How to RCON a source engine based server
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; Source RCON control snippet by NaNg ; Date: 12-02-2011 ; Tested on mIRC 7.14 ; ; Remote control window for Source engine based games (e.g. HL2, OrangeBox, CS:S, CSP etc.), ; based on the Source RCON Protocol found at http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Source_RCON_Protocol ; ; Warning! I couldn't find a perfect way to open the socket nicely everytime it closes, so don't rely on it ; to be connected 24/7 (plus, the socket is closed on the server side every changelevel). ; ; Usage: ; * /sourcercon <ip> <port> <pass> ; Define a prefix for sockent names. alias -l srcon.prefix { return SRcon } ; Set the command requests and response types. alias -l srcon.req.execcmd { return 2 } alias -l srcon.req.auth { return 3 } alias -l srcon.res.cmd { return 0 } alias -l srcon.res.auth { return 2 } ; Turn the given number to a 4-byte number. alias -l srcon.inttobytes { tokenize 46 $longip($1) return $4 $3 $2 $1 } ; Validates arguments and tries to open the socket to the game server for authentication. alias sourcercon { ; Validate arguments (simple, no need for full validation). if ((!$longip($1)) || ($2 !isnum 1-65536) || (!$3)) { echo -ag Invalid parameters. return } ; Save the server's address. var %server.addr = $+($1,:,$2) ; Check that the user has not opened a Rcon window for the same server already. ; This makes sure that the user won't have a Rcon step over another Rcon for the same server. if ($window(%server.addr)) { echo -ag Rcon window for $1 is already open! close it before trying. return } ; Open the Rcon window whilst activating it, with an editbox, hide the @ prefix and maximize it. window -aek0x @ $+ %server.addr aline 12 @ $+ %server.addr Source RCON window. Type a command\cvar to send to the server, responses will be displayed here. aline 12 @ $+ %server.addr Warning! commands like exit or quit will close the server! avoid using them! ; Set the socket name we'll use. var %sockname = $+($srcon.prefix,%server.addr) ; Open the socket to the server. sockopen %sockname $1 $2 ; Mark the socket with the Rcon password. sockmark %sockname $3 } ; Catch all sockopens with the Source Rcon sockets prefix. ; Build the authentication request packet and send it to the server. on *:SOCKOPEN:$($+($srcon.prefix, *)): { ; Initialize the request ID for the connection. set %srcon.id. $+ $sockname 0 ; Constructed auth request to send to the server. srcon.getrequest &srcon.auth %srcon.id. [ $+ [ $sockname ] ] $srcon.req.auth $sock($sockname).mark ; Send the authentication packet. sockwrite $sockname &srcon.auth } ; Read data from the game server. on *:SOCKREAD:$($+($srcon.prefix, *)): { ; Get the window name for the current game server. var %srcon.window = $+(@, $remove($sockname, $srcon.prefix)) ; If there were errors, $sockerr will tell us so. ; Write the error message to the window and clear the connection. if ($sockerr) { aline 04 %srcon.window * Error: Reading from socket: $sock($sockname).wsmsg srcon.clear $sockname return } ; If a prior packet didn't finish receiving, continue reading it. if ($hget($sockname)) { ; Set the packet size. var %srcon.pckt.size = $hget($sockname, size) ; Set the number of bytes left to read. var %srcon.pckt.left = $hget($sockname, left) ; Set the request id. var %srcon.pckt.id = $hget($sockname, id) ; Set the command response type. var %srcon.pckt.cmd = $hget($sockname, cmd) ; Set the cut string1. noop $hget($sockname, string1, &srcon.pckt.string1) ; Read the rest of string1. sockread %srcon.pckt.left &srcon.pckt.rest dec %srcon.pckt.left $sockbr ; Append the rest of string1 to the already received string1. bcopy &srcon.pckt.string1 $calc($bvar(&srcon.pckt.string1, 0) + 1) &srcon.pckt.rest 1 -1 ; Clear the un-needed variables. hfree $sockname } ; Else, if the packet wasn't splitted. else { ; Read the packet size. sockread 4 &srcon.pckt.size var %srcon.pckt.size = $bvar(&srcon.pckt.size, 1).long ; Initialize the number of bytes left to read. var %srcon.pckt.left = %srcon.pckt.size ; Read the packet id. sockread 4 &srcon.pckt.id var %srcon.pckt.id = $bvar(&srcon.pckt.id, 1).long dec %srcon.pckt.left $sockbr ; If the request id is an error, stop processing, display an error and clear the connection. if ($srcon.inttobytes(%srcon.pckt.id) == 255 255 255 255) { aline 04 %srcon.window * Error: Failed authentication (probably wrong password). srcon.clear $sockname return } ; Read the packet command response type. sockread 4 &srcon.pckt.cmd var %srcon.pckt.cmd = $bvar(&srcon.pckt.cmd, 1).long dec %srcon.pckt.left $sockbr ; Read string1. sockread %srcon.pckt.left &srcon.pckt.string1 dec %srcon.pckt.left $sockbr } ; If the number of bytes left to read is still positive, the packet was splitted. ; This means that we'll save the variables to globals so it can be used in the next read. if (%srcon.pckt.left > 0) { hmake $sockname hadd $sockname size %srcon.pckt.size hadd $sockname left %srcon.pckt.left hadd $sockname id %srcon.pckt.id hadd $sockname cmd %srcon.pckt.cmd hadd -b $sockname string1 &srcon.pckt.string1 } ; Only if we've finished reading all the packet, display it. ; NOTE: At this point, string1 also contains string2 (the one 0x00 byte), however it doesn't matter to us ; since we're only reading the text which is terminated in string1 by a 0x00 byte. elseif (%srcon.pckt.left == 0) { ; If the response type was an auth response, display a "connected" message. if (%srcon.pckt.cmd == $srcon.res.auth) { aline 12 %srcon.window Now connected! } ; If the response type was a command response, display it. elseif (%srcon.pckt.cmd == $srcon.res.cmd) { ; Convert the binary string1 to a usable variable. var %srcon.pckt.string1 = $bvar(&srcon.pckt.string1, 1, $bvar(&srcon.pckt.string1, 0)).text ; Tokenize the lines to be printed and print them. tokenize $asc($lf) %srcon.pckt.string1 aline %srcon.window $* } } } ; Sockets may close on their own if not kept alive. ; In case that happens when the window is still open, the socket will be reopened. on *:SOCKCLOSE:$($+($srcon.prefix, *)): { ; Get the window name for the current game server. var %srcon.window = $+(@, $remove($sockname, $srcon.prefix)) ; If the window and the current request id still exists, reopen the socket. if (($window(%srcon.window)) && (%srcon.id. [ $+ [ $sockname ] ])) { ; Save the socket details before terminating it. %srcon.name = $sockname %srcon.ip = $sock($sockname).ip %srcon.port = $sock($sockname).port %srcon.pass = $sock($sockname).mark ; Terminate the socket so it could be reopened. sockclose $sockname ; Reopen the socket to the server. sockopen %srcon.name %srcon.ip %srcon.port ; Mark the socket with the Rcon password. sockmark %srcon.name %srcon.pass } } ; Sends user input to the server as is. ; NOTE: Commands like exit or quit will close the server! on *:INPUT:@: { ; Get the socket name. var %srcon.socket = $+($srcon.prefix, $remove($target, @)) ; Check if the socket is still alive. if (!$sock(%srcon.socket)) { aline 04 $target * Error: Socket is dead. Close the window and try again. return } ; Build the execute command request packet and send it to the server. ; Increment the current request id. inc %srcon.id. $+ %srcon.socket ; Construct the request to send to the game server. srcon.getrequest &srcon.cmd %srcon.id. [ $+ [ %srcon.socket ] ] $srcon.req.execcmd $1- aline $target -> $1- ; Send the command request. sockwrite %srcon.socket &srcon.cmd } ; If the user has closed the rcon window, clear the socket. on *:CLOSE:@: { srcon.clear $+($srcon.prefix, $remove($target, @)) } ; Constructs a request with the given parameters: ; $1 = Bvar to store the request ; $2 = Request ID ; $3 = Request type ; $4- = Request data (password/command) alias -l srcon.getrequest { ; Clear the given bvar to make sure it doesn't contain any preset values. bunset $1 ; Set the given request ID in the request. bset $1 5 $srcon.inttobytes($2) ; Set the given request type. bset $1 9 $srcon.inttobytes($3) ; Set string1 the request data. bset -t $1 13 $4- ; Terminate string1 with 0x00 and set string2 to 0x00. bset $1 $calc($bvar($1,0) + 1) 00 00 ; Set the packet size. bset $1 1 $srcon.inttobytes($calc($bvar($1, 0) - 4)) } ; Clears the socket and the request id. alias -l srcon.clear { ; If there's a socket named accordingly, close it. if ($sock($1)) { sockclose $1 } ; Clear the id var. unset %srcon.id. $+ $1 }
