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--- en:games:star_trek_armada_1:directplay_game_query [2024-10-20-14-03] – 7saturn
+++ en:games:star_trek_armada_1:directplay_game_query [2024-10-30-02-08] (current) – [Description 1] 7saturn
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 ==== Answer Contents ====
+=== General DirectPlay Structure ===
 The answer to such a request is relatively long, but mostly because the payload needs actual space:
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 | Data | 92/5c | Lobby name, 30 bytes |
-Session Description Flags are a bit field of length 32 bits/4 bytes with the following meaning:
+//Session Description Flags// are a bit field of length 32 bits/4 bytes with the following meaning:
 ^  Bit Position  ^  Description  ^
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 | 32 | No Create Players |
-Reserved 1 and Description 1 seem to change. They must somehow indicate, whether there is a password set, or not, and if it is a head to head match, or a normal match. The clients can tell the difference, so it must be in there. It may also contain information about any already running match (clients also can tell the difference).
+**Note**: The //Session Description Flags// like //Can Join// have nothing to do with the actual Armada information about the match, e.g. whether the game is closed off, or not. Some of that information can be found in the //Description 1// block.
+=== Description 1 ===
+Reserved 1 and Description 1 seem to change. The rest is (aside from the obvious GUIDs) static. //Description 1// holds at least the following information. The offset values are 0-based in relation to the entire DirectPlay block (first byte has number 0, values only start at 72). The bits are 1 based.
+^ Byte Dec ^ Byte Hex ^ Bit ^ Description ^
+| 73 | 49 | 1-3 | Max. number of players. If this value is 8 (all player slots available), all three bits are set to 0. Otherwise the little-endian representation is the actual max. number of players. |
+| 74 | 4a | 2 | IS the match a head-to-head match (basically 1v1)? 1 means yes, 0 means no. |
+| 74 | 4a | 3 | Has the match been protected by a password? 1 means yes, 0 means no. |
+| 74 | 4a | 6 | Is a match already ongoing (has started)? 1 means yes, 0 means no. |
+| 74 | 4a | 7 | Has the match been closed (no joining possible)? 1 means yes, 0 means no. |
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