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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]](http://i.imgur.com/dt6u0k5.png)
You can download it, or it's source, here: http://sdrv.ms/12XmfX5
For the short link apprehensive:
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How does it work?
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Why would I want to run this?
+ Show Spoiler +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?
+ Show Spoiler +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?
+ Show Spoiler +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?
+ Show Spoiler +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?
+ Show Spoiler +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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Well considering it dose not work its not useful. :p..
(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
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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
Well that's not good.
Do you have the latest .net framework installed perchance?
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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
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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
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Just tested on Win8 64-bit, none of the files work.
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Same here. Win7 64 bit. Does not work.
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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.
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works fine here, win7 64bit - the skydrive server pings file that is.
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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.
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On June 03 2013 00:09 invisible.terran wrote:This is the error I'm getting + Show Spoiler +
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.
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Ok cool it works dude.
Funny know one has noticed but you spelt America wrong. :p
Also could you explain where there is AM 1 and 2 and the same for EU but not for SEA and KR?
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On June 03 2013 13:32 invisible.terran wrote:Here's the screenshot: + Show Spoiler +Keep up the good work man .
Right, so I may have made an inappropriate assumption about the tracert. Basically, it stops trying when it gets a request time out reply, since it would take a crazy amount of time if it did all 30 bounces. I'll think of a work around.
On June 03 2013 16:20 Typhoon1789 wrote:
Ok cool it works dude.
Funny know one has noticed but you spelt America wrong. :p
Also could you explain where there is AM 1 and 2 and the same for EU but not for SEA and KR?
It's just that blizzard has two servers for America and Europe, but not for SEA or KR. Probably due to their size.
...I'll fix that spelling error.
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On June 03 2013 16:20 Typhoon1789 wrote:
Ok cool it works dude.
Funny know one has noticed but you spelt America wrong. :p
Also could you explain where there is AM 1 and 2 and the same for EU but not for SEA and KR?
Guessing everyone noticed you spelled no wrong. :p
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This is a very neat program. Too often I would ladder on the Korean Server and get massive ping during the day and unnoticeable during the night. With this program, I can just check the ping and get on whenever it is low enough to play. Great work!
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Am I right in thinking this is using a now out of date .NET framework?
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I hope you'll get it fixed, would be an incredibly handy tool to have! ^.^"
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Great it seems useful. I gonna download it tomorrow. Leave a mark
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Traceroute is absolutely the wrong way to do this for a myriad of reasons. Open a connection yourself and time it.
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On June 12 2013 16:45 R1CH wrote:
Traceroute is absolutely the wrong way to do this for a myriad of reasons. Open a connection yourself and time it.
It was how the Blizzard support site detailed measuring latency to servers. I'm not very network savvy, so I don't know any alternatives. I'm always open to learning though.
Anyway, lots of free time tonight, so I'll spend some of it fixing problems. Even if traceroute is a horrible way to do it, it's still something to do.
EDIT: Though I suppose I could just ping a server near theirs...
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