Server discovery for Quake III Arena, Wolfenstein Enemy Territory and Quake 4

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Title: Server discovery for Quake III Arena, Wolfenstein Enemy Territory and Quake 4
Author(s): Armitage, Grenville J.
Abstract: This report briefly summarises the server-discovery protocol used by Quake III Arena, Wolfenstein Enemy Territory and Quake 4. When requested by the player a game client issues a query to a well-known ‘master server’ which replies with a list of registered (and nominally active) game servers. The client then probes each game server in sequence presenting the player with information about each game server as replies come back. Game servers participate in this process by registering with the master server when they start up. The server discovery process is similar for all three games based on short UDP packet exchanges. A discussion of UDP traffic between game servers and clients during connection and actual game-play is beyond the scope of this report.
Publication type: Technical report
Research centre: Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies. Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures
Source: Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures : technical reports
Publication year: 2007
Keyword(s): Quake III Arena; Quake 4; Wolfenstein Enemy Territory
Publisher: Swinburne University of Technology
Publisher URL: http://caia.swin.edu.au/reports/
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