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>The GGZ Gaming Zone developers</H3
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>Copyright © 1999, 2000 Brent Hendricks</P
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>Copyright © 2001 - 2006 The GGZ Gaming Zone Developers</P
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> Main protocol specification for GGZ Gaming Zone between the GGZ server
and GGZ core clients.
This specification documents version 11 of the protocol.
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>Objectives</A
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>1. <A
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>The Protocol</A
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>2. <A
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>Client-Server Communication Protocol</A
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>2.1. <A
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>Logging in</A
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>2.2. <A
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>Requesting server information</A
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>2.3. <A
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>Rooms</A
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>2.4. <A
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>Requesting room information</A
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>2.5. <A
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>Server updates</A
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>2.6. <A
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>Table Management</A
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>2.7. <A
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>Chatting with friends</A
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>2.8. <A
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>Administrative actions</A
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>2.9. <A
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>Game Interactions</A
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>A. <A
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>Protocol Reference</A
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>A.1. <A
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>Messages sent in both directions</A
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>SESSION</A
> -- Session start</DT
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>PING</A
> -- Lag measurement challenge</DT
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>PONG</A
> -- Lag measurement response</DT
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>ROOM</A
> -- List entry describing one room</DT
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>GAME</A
> -- List entry describing one game type</DT
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>SERVER</A
> -- Server identification</DT
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>MOTD</A
> -- Server Message of the day</DT
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>UPDATE</A
> -- Notification that the list of players
or the list of tables in a room has changed,
or the list of rooms or game types on a server.
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>PLAYER</A
> -- List entry describing one player.
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>TABLE</A
> -- List entry containing one table
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>JOIN</A
> -- Message to indicate you've joined a table
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>LEAVE</A
> -- Message to indicate you've left a table
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>RESULT</A
> -- General message to indicate the result of a request
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>LIST</A
> -- Server response to request for list of rooms or list of games
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>CHAT</A
> -- Server response to chat message request</DT
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>A.3. <A
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>Client to server messages</A
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>LOGIN</A
> -- Client requested login or registration</DT
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>LIST</A
> -- Client request for list of rooms or games on the server,
or of tables or players in a room
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>LAUNCH</A
> -- Client request for new table launch</DT
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>JOIN</A
> -- Client request to join a table</DT
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>LEAVE</A
> -- Client request to leave table</DT
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>CHAT</A
> -- Client chat message request</DT
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>ADMIN</A
> -- Room Administration</DT
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>PERMADMIN</A
> -- Permissions administration</DT
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>ENTER</A
> -- Request to change rooms</DT
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>CHANNEL</A
> -- Request for a direct game connection</DT
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