Away & Friend

[Insecure]

Not to sound like a complet n00b but I have a quick question.  If I wanted to do a /f l monitor (like on vindi) I could just send the packet 0x65 and then take the information that battle.net sends me and then just put it in a list correct?

Or am I a little confused?

Just like away...could I send the packet 0x4 and it will mark me away (as long as I have a string after it telling battle.net how to mark me away correct?

[hismajesty]

Send 0x65 then parse what bnet sends you in return.

[ChR0NiC]

Yeah, that would work, but unfortunately you do not receive FriendList packets informing you of current friend updates unless on WAR3 or W3XP.

[Insecure]

Is there away to do this on sc//bw//wc2?

[EDIT] Besides a simple /f l and then phrasing it somewhere else?  Because that takes up queue time I am sure and that would suck if you need it somewhere else granted its only probably onces every 25 seconds.

[ChR0NiC]

Other than making sure you are mutual with all your friends, so you receive the updates from them, and then screening the message for key words such as entered game or entered battle.net, exited battle.net and of course Your friend "name" by using Instr. This is probably the closest you can get on D2, W2, BW.

If I am wrong, which I am somewhat doubtful of, please somebody correct me.

[tA-Kane]

could I send the packet 0x4 and it will mark me away correct?

[R.a.B.B.i.T]

Or, you could load up your bot from your source, and tell it to send 0x65 at a point, log the data, and then go from there.

[MyndFyre]

Yeah, that would work, but unfortunately you do not receive FriendList packets informing you of current friend updates unless on WAR3 or W3XP.

I do, provided I send 0x65.

[ChR0NiC]

Yeah, that would work, but unfortunately you do not receive FriendList packets informing you of current friend updates unless on WAR3 or W3XP.

I do, provided I send 0x65.

Do you receive the notifications via Packets 0x66, 0x67, 0x68, 0x69? Or are they notifications such as <From : Friend> Your friend has entered the game: Blah?

[CrAz3D]

While logged on StarCraft: Brood War@USEast I sent 0x65 & I received my friend list in 0x65

[ChR0NiC]

While logged on StarCraft: Brood War@USEast I sent 0x65 & I received my friend list in 0x65

Regardless of what client you are on, sending 0x65 will always get a response, it's the related packets I am referring to that you will not receive.

There is none.  Starcraft doesn't (and probably will never) support this functionality natively in the UI, so there isn't fully-working support for the "programmatic" friends management that Warcraft III has.

[Insecure]

Thank you guys