Using gslist in VB.net application

spiritedmachine · **Joined:** 11 Nov 2009 19:22 **Posts:** 7

Hello,
I am working on a game launcher for ArmA2, a military simulation game.

I would like a multiplayer server browser built-in to the program. I have seen at least 2 other launchers that use gslist.exe to retrieve server information. I am not sure what programming language they are written in, I have been unable to contact the authors of the software.

What would be the best way to use gslist in my vb.net application? Compile the source code to dll, or interface with the executable in some way? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

aluigi · **Posted:** 11 Nov 2009 20:44

without doubts calling it as an external process is the better way in any case (and avoids trouble of recompiling, reinterfacing and moreover possible compatibilities with the GPL license).

gslist has all the needed options for dumping the retrieved servers list in various ways.
the following example is valid for arma2 and shows how to dump all the fields used by the arma2 servers of which I'm aware (so choose those you prefer):

Code:

gslist -n arma2pc -X \gamever\hostname\mapname\gametype\numplayers\numteams\maxplayers\gamemode\timelimit\password\param1\param2\currentVersion\requiredVersion\modequalModRequired\gameState\dedicated\platform\language\difficulty\mission\gamename\sv_battleye -o %temp%\dump.txt

so you launch gslist with those arguments, wait its termination and then you can parse the dump.txt file located in the temp folder of the current user.

nice eh? :)

spiritedmachine · **Joined:** 11 Nov 2009 19:22 **Posts:** 7

Fantastic, sir. Thank you very much. I'll try this out tonight. If I have any questions I'll be back, but this looks very straightforward.

spiritedmachine · **Joined:** 11 Nov 2009 19:22 **Posts:** 7

Is there a way to change the format of the dumpfile? For example, one server per line?

aluigi · **Posted:** 12 Nov 2009 00:15

the dumpfile is already one server per line:

Code:

IP:port \parameter\value\parameter\value...\parameter\value
IP:port \parameter\value\parameter\value...\parameter\value
...

spiritedmachine · **Joined:** 11 Nov 2009 19:22 **Posts:** 7

My apologies. When I opened it in a text editor with word wrap turned off, it doesn't seem that way. I realize I was wrong.

mastahb · **Joined:** 21 Oct 2010 11:02 **Posts:** 3

Hello
How can i get the list of servers from one of the game's group rooms, eg. US Central using gslist?

aluigi · **Posted:** 21 Oct 2010 15:19

the rooms you see in the game are handled in the peerchat server so are on a different layer.
I guess that the master server doesn't track them, indeed the room is not in the informations contained in the replies of the servers when you query them manually one-by-one

mastahb · **Joined:** 21 Oct 2010 11:02 **Posts:** 3

Thank you for a quick reply.

Luigi Auriemma

Using gslist in VB.net application