<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> Some put on the self destruct</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">sequence, some simply close the connection.</DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">This might be happening because of race condition ... see if you can</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">capture more data, such as network packets.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>A connection reset can</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">cause loss of that CP_QUIT in the server buffer before it is read by the</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">server process.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I'm happy to help with that.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Race conditions? in my code? very likely :-) there are some points where i</DIV><DIV>just know i should have used locks. But in this case i don't know. Basically the </DIV><DIV>client only sends the CP_QUIT and remains in the game. The closing of the socket</DIV><DIV>on the server side or the explosion of the player will lead to the hiding of the game display</DIV><DIV>and the raising of the outfit menu.</DIV><BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">P.S.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I've reached a state where RSA is more or less in the code, and <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">would like to check it on some servers. Shall i post the generated</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">MacTrek_Key file here ?</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>MacTrek_Key:ct=MacTrek:cr=Chris:\</DIV><DIV> :cd=November 2006:ar=OSX-Tiger:\</DIV><DIV> :cm=No-Comment:\</DIV><DIV> :gk=359b0e6aee1a586b193b01cc8c7ddac88ba569fc63bc79ffdeced44771b228b3:\</DIV><DIV> :pk=efb89fa2e04e4105b4727825a8f32dfdff3034dcc25cbcd5929b5d02b879995f:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>The key will remain stable for now, the rsa_box files will not be released though </DIV><DIV>generating them on os x is not that easy. (i actually generated these on linux)</DIV><BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Sure ... I could add it to inl.real-time.com's key list for you to test</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">with.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Sounds great, what is a inl.real-time.com key list ? (inl sounds like international netrek league,</DIV><DIV>but i never saw the server listed on the meta server, which would make it kind of hard to </DIV><DIV>test)</DIV><BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The best solution is to define more FEATURE packets in the protocol, default them</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">to on, and leave it up to the server owners whether they respond to</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">demands to turn them off.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>So far i don't think many of the current features have been implemented at all. MacTrek </DIV><DIV>is probably less than JTrek, but with some other new things. Things like beeplite are in</DIV><DIV>the code but did not make it to the graphical layer yet.</DIV><BR><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#683821" face="Monaco" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">#define FEATURE_LIST_FEATURE_PACKETS</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#683821" face="Monaco" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> 0</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#683821" face="Monaco" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">#define FEATURE_LIST_NEW_MACRO</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#683821" face="Monaco" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> 1</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#683821" face="Monaco" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">#define FEATURE_LIST_SMART_MACRO</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#683821" face="Monaco" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> 2</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#683821" face="Monaco" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">#define FEATURE_LIST_WHY_DEAD</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#683821" face="Monaco" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> 3</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#683821" face="Monaco" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">#define FEATURE_LIST_SB_HOURS</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#683821" face="Monaco" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> 4</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#683821" face="Monaco" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">#define FEATURE_LIST_CLOAK_MAXWARP</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#683821" face="Monaco" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> 5</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#683821" face="Monaco" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">#define FEATURE_LIST_SELF_8FLAGS</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#683821" face="Monaco" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> 6</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#683821" face="Monaco" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">#define FEATURE_LIST_SELF_8FLAGS2</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#683821" face="Monaco" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> 7</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#683821" face="Monaco" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">#define FEATURE_LIST_GEN_DISTRESS</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#683821" face="Monaco" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> 8</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#683821" face="Monaco" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">#define FEATURE_LIST_MULTILINE_ENABLED</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#683821" face="Monaco" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> 9</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#683821" face="Monaco" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">#define FEATURE_LIST_SHIP_CAP</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#683821" face="Monaco" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> 10</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#683821" face="Monaco" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">#define FEATURE_LIST_BEEPLITE</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#683821" face="Monaco" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> 11</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#683821" face="Monaco" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">#define FEATURE_LIST_CONTINUOUS_MOUSE</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#683821" face="Monaco" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> 12</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#683821" face="Monaco" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">#define FEATURE_LIST_CONTINUOUS_STEER</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#683821" face="Monaco" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> 13</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>