I know that this is a forum for Eggdrop bots, but this is the only place I can think of going to for help on this type of thing.
I am implementing my own bot in C++, and have a few questions about the IRC protocol.
1.) Do I have to respond to a VERSION command sent by the server?
2.) Other than responding to PING commands, what other actions should I take to make sure that my bot stays online and an op (assuming that there are no other ops to kick me).
3.) How can I get the hostname string that has to precede all of my messages? (ie. mIRC displays: "Local host: adsl-xx-xx-xx-xx.provider.com").
4.) The colon is only used for the last parameter in a few commands (ie. PART), right?
5.) When a message is sent to a channel from any normal client, does it show up as a PRIVMSG message?
6.) If I just want my bot to support simple commands (when told to do so over IRC... ie. "kick nick" or "makeop nick"), does it have to support CTCP?
7.) How hard is XDCC to implement?
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Custom bot help
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GodOfSuicide
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1) No, you dont.
2) The ping - pong signals and maybe building a botnet
3) fetch your own ip, shouldnt be a problem for a coder
4) dunno
5) it shows up as "PRIVMSG #channel :"
6) No
7) The DCC protocol is rather simple, just check sf / freshmeat for any open source client and see how it's done. XDCC is no difference to DCC, it's just the way the files are advertised and requested.
2) The ping - pong signals and maybe building a botnet
3) fetch your own ip, shouldnt be a problem for a coder
4) dunno
5) it shows up as "PRIVMSG #channel :"
6) No
7) The DCC protocol is rather simple, just check sf / freshmeat for any open source client and see how it's done. XDCC is no difference to DCC, it's just the way the files are advertised and requested.