[Intermediate]Server basics

[Nullable]

Originally Posted by Kiyono

So you got the packet from Korvac's wiki which said "ushort" but how did you know that you had to use "uint16" cause I looked at that wiki before but I had no clue on how to figure out what you needed and I still don't know why you used "uint16" is there a chart for stuff like that or did you just learn it somewhere?

you can google integer types, ushort is uint16 and uint32 is uint int16 is short and int32 is int :}

[IAmHawtness]

Originally Posted by Kiyono

So you got the packet from Korvac's wiki which said "ushort" but how did you know that you had to use "uint16" cause I looked at that wiki before but I had no clue on how to figure out what you needed and I still don't know why you used "uint16" is there a chart for stuff like that or did you just learn it somewhere?

It's pretty easy, actually.
byte = 1 byte, obviously
short = 2 bytes
int = 4 bytes
long = 8 bytes

The size of the packet is determined in the first two bytes, hence the "(ushort)Length", and it works like that for all the parameters in a packet.

[Arcо]

Great job Nullable.
This is a great guide.

[Kiyono]

Well I managed to google it and ended up with this table: , I just need to take the time to learn it.

//edit I put the table here for quick reference.

Built-In Types Table (C# Reference)

C# Type	.NET Framework Type
bool	System.Boolean
byte	System.Byte
sbyte	System.SByte
char	System.Char
decimal	System.Decimal
double	System.Double
float	System.Single
int	System.Int32
uint	System.UInt32
long	System.Int64
ulong	System.UInt64
object	System.Object
short	System.Int16
ushort	System.UInt16
string	System.String

//edit Should put this here too.

byte = 1 byte
short = 2 bytes
int = 4 bytes
long = 8 bytes

[Korvacs]

Originally Posted by Kiyono

So you got the packet from Korvac's wiki which said "ushort" but how did you know that you had to use "uint16" cause I looked at that wiki before but I had no clue on how to figure out what you needed and I still don't know why you used "uint16" is there a chart for stuff like that or did you just learn it somewhere?

You know, i asked for feedback in the wiki thread, its comments like this which i could really do with having, because if you had said something like this in the thread, i could have made changes to it a long time ago, or provided an explanation...

[gabrola]

And the "u" before int, short or long stands for an unsigned integer, short or long, which means it's a natural (non-negative) number.

[Kiyono]

Originally Posted by Korvacs

You know, i asked for feedback in the wiki thread, its comments like this which i could really do with having, because if you had said something like this in the thread, i could have made changes to it a long time ago, or provided an explanation...

Oh well since I didn't get it at first glance I was trying to figure it out with google but I kinda failed and then forgot to ask it in the thread >_<

[spare2]

Originally Posted by Kiyono

So you got the packet from Korvac's wiki which said "ushort" but how did you know that you had to use "uint16" cause I looked at that wiki before but I had no clue on how to figure out what you needed and I still don't know why you used "uint16" is there a chart for stuff like that or did you just learn it somewhere?

uint = unsigned 32-bit integer
uint16 = unsigned 16-bit integer = ushort
uint64 = unsigned 64-bit integer = ulong
unsigned means it is a non-negative number.
if you take out the "u" in those type words, you basically get the same set of integers plus all the negatives that are included in the set.

[~Yuki~]

Nullable just wrote a cool guide.

[-Shunsui-]

I learned a lot from this nice guide,

[Nullable]

Thanks, glad you like it :}

[_DreadNought_]

Needs a bump, just helped me hella of alot Nullable what would I do without you!

[dowhatuwant]

This is a very goodwork nullable
Keep it up, might start out of this =]

[hadeset]

If I didn't know all this, i would really not feel like learning from this. Noobs need certain questions anwered very specifically or they won't learn much anything. Of course some geniuses do.

[HolyMage]

Very Nice Guide