GM Console commands

[Sonic Waffle]

Hey all,
I was just wondering if anyone came across where they they wanted GM commands in the game console and how to change all the commands to be parsed via the console instead of standard chat (.mod money...).
Like Blizzlike, but for emulators.

I've looked around at chat.cpp for a few other ideas, but it's just not the same. Also, I actually have no clue how to study the console for a possible solution to my problem, thus I am asking MMOwned!

Thanks

[Kiev]

Well in the ascent world.exe itself there is a few commands, to get them up type in ?, and press enter, but there might be a way to customize what you can type into it.

Im not that sure though, my apologies.

[wowowns]

was looking for the same thing, tell me when you figure it out please!

[Sonic Waffle]

Hey, I'm still interested actually. If you don't understand what I mean, here is a picture.

[Kiev]

I have no idea on that section. Someone from exploits section of normal wow/programs could perhaps help you with this.

[Sonic Waffle]

I have no idea on that section. Someone from exploits section of normal wow/programs could perhaps help you with this.

Might have to dig around with the WoW API then.
Strangely enough though, when you have level 3 access on a Mangos server, the GM commands like Whois and worldport become available, which are only available to GMs on live.

[Apple Pi]

Did you check if the other commands under the GM section become available once you have level 3 GM

You also might want to try to use LUA Ninja and see what happens... Unlocks Blizzard API

<3 Pi

[Sonic Waffle]

Did you check if the other commands under the GM section become available once you have level 3 GM

You also might want to try to use LUA Ninja and see what happens... Unlocks Blizzard API

<3 Pi

Yeah, I've already done all that.

Level 3 stuff: help gm shows nothing, it is sent serverside => clientside, since if you try to do 'help debug' on the login screen, basic commands about memory show up, later after logging in, 'whois' and '*port' commands appear.

LuaNinja: Don't know how to execute external Lua scripts in WoW and also I don't know the variables required to do some Lua GM functions in the scripts.
World of Warcraft API - WoWWiki - Your guide to the World of Warcraft

/script GetGMTicket(); doesn't work afaik

[mmhelm]

This would take modifications in the client's console and possibly in the worldserver if you wanted it to handle tickets and such, currently arcemu doesn't handle things as blizzard does, example: Client makes GM tickets but cannot read them because it is the player client, so it can read text that tickets create - why were relying on addons and such to get our ticket work done on private realms. Now as far as the actual in game client goes - since I doubt anyone here has the source code for it, the only workaround to get what you want is to possibly write an addon that takes over the console, and make it have defines for example if you type Worldport Stormwind, it would already have the coordinates for stormwind set up and type them into the console properly like that, which IMO is redundant because of .recall port. but hey you wanted to find out right? :P

[Sonic Waffle]

This would take modifications in the client's console and possibly in the worldserver if you wanted it to handle tickets and such, currently arcemu doesn't handle things as blizzard does, example: Client makes GM tickets but cannot read them because it is the player client, so it can read text that tickets create - why were relying on addons and such to get our ticket work done on private realms.

Refering to the Tickets, Blizzard does not even use the Client in anyway to communicate to players or read tickets. They use their own application, which is only available to them (afaik; i.e. their external IP range via web console) which consists of an IM type of program which they talk through, with the exception of other functions that are unknown to players (ticket management?).
tl;dr: They don't use client, they use another program built into the back-end for that.

Now as far as the actual in game client goes - since I doubt anyone here has the source code for it, the only workaround to get what you want is to possibly write an addon that takes over the console, and make it have defines for example if you type Worldport Stormwind, it would already have the coordinates for stormwind set up and type them into the console properly like that, which IMO is redundant because of .recall port. but hey you wanted to find out right? :P

Although I don't have the source code, I can tell you that their SL's master source copy is structed like this:

d:\buildserver\wow\4\work\wow-code\branches\wow-patch-3_3_0_b-branch\wow\source\Object/ObjectClient/Player_C.h

That aside, it is possible to make a dll that would do this (establish commu. with the server, send commands processed from the console) and inject it. Addons on the otherhand, are not powerful enough to do this.

As for why not using the '.etc' commands style, that's just horrible imho.
1. You can't see all the commands if you do '.commands' (Dependant on Emu)
2. It's just annoying and very messy.
3. Aren't Emulators supposed to Emulate Blizzard's server?

[mkoi1]

So your saying the LuaNinja unlock blizz api?? If so, how do i install it?

[Caros2013]

What is blizz api?

[mkoi1]

Blizz API is like the picture above but with all GM commands enabled...

[kreshdev]

This sounds really interesting... I have been using the console for a few years now, on retail and private servers and it is really captivating.