Packets.log question

[haazen]

I have a very stable shard. No crash in over a year. I have a Packets.log that is near 500Meg in size. I see the most common entry is Client: ( IP ): Unhandled packet 0xD7 then a very large entry.

What is this 0xD7? Should I be concerned about it? Do I need the Packets.log? How much does using the Packets.log add to LAG?

Thank you for reading and your help.

[Melchior]

As far as I know, the file Packets.log is created by Razor, and therefore it's client side. When enabled it will lag my client, but I have a very old laptop (P III). The file should not be on your server machine unless you use the same machine to run your client.

[haazen]

Thanks for your response. The Packets.log file is created and updated in the Core file PacketReader.cs. I notice that my test server does not have this file meaning to me that the test server never receives an Unhandled Packet from my client when I test things.

I was just wondering what info this file is giving me and if I really need it and can disable it. I suppose since I do not know what it is trying to tell me and no one here can or will tell me what the messages mean, then they are of no use to me.

I will wait a bit longer with hopes that Jeff or Ryan or someone with packet understanding will chime in here and tell me what it is for. If no answers, I guess I will just delete the creation of it and see what happens.

Thanks again for your response.

[Melchior]

Yes, I just stumbled upon PacketReader.cs and found a reference to Packets.log there. Sorry about that. Did notice this however:

		Register( 0xD7,   0,  true, new OnPacketReceive( EncodedCommand ) );

and:

                public static void EncodedCommand( NetState state, PacketReader pvSrc )
                {
                        IEntity e = World.FindEntity( pvSrc.ReadInt32() );
                        int packetID = pvSrc.ReadUInt16();

                        EncodedPacketHandler ph = GetEncodedHandler( packetID );

                        if ( ph != null )
                        {
                                if ( ph.Ingame && state.Mobile == null )
                                {
                                        Console.WriteLine( "Client: {0}: Sent ingame packet (0xD7x{1:X2}) before having been attached to a mobile", state, packetID );
                                        state.Dispose();
                                }
                                else if ( ph.Ingame && state.Mobile.Deleted )
                                {
                                        state.Dispose();
                                }
                                else
                                {
                                        ph.OnReceive( state, e, new EncodedReader( pvSrc ) );
                                }
                        }
                        else
                        {
                                pvSrc.Trace( state );
                        }
                }

I have this in PacketHandler.cs (latest SVN), so perhaps it is version related? It seems to be related to ingame packets; (perhaps Mondain's Legacy expansion?)

Anyway, my server does not create a Packets.log file, so it's handled somehow.