Bug 114: (Xinux) DO VGO Chunk Packets have URL data?

[BugTracker]

Bug ID       : 114 - DO VGO Chunk Packets have URL data? 
Bug Date     : 2015/01/17 12:29:58
Assigned To  : Xinux
Priority     : Low

Category     : WorldServer
Sub-Category : 
Severity     : Standard
Reproducible : Every time

Details:
When I click "help" then "Petition" it opens the in-game browser" and loads content from SOE. The URL in the address window is http://soe-ing.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/soe ... ew%20Telon[the rest is not shown...].

It might get SOE's attention.

Originated From Forum: via BugTracker

[Xinux]

This url is hard coded in the client the only way to change it is to alter the executable.

[John Adams]

Okay, closing the bug, nothing we can do.

[Lokked]

We can pretty easily find this and create a patch, but low priority, if ever.

[Kandra]

It's the /webcs command that does this.
Anyone can easily make a custom UI that sends any other command by changing the following:

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<UseControl type="Button">
	<Button type="text" textColor="gold">
		<Rect x="200" y="440" width="100" height="30"/>
		<DisplayName>Petition</DisplayName>
		<Command>/webcs</Command>
	</Button>
	<Settings name="_webcs_button"/>
</UseControl>

Even dot-commands work:

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<UseControl type="Button">
	<Button type="text" textColor="gold">
		<Rect x="200" y="440" width="100" height="30"/>
		<DisplayName>Petition</DisplayName>
		<Command>/say .rift 21</Command>
	</Button>
	<Settings name="_webcs_button"/>
</UseControl>

Personally I've changed it to /dance 1.

[John Adams]

Thanks, Kandra.

I guess we could do a .petition command, if we really wanted to.

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.petition Xinux is griefing me. Please ban him.

Maybe there's a generic input dialog (like /bug) we could use.

Either way, I'd really like to get our clients to not go to SOE, without having to hack any hosts files.

[Kandra]

If I would implement petition then I would use the in game browser instead, using the _go_url_button action.

Something like this:

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<UseControl type="Button">
   <Button type="text" textColor="gold">
      <Rect x="200" y="440" width="100" height="30"/>
      <DisplayName>Petition</DisplayName>
   </Button>
   <Settings name="_petition_button"/>
</UseControl>

<Settings	background= "true" 
	visible="false"
	searchKey="_online_help_window"
	movable="true"
	titlebar="true"
	closeBox="true"
	sizable="true"
	border="frame">
	<Action event="_go_url_button" senderName="_petition_button" strData2="http://vgoemulator.net/phpBB3/posting.php">
		<Notifications>
			<Message>BUTTON_PRESS</Message>
		</Notifications>
	</Action>
</Settings>

I haven't tested it, but it should work.

[Kandra]

By the way... the old petition UI stuff with dialog and petition queue list and things are still in the files, just not used. That was used before the in game browser was added. But that code will use action petition_submit which I don't think we can modify.

[John Adams]

Cool, this can be something else Xinux can play with when he's bored at work