, int *pslot, client_t **ppClient) 


This is called from SV_ConnectClient and returns the next available slot allowing the user connect to the server...
Of course it's necessary to allocate more slots/memory before.

Yes, my point is to make a 32+ slots


I also found this

PHP Code:

/*
 ================
 SV_FindEmptySlot 
 Get slot # and set client_t pointer for player, if possible
 We don't do this search on a "reconnect, we just reuse the slot
 ================
 */
int SV_FindEmptySlot( netadr_t *adr, int *pslot, client_t **ppClient )
{
    client_t *client=0;
    int slot;
    int                     clients;

    clients = 0;

    SV_CountPlayers( &clients );

    for ( slot = 0 ; slot < svs.maxclients ; slot++ )
    {
        client = &svs.clients[slot];
        if ( !client->active && !client->spawned && !client->connected )
            break;
    }

    if ( slot >= svs.maxclients )
    {
        SV_RejectConnection( adr, "Server is full.\n" );
            return 0;
    }

    *pslot = slot;
    *ppClient = client;
    // Success
    return 1;
} 


[01101101]

Let me see if I can find something, I'm still noob in this lol

PD: I remember one time they made this stuff of 32+ players, but it was laggy like hell and buggy, anyway I'm interested in trying lol.

[joropito]

Maybe hooking this will be better

PHP Code:

// FROM CS:S (in CS16 it's SV_SetMaxclients)
void SV_SetMaxClients( void )
{
    // Determine absolute limit
    svs.maxclientslimit = MAX_CLIENTS;

    // Assume default
    svs.maxclients = isDedicated ? DEFAULT_SERVER_CLIENTS : 1;

    // Check for command line override
    int nMaxPlayers = CommandLine()->ParmValue( "-maxplayers", -1 );
    if ( nMaxPlayers >= 0 )
    {
        svs.maxclients = nMaxPlayers;
    }

    svs.maxclients = max( 1, svs.maxclients );
    svs.maxclients = min( MAX_CLIENTS, svs.maxclients );

    // sanity check
    svs.maxclients = min( svs.maxclients, svs.maxclientslimit );
} 


Look the comments about "sanity check" !!!!

The problem is MAX_CLIENTS is a constant and it's used along the program... damn!!