Add connection speeds

Myrn · Post by **Myrn** » 2003-03-02 15:38

Why did you close the feature request thread: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_i ... aid=524874
I think it was a great idea. T1 and T3 are just for the states. Why not make it possible to add your own speed like this: "666kbps"
It would be just as easy to fake your speed as it is now. It would be possible to show your real speed though.

mo · Post by mo » 2003-03-02 20:46

the speeds setting is typically used to help manage hubs.

no script could realistically parse through user entered values and handle them correctly

Myrn · Post by **Myrn** » 2003-03-03 04:56

Well lets skip the user entered values. Some authentic values for the european users would be nice though. What's the idea behind this. The programmers are europeans. They must have thought of this. Are the "speeds" locked agains the Neo Modus "speeds" in some way so it's not possible to change if not Neo Modus do so?

Post by **GargoyleMT** » 2003-03-03 12:07

These are hardcoded and never sent in anything but a numeric format to another client. They're not sent as strings, so each client has to have a table of speeds internally... If one client redefines them, the others will not know that, and will have the speed wrong.

It's just not possible.

Put it in your description or nick instead.

ender · Post by **ender** » 2003-03-03 12:26

GargoyleMT wrote:These are hardcoded and never sent in anything but a numeric format to another client. They're not sent as strings, so each client has to have a table of speeds internally...

Actually they are sent as strings - here's how the $MyINFO looks:
$MyINFO $ALL nickname description$ $speedB$e-mail$sharesize$
The speed is a string, followed by a byte used for setting the icon in NMDC (only used for fileserver & fireball icons). I made my bot to answer the $GetINFO request with a $MyINFO, which says Bot as the speed...

[offtopic]BTW: does anybody know what's the $ $ after the description about?

Post by **GargoyleMT** » 2003-03-03 19:39

ender wrote:Actually they are sent as strings - here's how the $MyINFO looks:

Thanks for the correction! Sorry, Myrn, for spreading disinformation.

Phantom · Post by **Phantom** » 2003-03-03 21:56

[offtopic]BTW: does anybody know what's the $ $ after the description about?

I'd also like to know if you find out ender. Seems like a bit of a waste if you ask me.