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| author | duck <me@duck.me.uk> | 2020-06-27 16:21:17 +0000 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2020-06-27 18:21:17 +0200 |
| commit | 1bc7047af724f9d6282f7cc79289ecdffe084d1c (patch) | |
| tree | 9146423f086d8534dcb4219dc37f807891dd361b /docs | |
| parent | 75a2ae2f48a88a7496f135b020aeb5cf1c2924bb (diff) | |
| download | openttd-1bc7047af724f9d6282f7cc79289ecdffe084d1c.tar.xz | |
Doc: Acknowledge integer type mismatch in certain admin packets using AdminUpdateType (#8238)
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diff --git a/docs/admin_network.md b/docs/admin_network.md index ff5ea7c27..4703df322 100644 --- a/docs/admin_network.md +++ b/docs/admin_network.md @@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ Last updated: 2011-01-20 Note: not every update type supports every frequency. If in doubt, you can verify against the data received in `ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_PROTOCOL`. + Please note the potential gotcha in the "Certain packet information" section below + when using the `ADMIN_UPDATE_FREQUENCY` packet. + The server will not confirm your registered update. However, asking for an invalid `AdminUpdateType` or a not supported `AdminUpdateFrequency` you will be disconnected from the server with `NETWORK_ERROR_ILLEGAL_PACKET`. @@ -143,6 +146,9 @@ Last updated: 2011-01-20 - ADMIN_UPDATE_COMPANY_STATS - ADMIN_UPDATE_CMD_NAMES + Please note the potential gotcha in the "Certain packet information" section below + when using the `ADMIN_POLL` packet. + `ADMIN_UPDATE_CLIENT_INFO` and `ADMIN_UPDATE_COMPANY_INFO` accept an additional parameter. This parameter is used to specify a certain client or company. Setting this parameter to `UINT32_MAX (0xFFFFFFFF)` will tell the server you @@ -213,6 +219,14 @@ Last updated: 2011-01-20 ## 7.0) Certain packet information + `ADMIN_PACKET_ADMIN_UPDATE_FREQUENCY` and `ADMIN_PACKET_ADMIN_POLL` + + Potential gotcha: the AdminUpdateType integer type used is a + uint16 for `UPDATE_FREQUENCY`, and a uint8 for `POLL`. + This is due to boring legacy reasons. + It is safe to cast between the two when sending + (i.e cast from a uint8 to a uint16). + All `ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_*` packets have an enum value greater 100. `ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_WELCOME` |