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[Program] Starcraft II Server Ping Tool

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InfCereal
Profile Joined December 2011
Canada1759 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-02 05:00:55
June 02 2013 04:54 GMT
#1
Hello, Team Liquid!

I couldn't find any tool to get sever pings for the Starcraft II servers the other day, so I decided to make my own.

This is a very simple program. Just run it, wait an unreasonable amount of time for it to finish, and gander at the results. There's even a refresh button if you're feeling frisky.

[image loading]

You can download it, or it's source, here: http://sdrv.ms/12XmfX5
For the short link apprehensive:
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https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=DA5236603F0C889C!218&authkey=!AD9szN5x2pgeB20


How does it work?
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All the program does is run a trace route for each server, as define by blizzard here: https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/performing-a-traceroute. When traceroute returns a "Request timed out." response, I take the previous response and parse out the 3 times out of it, displaying it on the form. That's it.


Why would I want to run this?
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It's useful for if you want to play on a different server, but aren't sure which one is the closest to you. Alternatively, you could just be curious to see your ping on the different servers.


Is it accurate?
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It's not exact. It uses a trace route rather than an actual ping, because blizzard doesn't allow pings on their servers. What you get is a ping for somewhere very close to the server, but not the server itself.


How do I know if it's working?
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The progress bar will be moving.

As for if it's not working, I'm not exactly in a position to test what happens when the trace route fails. If everything works as I think it does, you should get the same response even if a server is down, due to the fact you're not actually pinging the server (See above). As for firewall issues, I never checked. I wouldn't expect it to be an issue.


Why is it taking so long?
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Could be a couple of things.

1. I don't know how to do multithreading, and I did it horribly wrong.
2. It just takes awhile to do the trace route. (Probably this one)


Didn't someone already make this?
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I thought someone did. I just can't find it. Feel free to link to it if you find it, I don't see any reason to have multiple threads for the same basic program floating around.


Have you made anything else for us?
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Yup! I made a music ticker for XSplit/OBS/ffSplit, which you can find here:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=379100

I also contributed a small amount to the MMR project over here:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=334561
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Cereal
Typhoon1789
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Australia292 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-02 06:52:00
June 02 2013 05:26 GMT
#2
Well considering it dose not work its not useful. :p..

(from view problem details)
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Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
Problem Signature 01: starcraft ii server pings.exe
Problem Signature 02: 1.0.0.0
Problem Signature 03: 51aaceb9
Problem Signature 04: WindowsFormsApplication4
Problem Signature 05: 1.0.0.0
Problem Signature 06: 51aaceb9
Problem Signature 07: 1
Problem Signature 08: 21
Problem Signature 09: System.IO.FileNotFoundException
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 3081
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Professional Cunt.
InfCereal
Profile Joined December 2011
Canada1759 Posts
June 02 2013 05:32 GMT
#3
On June 02 2013 14:26 Typhoon1789 wrote:
Well considering it dosent work its not useful. :p.. its probably a virus haha.

(from view problem details)
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Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
Problem Signature 01: starcraft ii server pings.exe
Problem Signature 02: 1.0.0.0
Problem Signature 03: 51aaceb9
Problem Signature 04: WindowsFormsApplication4
Problem Signature 05: 1.0.0.0
Problem Signature 06: 51aaceb9
Problem Signature 07: 1
Problem Signature 08: 21
Problem Signature 09: System.IO.FileNotFoundException
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 3081
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789


Well that's not good.

Do you have the latest .net framework installed perchance?
Cereal
ZenithM
Profile Joined February 2011
France15952 Posts
June 02 2013 05:40 GMT
#4
Works great

On June 02 2013 14:26 Typhoon1789 wrote:
Well considering it dosent work its not useful. :p.. its probably a virus haha.

(from view problem details)
+ Show Spoiler +
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
Problem Signature 01: starcraft ii server pings.exe
Problem Signature 02: 1.0.0.0
Problem Signature 03: 51aaceb9
Problem Signature 04: WindowsFormsApplication4
Problem Signature 05: 1.0.0.0
Problem Signature 06: 51aaceb9
Problem Signature 07: 1
Problem Signature 08: 21
Problem Signature 09: System.IO.FileNotFoundException
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 3081
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

He gave the source man, you can check and compile it yourself, if you're afraid of viruses :p
TAMinator
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia2706 Posts
June 02 2013 05:56 GMT
#5
clicked run, didnt work.
Lysergic
Profile Joined December 2010
United States355 Posts
June 02 2013 06:34 GMT
#6
It's not a virus.

https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/90bc27032a011d3914b8081f14ccfd460a7a7182b96ad9feda47a5fc19a392d3/analysis/1370154610/

Doesn't run for me, I get the same error as the first reply.
+ Show Spoiler +
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
Problem Signature 01: starcraft ii server pings.exe
Problem Signature 02: 1.0.0.0
Problem Signature 03: 51aaceb9
Problem Signature 04: WindowsFormsApplication4
Problem Signature 05: 1.0.0.0
Problem Signature 06: 51aaceb9
Problem Signature 07: 1
Problem Signature 08: 21
Problem Signature 09: System.IO.FileNotFoundException
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Orracle
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States314 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-02 06:40:42
June 02 2013 06:40 GMT
#7
On June 02 2013 15:34 lysergic wrote:
It's not a virus.

https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/90bc27032a011d3914b8081f14ccfd460a7a7182b96ad9feda47a5fc19a392d3/analysis/1370154610/

Doesn't run for me, I get the same error as the first reply.
+ Show Spoiler +
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
Problem Signature 01: starcraft ii server pings.exe
Problem Signature 02: 1.0.0.0
Problem Signature 03: 51aaceb9
Problem Signature 04: WindowsFormsApplication4
Problem Signature 05: 1.0.0.0
Problem Signature 06: 51aaceb9
Problem Signature 07: 1
Problem Signature 08: 21
Problem Signature 09: System.IO.FileNotFoundException
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789



This looks to have been wrote in VS2012. You could likely just download an express version of it(if Microsoft offers it), or download the latest .NET framework.

Works for me though.
Typhoon1789
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Australia292 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-02 06:52:22
June 02 2013 06:50 GMT
#8
On June 02 2013 15:40 Orracle wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 02 2013 15:34 lysergic wrote:
It's not a virus.

https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/90bc27032a011d3914b8081f14ccfd460a7a7182b96ad9feda47a5fc19a392d3/analysis/1370154610/

Doesn't run for me, I get the same error as the first reply.
+ Show Spoiler +
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
Problem Signature 01: starcraft ii server pings.exe
Problem Signature 02: 1.0.0.0
Problem Signature 03: 51aaceb9
Problem Signature 04: WindowsFormsApplication4
Problem Signature 05: 1.0.0.0
Problem Signature 06: 51aaceb9
Problem Signature 07: 1
Problem Signature 08: 21
Problem Signature 09: System.IO.FileNotFoundException
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789



This looks to have been wrote in VS2012. You could likely just download an express version of it(if Microsoft offers it), or download the latest .NET framework.

Works for me though.


Latest .net frame work dose not work.

also guys its not a virus i was kidding!
Professional Cunt.
InfCereal
Profile Joined December 2011
Canada1759 Posts
June 02 2013 12:56 GMT
#9
On June 02 2013 15:50 Typhoon1789 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 02 2013 15:40 Orracle wrote:
On June 02 2013 15:34 lysergic wrote:
It's not a virus.

https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/90bc27032a011d3914b8081f14ccfd460a7a7182b96ad9feda47a5fc19a392d3/analysis/1370154610/

Doesn't run for me, I get the same error as the first reply.
+ Show Spoiler +
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
Problem Signature 01: starcraft ii server pings.exe
Problem Signature 02: 1.0.0.0
Problem Signature 03: 51aaceb9
Problem Signature 04: WindowsFormsApplication4
Problem Signature 05: 1.0.0.0
Problem Signature 06: 51aaceb9
Problem Signature 07: 1
Problem Signature 08: 21
Problem Signature 09: System.IO.FileNotFoundException
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789



This looks to have been wrote in VS2012. You could likely just download an express version of it(if Microsoft offers it), or download the latest .NET framework.

Works for me though.


Latest .net frame work dose not work.

also guys its not a virus i was kidding!

It was written in visual studio 2012. I didn't get to test it on very many computers, only 2 windows 8, and one windows 7. All of them worked.

Only thing I could think of would be the .net framework. It's throwing a file not found exception, and unless your version of windows doesn't have command prompt, I can only think of a missing library.

Visual studio is very new to me. I wish I could say I knew for certain what was wrong.

You can also try running it with administrator privileges.
Cereal
cocosoft
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden1068 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-02 13:03:37
June 02 2013 12:59 GMT
#10
Just because it is a exe-file doesn't mean it is a virus ..........

But no it doesn't seem to work for me on Win7 64-bit.
I'm not sure if I have visual studio 2012 runtime redistributable installed, but it didn't warn me at startup.
If fairly sure I have the latest .net installed.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
InfCereal
Profile Joined December 2011
Canada1759 Posts
June 02 2013 13:19 GMT
#11
On June 02 2013 21:59 cocosoft wrote:
Just because it is a exe-file doesn't mean it is a virus ..........

But no it doesn't seem to work for me on Win7 64-bit.
I'm not sure if I have visual studio 2012 runtime redistributable installed, but it didn't warn me at startup.
If fairly sure I have the latest .net installed.


Seems to be a widespread problem.

Time to scour google.
Cereal
InfCereal
Profile Joined December 2011
Canada1759 Posts
June 02 2013 13:25 GMT
#12
Okay, I put a test file in skydrive.

If someone with a problem can go ahead and run that, and tell me if they still experience the problem, that'd be great. It's called SCII Server Ping Test.exe
Cereal
cocosoft
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden1068 Posts
June 02 2013 13:29 GMT
#13
On June 02 2013 22:25 InfCereal wrote:
Okay, I put a test file in skydrive.

If someone with a problem can go ahead and run that, and tell me if they still experience the problem, that'd be great. It's called SCII Server Ping Test.exe

Yes, I still cannot run the application.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
cocosoft
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden1068 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-02 13:46:38
June 02 2013 13:46 GMT
#14
Just tested on Win8 64-bit, none of the files work.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Mendelfist
Profile Joined September 2010
Sweden356 Posts
June 02 2013 14:20 GMT
#15
Same here. Win7 64 bit. Does not work.
InfCereal
Profile Joined December 2011
Canada1759 Posts
June 02 2013 14:27 GMT
#16
On June 02 2013 23:20 Mendelfist wrote:
Same here. Win7 64 bit. Does not work.


In the process of fixing it. I didn't want to use a setup file, but it appears I was a bit optimistic in that regard.

The setup file is going to include the required .net framework, and the visualbasic powerpacks, if you need them.

It's in the skydrive under "Server Pings.zip" right now, if you guys could give that a whirl.
Cereal
Doublemint
Profile Joined July 2011
Austria8677 Posts
June 02 2013 14:29 GMT
#17
works fine here, win7 64bit - the skydrive server pings file that is.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before the fall.
Daneda
Profile Joined June 2013
Czech Republic1 Post
June 02 2013 14:30 GMT
#18
Win7 64b here - application launched. I have older Visual Studio on pc, so my guess is that you didn't build it right and it requires development .net framework on pc - not just client .net framework.
invisible.terran
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States280 Posts
June 02 2013 15:09 GMT
#19
This is the error I'm getting
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InfCereal
Profile Joined December 2011
Canada1759 Posts
June 02 2013 15:54 GMT
#20
On June 03 2013 00:09 invisible.terran wrote:
This is the error I'm getting
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[image loading]


Hi, can you open up command prompt, and type in "tracert 12.129.202.154" for me?

I'm guessing you're getting a final response of <1 ms, which one of my methods didn't account for. All of those values look wrong, however, which leads me to believe your trace route is being stopped prematurely by something.
Cereal
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