SimCity Que Viewer

[sstorebo 8]

Hey guys.

 

I got a bit frustrated with the game and decided to find out the inner workings of it, with at little network sniffing.

 

I found this address, that apparantly lists all the statuses of the servers in a JSON API : http://worlds.simcity.com/parallelworlds.json

 

So i created myself a little webpage and a script that creates a list for me to give me the visual list of the servers and their status. It was done in a hurry so dont mock me for the bad design

 

 

You can check it out on: http://webhorde.com/simcity/

 

Just give me your thought about what you think

 

 

 

 

Anyone know where in the config the client stores the server that it sghould connect to?

[SirChick 184]

Hey guys.

 

I got a bit frustrated with the game and decided to find out the inner workings of it, with at little network sniffing.

 

I found this address, that apparantly lists all the statuses of the servers in a JSON API : http://worlds.simcity.com/parallelworlds.json

 

So i created myself a little webpage and a script that creates a list for me to give me the visual list of the servers and their status. It was done in a hurry so dont mock me for the bad design

 

 

You can check it out on: http://webhorde.com/simcity/

 

Just give me your thought about what you think

 

 

 

 

Anyone know where in the config the client stores the server that it sghould connect to?

 

 

Damn you i was just working on this! Guess i don't need to now!  *deletes his script*

Excellent work dude!

[sstorebo 8]

Thanks

 

Great to have a way to check the server status without having to log into Origin, then start the game, then wait for the network error to come up and manuallt check the server status.

 

Although i havent played that much i love exploring this api stuff with the game. I wonder what else they might have hidden inside =D

 

What i have found out so far is this:

 

Full - you cant even try to join it.

Bussy - There is a "queing" system. I wouldn't go so far and call it a que cause it's basically a timer that tries to login again after 20 minutes and resets if it dont.

Available - Free space to come and play

 

There is also a status called Hidden, my guess is that it's for test servers or servers under maintenance. But would be cool to try to connect to those instead =D.

 

Meaby putting something into the hosts file on my computer could force the server connect....hmm

[paragouldgamer 4]

wished I knew how to do this stuff, sounds quite fun.

[Vorret 49]

hahaha so all server are busy or full.

NICE!