I programmed a small server checker for Star Trek Online. The program reads the sever status from the launcher website, so don't blame me if the checker displays server online when it's actually offline.
Features:
- setup your preferred refresh time for the online and offline states of the server
- play an alarm sound and display balloon tips when the server comes back online
- start the Star Trek Online launcher from the tray or automatically when the server go online
- check out the latest dev posts from the devtracker and check them for server news automatically
- automatically checks for new versions of the ServerChecker
You need
.Net 3.5 (<- link) to run the application. The program is not tested on older versions yet.
Download Warp 6 (88 kB)
Members of the 3rd Fleet already tested it out, it's virus free. Scan here if you don't trust the program:
http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus
Any feedback is desirable! Have Fun.
Changelog:
Warp 6:
Warp 5:
- bug at Windows startup fixed
- bug at version checking fixed
- options will now be saved in the application data of the user
Warp 4:
- new option to run the ServerChecker at Windows startup
- read DevTracker links are saved when exited
- onlinechecker should no longer hang on certain moments
- removed annoying timeout balloons
Warp 3:
- get the latest dev posts from the devtracker
- check the dev posts for server up or down news
- manually check online state or update devtracker
- changed some options
- minor bugfixes
Warp 2:
- grammar, spelling and layout fixes
Credits:
Zacharias Stahl (Windows startup idea)
Dustrova (spelling, grammar, layout tips)
Oliver Richards (idea)
Comments
As far is I know a gadget is made of JavaScript, XML, HTML, and CSS files. I don't like all the webstuff but maybe someone here has experience with gadgets and is interested in making one.
Warp 5:
Score: 10 / 10
I am 100% for sticking this tool to the topic!
I can post it, if theres enough interest.
Yea that's why I build in the DevTracker reader. Perfect for lazy guys like me.
I haven't tried it out yet, but maybe my program will work under Mono.
Feel free to post your script, I would love to see some other implementations.
And I also call for sticky! (Well, for other people, anyway. I'm bookmarking this page for myself lol)
Thank you and all the others of course too! And yes, real life = sir, but ingame = lady.
If that´s so, would you please so kind to update this ???:)
*mummifies the Zombie and puts it somewhere useful*
Even mummies still walk once woken.
How could anyone abuse the function? why not just launch an exe with the file name of "star trek online.exe" that way if the hash changes it wouldn't matter?
Why not, instead of a hash, just check the properties (same that you get when you Right Click, Properties on the EXE) for the Digital signature? it is signed: Cryptic Studios Inc.
I like your idea of checking the digital signature but I'm actually not aware how secure this will be in comparison to the easy-to-implement hash check.
1. The program is using the forum as an unregistered user and there seems to be no results in the Dev Tracker for this usergroup?
2. The parser needs to be updated as the structure of the Dev Tracker changed quite a bit.
Maybe I will find some time in the future to release an update, but I don't know how far away this future is. If there is an common interest in further development I could also release the source code.