Packets....

[lawn gnome]

i wasnt sure where to post this, but i have a question about how i can format a raw packet in a C++ program. I have been asking on Xentales didnt have much help (my original topic is here http://www.xentales.com/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=59289).

(this is just the last post i made in the topic on xentales)

How should i format the raw packet??? iv tried 2 different ways.

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char packet[] = { 0x00, ect, ect, ect };
or
char packet[] = { "00, ect, ect, ect" };

also, CommView displays the raw packet in 2 different formats....like here is the packet to turn the warlock into a fireball.

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0x0000   00 20 E0 7E 12 31 00 0E-9B 28 D6 16 08 00 45 00   . à~.1..›(Ö...E.
0x0010   00 25 3A 7D 00 00 80 11-36 6A C0 A8 00 04 40 22   .%:}..€.6jÀ¨..@"
0x0020   C9 12 06 09 13 BA 00 11-5A 00 46 41 98 3B D3 AB   É....º..Z.FA˜;Ó«
0x0030   B8 FE 57                                          ¸þW

and then when i tell it to send it displays it like this

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0x0000   00 20 E0 7E 12 31 00 0E 9B 28 D6 16 08 00 45 00   . à~.1..›(Ö...E.
0x0010   00 25 3A 7D 00 00 80 11 36 6A C0 A8 00 04 40 22   .%:}..€.6jÀ¨..@"
0x0020   C9 12 06 09 13 BA 00 11 5A 00 46 41 98 3B D3 AB   É....º..Z.FA˜;Ó«
0x0030   B8 FE 57                                          ¸þW

the first one has the "0E-9B" and the second one uses "0E 9B"....

what one should i be using. I think this could be the cause of my problems in why its not working for me lol

[thadiusofx3]

I don't think theres any difference

[lawn gnome]

hrm....well how come it never works then? i send the packet like 20 times and it doesnt work.... ??

[thadiusofx3]

read up some more on packets, I don't think you're formatting it, or sending it right.
I dunno though haven't looked at it closely

[Karl G.]

It looks like the dash is purely a function of your editor; the ascii/hex codes are the same so it should be the same thing. It's possible that EJ has implemented a system to prevent such simple packet-hacking, however. I know that my network system does.

[lawn gnome]

i belive i found the problem....i dont know what port im sending from or how to send from a specific port. most packets that goto xenimus come from port 1407 or 1536. Anyone know how i can send from a specific port?

[Karl G.]

You can try binding your socket as if you want to receive, then sending using the same socket. Usually it will just randomly assign a socket on an outgoing port without one.