EQServerCheck

[Zordana]

hey guys,

i wrote a little tool which checks the eq emulator webpage for status of the login server and the 1999 progression server...


just unzip somewhere and start it..
as soon as the server-status switches from offline to online, you will hear "Game/Login server is up!" and the messages change..

its nothin but still usefull imho ;)


http://moestaverne.com/module/projects/EQServerCheck

^ there you find everythin you need to know ;)

[Zordana]

oh yeah, if you find any bugs or got any request, post here or use http://bugs.moestaverne.com

[Flicka]

Like https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3028 Check4Change?

[Scrooge]

You can also simply check the frontpage of the site, which informs the user whether the server is up or down, this takes several seconds.

[Ektar]

You know how daddy always taught you to be careful on the internet? To not download suspicious things that could possibly contain viruses and other malware? I don't care if you play on p99 I'm never downloading that =p

[Zordana]

You can also simply check the frontpage of the site, which informs the user whether the server is up or down, this takes several seconds.


yeah, but i cba to check the page every 5 seconds, rather having my PC tell me when the server is up.

[Zordana]

You know how daddy always taught you to be careful on the internet? To not download suspicious things that could possibly contain viruses and other malware? I don't care if you play on p99 I'm never downloading that =p

tbh i dont really care if anyone downloads this.. i made it for myself and friends who play on this server and thought id share it with you guys so.. download it or not ;)

[Uaellaen]

you dont have to download it ... and for viruses there are things called ANTI VIRUS PROGRAMS ... i recommend AVG free for you ....

anyway .. im using it since i dont want to check webpages all the time .. im browsing / doing other things while this thing checks every couple seconds for me, and when the server goes on my pretty Windows (TM) voice tells me "SERVER UP!!!" and i log in .. vio la



oh and if you are affraid its connecting to anything else then the webpage ... http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897437.aspx <== TCP view is your friend .. oh noes, its downloaded of the internet .. microsoft spreads viruses!

[Sirelk]

hey guys,

i wrote a little tool which checks the eq emulator webpage for status of the login server and the 1999 progression server...


Thank you for the cool program. I'm running it now.

[Zordana]

Thank you for the cool program. I'm running it now.

im glad at last some people appreciate it :)


still.. I WANT THE SERVER BACK UP NAO! :(

[fizbanic]

As this is classic server I am doing it the classic way, trying to log in and see, and cheating a bit by looking at the status on the site.

[Ektar]

you dont have to download it ... and for viruses there are things called ANTI VIRUS PROGRAMS ... i recommend AVG free for you ....


lol good point I'm gonna go load up all the porn sites I can because I have anti virus programs. You're a damn fool if you think anti virus programs make you safe.

and yeah I obviously I don't have to download it.cuz like, I didn't.


tbh i dont really care if anyone downloads this.. i made it for myself and friends who play on this server and thought id share it with you guys so.. download it or not ;)


and yeah nothing against you, just saying how so very suspicious that sounded =p

[odizzido]

While I like it, I wish it would check less frequently. Whatever it uses to check X 500 is a lot of crap for whatever you send it to to deal with.

Just make the time between checks a variable we can modify? That would be perfect.

[fizbanic]

you dont have to download it ... and for viruses there are things called ANTI VIRUS PROGRAMS ... i recommend AVG free for you ....

anyway .. im using it since i dont want to check webpages all the time .. im browsing / doing other things while this thing checks every couple seconds for me, and when the server goes on my pretty Windows (TM) voice tells me "SERVER UP!!!" and i log in .. vio la



oh and if you are affraid its connecting to anything else then the webpage ... http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897437.aspx <== TCP view is your friend .. oh noes, its downloaded of the internet .. microsoft spreads viruses!

I never trust a anti-virus program outright, problem with them is that if someone made a virus today, it might not be detected by the program nor any type of help until your program is updated.

[Scrooge]

It doesnt necessarily even have to be a virus....it could be a simple keylogger, pardon my cynicism.

[Zordana]

While I like it, I wish it would check less frequently. Whatever it uses to check X 500 is a lot of crap for whatever you send it to to deal with.

Just make the time between checks a variable we can modify? That would be perfect.


ill add that in a sec (if the servers arent up by then)

[Uaellaen]

key loggers would have to send the logged things anywhere ... TCP View will tell you what program connects where with what protocol what port etc. etc.

and i know virus programs are no "cure all", thou a good realtime scanner prevents files from beeing executed if they are suspicious ... also todays anti virus programs just dont only use virus patterns to check anymore, they also check for "suspicious actions" like logging your keys into mem / a text file, changing registry settings without user prompts etc. etc. etc.

but your right, your smart im stupid move along .. i will go AFK now watch TV and wait till my computer tells me servers are back up ... enjoy your board trolling

[Zordana]

http://moestaverne.com/uploadarea/download.php?id=318

newer version, has an inifile where you can set the check-interval in seconds and set stayontop to 1 to make it stay on top..

gonna add threadin soon so it doesnt "block" the app until words are spoken..

[Ektar]

but your right, your smart im stupid move along .. i will go AFK now watch TV and wait till my computer tells me servers are back up ... enjoy your board trolling

Look dude, you were the first one to take the "ur stoopid" position here. Just because you were wrong and I knocked your dumb statement out of the park doesn't mean you can just play the part of the victim. But it's cool I don't care =p.

and PS I'm doin my workout AND watchin tv, beat that, hot shot!

[Sirelk]

Nothing of value here.

I wish there was an ignore feature with this version of vBulletin.

[Zordana]

version 1.2 posted

[Ektar]

oh thanks for drawing my attention back. your is not you are.

and forget it I'm not gonna ruin this post anymore. I was just making a joke at how suspicious it sounded, and dumb people hound me. I'm done on this thread, sorry zordana!

[Zordana]

your so bored? :P

[Sloth]

this is pretty cool, thanks

[Zordana]

people youre sooo bored.. go make me a nice icon for this tool :>

[odizzido]

Thanks for the update....one more slight problem I have with it though. It didn't check to see if the servers were up before starting the countdown. Now I need to wait 360 seconds to know.

[Zordana]

fixed

[Akim]

I was going to go to the tanning bed, winter time is hard on a blonde haired dude :P
but instead i downloaded this religiously hoping to see the server up.
my hopes are dashed :x

[Zordana]

I was going to go to the tanning bed, winter time is hard on a blonde haired dude :P
but instead i downloaded this religiously hoping to see the server up.
my hopes are dashed :x

they said sumthin about server died and admins arent reachable at the moment, so its just a matter of time until the admins get near some computer with internet to restart it and everythin should be fine..
at last thats what i heard..

[Zordana]

btw i still could use an icon :)

[guineapig]

This is awesome!

I can load it up on the laptop and that was it doesn't matter what part of the house I'm in or what I'm doing when the server comes back up.

It's very simple and does exactly what it's meant to do.

Good job!

[Zordana]

thanks, good you guys appreciate it as much as i do, last time the server went down, i went to sleep and my tool woke me \o>

[Zordana]

News and updates to this tool will be found at here now:

http://moestaverne.com/module/projects/EQServerCheck

You can also find other tools for EQ (especially for this project) soon at http://moestaverne.com

enjoy; )

[guineapig]

Works like a charm!

If it isn't already I vote that this be added to the resource thread or something similar.

Can we get the voice switched to a feamle one? =)

[Uaellaen]

the voice is your standard text to speech windows voice ... you have to change that in your windows settings, if you can change it at all already ...

[Zordana]

*nods to uaellaen*

[Zordana]

version 1.3 released
http://moestaverne.com/module/projects/EQServerCheck

[Zordana]

Updated - Version 1.31
- added error-catch when eqemulator.

http://moestaverne.com/module/projects/EQServerCheck