MAngband

Hey!

Just a suggestion, currently PWMMangband registers it's version with "1.1.7" wouldn't it be better if it also states that it is also a mod...I dont know if the mangband meta server has to support for it maybe it should state "1.1.7 (PWMangband)

Also - when you connect with stndard client to a PWMangband server the client gets rejected with "invalid request.." maybe it's possible to recognise the standard client and expand the error "invalid packet received - to connect to this server you must have downloaded and installed pwmangband 1.1.7 " or something like this

With the current metaserver system, it's useless to put something after the version because everything must "fit" on one line. Once a player is connected, most useful info is lost. And currently, there's only one mod that has the 1.1.7 version.

If you want a specific message when connecting with standard client to a PWMangband server... I'm afraid you'll have to hack your client. Current Mang client doesn't recognize the error messages returned by the PWMang server.

There's an undocumented (and unused) feature of providing extra data with the pipe symbol (so, "Number of Player: Names: Version: | Extra data").

Yes, like "Ironman" you see at the end of the line for ironman servers. The point is that this info is completely pointless as it is put at the end of the line after the names of all players and therefore occulted. I made suggestions in another thread (https://www.mangband.org/forum/viewtopi ... rver#p5450) for improving the displayed line.

Are you sure about that? AFAIR "Ironman" is part of "Version:", there's no pipe symbol there.

EDIT: I totally agree with your suggestions regarding the format, btw.