(need advice) what should i learn to create co2 sources

[medohooks]

need advice please what should i learn to create co2 sources

i am a CS student who love programming and games =D
my uni have very weak learning system and i want to improve my skills while getting fun and doing what i love (games)

i know best private servers now are created with C#
so
1- what should i learn in C# to create a good co2 private server
2-i want a recommendation for C# courses
3- what should i learn other than C#

any information will be very helpful =D

[JaniQ]

I am not by any means good at coding but from my experience so far I found that if you
do like coding in general and are willing to put in the time and the effort to learn you should choose a language that you are comfortable with and start learning the basics and go from there.

As for coding a co private server you will need in addition to knowing the basics of whatever language you choose you will need to learn socket programming and know
how does conquer online clients and servers work.

There are plenty of reading material out there and for you to be able to read through it you will need to understand enough of the language that it's written in. More knowledge for more complicated sources.

My advice is that you start small and don't rush and always type it with your own hands don't copy and paste it.

[Spirited]

Nobody knows your background or where you need to grow. Just go out and do it. If you're a real programmer / computer science student, you can conduct your own research, prioritize your studies, etc. You can teach yourself as needed to understand the source code you work with.

[medohooks]

Originally Posted by JaniQ

I am not by any means good at coding but from my experience so far I found that if you
do like coding in general and are willing to put in the time and the effort to learn you should choose a language that you are comfortable with and start learning the basics and go from there.

As for coding a co private server you will need in addition to knowing the basics of whatever language you choose you will need to learn socket programming and know
how does conquer online clients and servers work.

There are plenty of reading material out there and for you to be able to read through it you will need to understand enough of the language that it's written in. More knowledge for more complicated sources.

My advice is that you start small and don't rush and always type it with your own hands don't copy and paste it.

thanks for reply =D
let's say the co2 source created by C# will i need only the basics of C# or should i became advanced C# programmer to fix bugs and create events ?

Originally Posted by Spirited

Nobody knows your background or where you need to grow. Just go out and do it. If you're a real programmer / computer science student, you can conduct your own research, prioritize your studies, etc. You can teach yourself as needed to understand the source code you work with.

thanks for reply =D
question : if i became intermediate C# programmer how can i teach myself or understand the conquer source that i use as a basic

[pintinho12]

Originally Posted by medohooks

question : if i became intermediate C# programmer how can i teach myself or understand the conquer source that i use as a basic

If you become a intermediate programmer, you'll know what you need.

You need to think how your server will be structured... Ex: Login and Game Server in two separated Executables and a DLL for common structures (w/e).
You need to understand how a socket work, which options can you use for a TCP Server/Client (in case of Conquer).
Ciphers are out there in many sources and you can get them, you'll be good with it, or you can look those sources, check which Ciphers are used and you can study how they work and try to make your own implementation (not reading code maybe, if you dominate the language the algorithm will be enough).
Then, some packet logging on other servers (better if you get a version you want to use) to see the login/game sequence to see how you will need to implement those things (or just some reading at any public source out there will help you, most wont have the best structure but will give you knowledge to make your own).
After you setup the base: Socket and Cipher, the inter-server communication and Client-Server will be the easiest part. Just follow the rules you defined in the project start, paying atention to details, know what you're doing, comment your code so you wont get lost and for god sake, don't copy/paste codes from shitty sources, or your source will become shitty too.

Also, C# is great for starters. If you don't know C#, building a CO Server is good but will take much time. It will teach you a lot of things you should (or not) do. And be careful if you want to use GUI's on the server. I've been using C++ and comparing with c# how a UI works... C# UI is shit. I recommend console application for sure.

Tho, because of language limitations and I'm not a PROgrammer, I can't help much. But I started with Project Exodus, it's 5187, which is a version with few documentation, you can look for sources with 5517 with packet structures you can adapt. It was great for learning because it's very simple. I rewrote the whole code to see how it works, saw how the program flows and understood it (my Exodus version suffered because of MySQL which I implemented something very slow). Get a base source, study it, it will be clean and good to start with. The rest will be like: "Oh, I need to make something. - *google* - oh, shit! I got it, let me implement.".

Best of luck.