GOD YES

The browser one is extremely slow, usually has outdated player counts for me, etc.

How did you manage to make it find recently spawned servers? Do you just have a bot constantly querying ALL servers?

nah, there's no bot or anything like that involved. it's the same technique the in-browser serverbrowser uses.

the whole thing is working with http GET requests, because there's no masterserver and even the details for one specific server can only be retrieved using http.

for example visit: http://www.quakelive.com/home/matches/eyJmaWx...ImlnIjowfQ

the cryptic stuff in the url is the base64 code for the serverfilter you want to use.
in this example, i used the following filter (in JSON format): {"filters":{"group":"any","game_type":"any","arena":"any","state":"any","difficulty":"any","location":"ALL","private":"0"},"arena_type":"","players":[],"game_types":[],"ig":0}

In other words: every server in any location with any gametype in any state, etc. u'll get it.

so now that i got the serverlist, i cant process it and display it in the serverbrowser.
for matchinfos just retrieve the JSON object from http://www.quakelive.com/home/matchdetails/<server id here>

pretty easy actually. this is more or less all there is so say about retrieving the serverlist/infos, but if it's done via an external program it's much more efficient then with the in-browser serverbrowser, cause you can be a little more specific about what servers you want and you don't need to wait for the whole site to load. also, you can update your serverlist with the information retrieved from the "matchdetails" (see above), so u can easily get the current serverstate. (i.e.: no more 9/10 slot servers that actually are full).

only thing that sucks is that it always has to use http to retrieve information. but that's how id implemented it. there's (afaik) no way around this.

i also implemented some routines that let you log into quakelive and use the chat and other account-related functions. but that is just roughly sketched. no GUI, no nothing for this, just wanted to see if i could do that.

in theory, anything you can do on the website, you could do in an external program. and even a little more. i.e. changing the config that is stored on the website.

Oh wow, the entire server list is right there.

Nice find :)

Before you lose complete interest, maybe release the source code?

Good job! :)

i wanted to release the code under the GPL anyways, but before I give it completely out of my hand, I would at least like to make a few design decisions.
also I guess the code is pretty messed up, since this is my first big project, so anyone who would be interested in developing this should consult me first :>

looks realy nice :)

Looks interesting. What language(s) is it written in?

java

your profile pic.

it looks good, but i guess the question is, what does it offer, that the alt server browser plugin doesnt?

Same problems as the vanilla browser. Very slow loading (at times), bugs if you try to connect to a server that you didn't load all the info for, outdated information on players, etc. I find it (as well as some others) extremely slow. I miss the in-game browser because the queries were pretty quick. They can be very slow in the browser.

afaik the only problem you mentioned that is getting fixed, is the incorrect server info. but well thats already a huge advantage

Does the soft able to launch the game automatically?

if you doubleclick a server, a new browserwindow will open using a matchlink.
but i guess, seeing that something like this: http://forum.gamedeception.net/threads/15424-...e-Launcher is possible, it also would be possible to start the game directly. but that's not what i'm aiming for with this.

Okay! Would be awsome.

Good job btw

chaplja was already banned for this like 2 years ago

source

seriously, give me some source for this.. i'm reading his blog, haven't seen any posts on this.

he made a browser+executable to run QL without webbrowser and was banned by Syncerror from Game & IRC channel, all i know.
IRC = source, ask him if you need it

Looks good!

Would anyone be interested in this?

Yes idd

it should filter by region, which it's where it comes handy.

ex: filter europe shows servers from european countries only (obvious), filter US shows servers from all locations from the US (i think it's 3), and so on (asia/southamerica/africa)

edit: And hopefully another filter with private servers as well.

look at the link i posted, you can do all this.

I would absolutely love something like this. I've had problems for months now with the location filter on the Quake Live site and maybe something like this would allow me to workaround that. I doubt id Software would approve of this in any way, but it would be nice to try.

+ fps? xd

f1

Any updates on this?

see #30

Ah well, it looked promising. I'm looking for an alternative to id software's current server browser as it's ridiculously slow and buggy.

I want.

Lol you girl is fuckin HOT with that pink gun :-]

And shes already sitting in a bathtub. With a baby and what appears to be a dog.

that's not my girl. thanks tho :-)

why ping is "0" everywhere?
p.s. want it.

cause it's not done.
didn't code the ping stuff.

i'm not that experienced in programming when it comes to a project like this. i won't be able finish it on my own. i did all this in two weeks in april and the code is an absolute mess. would take me a few days just to understand the existing code. id software also changed some stuff regarding the server filters, so that would be something i'd need to work out. it was working, but not it's in no way ready for release.
also, i though there were more people who want this, but the responses to this thread weren't that great.

i might release the source, but didnt bother yet, cause there seems to be no one interested in it. if any experienced java programmer wants to help out, or take over, let me know.

Looks good, but all the work and nice features the id guys are giving us by paying for a Premium/Pro account are better.

PS: no.