Connecting with BNLS

[EviL_MarinE]

Hey.

I Decided i want my bot to connect with bnls first of all, now i need some help there.

Its "bnls.valhallalegends" for server yes?
And its port "9367" yes?

Well if they are both correct, then it shud connect:

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Private Sub mnuConnect_Click()
Display ChatRoom, True, True, vbYellow, "Connecting To " & frmLogin.BnlsServer
        frmMain.bnlsSocket.Close
    frmMain.bnlsSocket.Connect frmLogin.BnlsServer, 9367
End Sub


"frmMain.bnlsSocket.Connect" Bit makes it connect (duhh)
So here it is:

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Private Sub bnlsSocket_Connect()
Display frmMain.ChatRoom, True, True, vbGreen, "Connected to BNLS!"
    With PBuffer
        .InsertNTString "IllusionBot"
        .SendBNLSPacket &HE
    End With
End Sub


But it doesnt start to connect, have i gone somewhere wrong with my bnls?

[UserLoser.]

Try using bnls.valhallalegends.com

[shadypalm88]

Private Sub mnuConnect_Click()
Display ChatRoom, True, True, vbYellow, "Connecting To " & frmLogin.BnlsServer
        frmMain.bnlsSocket.Close
    frmMain.bnlsSocket.Connect frmLogin.BnlsServer, 9367
End Sub

Can't really see why that's wrong, try stepping through it with the debugger to see if frmLogin.BnlsServer really contains "bnls.valhallalegends.com" when it starts to connect.

And, just a tip, create a public variable in a module somewhere to hold the BNLS server address and other things like the username, password, etc.  I assume frmLogin is your settings form.  If you keep using frmLogin.Blah to access your settings, you force your bot to keep that form in memory, which is just a waste.  Not to mention that using text fields is slower than using variables.

[EviL_MarinE]

AH, k thanks.

Well i did just use www.valhallalegends.com in the end and it worked

Thanks for the help in other forum btw

[Skywing]

Using www.valhallalegends.com as a default is a bad idea, since your program will break if the web server ever gets moved to a different machine.

[EviL_MarinE]

Oh, well i did use bnls.valhallalegends.com and it didnt work, hmm

Edit: bnls.valhallalegends.com Does work now, My Apolgies

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

Not really sure if I should be talking about this here, but:
JBLS is a BNLS clone that can hash all games remotely, and uses the same protocol.  The only differences are that JBLS is a hell of a lot less efficient than BNLS, and it must be run by somebody.  You should always (even before JBLS existed) allow for the user to specify the BNLS server, but default it to bnls.valhallalegends.com.

[Blaze]

Stop talking about JBLS... Its not up half the time anyway....

[EviL_MarinE]

Heh, as i just said in my other post, i aint using BNLS Now, go to my other post (" A Problem, help plz") To see why ;\

[The-FooL]

Stop talking about JBLS... Its not up half the time anyway....

It's not up ever, at least not on a public server.

[LivedKrad]

You should learn to debug things, Evil Marine.

[Sorc.Polgara]

Hi

what is the IP for bnls.valhallalegends.com?

I am currently trying to move away from VB and make a bot in C++.  I can't seem to connect to bnls under the "bnls.valhallalegends.com" address.

I've been looking at other simple C++ bots and how they connect and it shows it connecting to BNET with its IP address instead of "useast.battle.net".

[UserLoser.]

Hi

what is the IP for bnls.valhallalegends.com?

Start->Run->cmd->nslookup bnls.valhallalegends.com

[EviL_MarinE]

You should learn to debug things, Evil Marine.

Thx? :\

[Zakath]

Hi

what is the IP for bnls.valhallalegends.com?

I am currently trying to move away from VB and make a bot in C++.  I can't seem to connect to bnls under the "bnls.valhallalegends.com" address.

I've been looking at other simple C++ bots and how they connect and it shows it connecting to BNET with its IP address instead of "useast.battle.net".

A properly constructed connection sequence can deal equally well with either a name or an IP address. ZakBot, for instance, can connect fine with a name like "useast.battle.net."