dedi ShowWindow patch

3 files changed, 19 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/NorthstarDedicatedTest/dedicated.cpp b/NorthstarDedicatedTest/dedicated.cpp
index 4c263d0c..f7b6f325 100644
--- a/NorthstarDedicatedTest/dedicated.cpp
+++ b/NorthstarDedicatedTest/dedicated.cpp
@@ -437,6 +437,24 @@ void InitialiseDedicated(HMODULE engineAddress)
 
 		CommandLine()->AppendParm("-noshaderapi", 0);
 	}
+	else
+	{
+		// for dedis where we still create a window, we can at least hide the window we create
+		// not great since we still run renderthread etc, but better than nothing
+
+		{
+			// IVideoMode::CreateGameWindow
+			char* ptr = (char*)engineAddress + 0x1CD146;
+			TempReadWrite rw(ptr);
+
+			// nop call to ShowWindow
+			*ptr = (char)0x90;
+			*(ptr + 1) = (char)0x90;
+			*(ptr + 2) = (char)0x90;
+			*(ptr + 3) = (char)0x90;
+			*(ptr + 4) = (char)0x90;
+		}
+	}
 
 	CDedicatedExports* dedicatedExports = new CDedicatedExports;
 	dedicatedExports->vtable = dedicatedExports;
diff --git a/NorthstarDedicatedTest/masterserver.cpp b/NorthstarDedicatedTest/masterserver.cpp
index 4798a9b5..ce078633 100644
--- a/NorthstarDedicatedTest/masterserver.cpp
+++ b/NorthstarDedicatedTest/masterserver.cpp
@@ -641,6 +641,7 @@ void MasterServerManager::AddSelfToServerList(int port, int authPort, char* name
 
 
 				// heartbeat thread
+				// ideally this should actually be done in main thread, rather than on it's own thread, so it'd stop if server freezes
 				std::thread heartbeatThread([this] {
 						httplib::Client http(Cvar_ns_masterserver_hostname->m_pszString, Cvar_ns_masterserver_port->m_nValue);
 						http.set_connection_timeout(10);
diff --git a/NorthstarDedicatedTest/playlist.cpp b/NorthstarDedicatedTest/playlist.cpp
index 20c76cb0..6339d3ba 100644
--- a/NorthstarDedicatedTest/playlist.cpp
+++ b/NorthstarDedicatedTest/playlist.cpp
@@ -47,19 +47,4 @@ void InitialisePlaylistHooks(HMODULE baseAddress)
 		TempReadWrite rw(ptr);
 		*((char*)ptr) = 0xC3; // jmp => ret
 	}
-
-	// on dedicated servers, force SetPlaylistVarOverride to always set the server's override list, irregardless of whether server is running yet
-	if (IsDedicated())
-	{
-		// SetPlaylistVarOverride
-		void* ptr = (char*)baseAddress + 0x18ED17;
-		TempReadWrite rw(ptr);
-
-		*((char*)ptr) = 0x90; // jl => nop
-		*((char*)ptr + 1) = 0x90;
-		*((char*)ptr + 2) = 0x90;
-		*((char*)ptr + 3) = 0x90;
-		*((char*)ptr + 4) = 0x90;
-		*((char*)ptr + 5) = 0x90;
-	}
 }
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