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88 lines
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[Space Station 13 Hub](http://www.ss13.se/)
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A server hub dedicated to SS13 and possibly a better replacement for the default
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server page at [Byond](http://www.byond.com/games/exadv1/spacestation13).
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Features
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- A friendlier server list, which is also sortable.
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- Dedicated pages for each public server, with more detailed info.
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- Pages for private servers too, upon request.
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- Player count stats and graphs.
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Data Source
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The data used for most of the **public** servers is scraped from the [Byond](http://www.byond.com/games/exadv1/spacestation13) page.
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Relying on Byond means we're affected by their server downtime (no page, no data),
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but we will automatically discover any new public servers.
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All **private** servers, and some public ones, are being polled directly for data.
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That means a list of private servers have to be maintained manually, but we're
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not affected by any downtimes (as long as the game servers themselves are up
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and running). This is usually a more reliable method, but it's more expensive to
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run since we have to send multiple network requests (instead of one to Byond).
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Both methods can be affected by spoofing attacks, done by bad servers, and so
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there's no way to guarantee that the calculated stats and graphs are 100% correct.
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But then again it's just some silly numbers for a bunch of games.
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Source Code
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This is a open source project running on [Python](https://www.python.org/) and [Django](https://www.djangoproject.com/) (for the dynamic web
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stuff), a little [Go](https://golang.org/) (for some behind-the-scene scripting) and some [gnuplot](http://www.gnuplot.info/) (for some
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ugly but interesting graphs).
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The source code itself is hosted at [github.com](https://github.com/lmas/ss13_se) and is **open for any and all
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contributions**.
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License
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MIT License, see the LICENSE file.
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Credits
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- A. Svensson - Author and host.
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- [stuicey](https://www.reddit.com/user/stuicey) - Thanks for original idea and [first work](https://www.reddit.com/r/SS13/comments/2p6znr/hub_population_data/).
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- [headswe](https://www.reddit.com/user/headswe) - Thanks for [reverse engineered code](http://www.reddit.com/r/SS13/comments/31b5im/a_bunch_of_graphs_for_all_servers/cq11nld) for polling SS13 servers.
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- [Hugo14453](https://github.com/Hugo14453) - Thanks for new corgi favicon.
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Todo
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**Bugs**
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- Better colors for the warning/offline server notices.
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**New features**
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- Show note about data source for each server (scraped/polled).
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- Rewrite the whole update script to go.
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- Show fancy web stats from the web server logs.
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- stats page:
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- time to run update
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- log of recently added/removed servers
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- server graphs
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- player graphs + average
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**Suggestions**
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- Frontpage of some sort?
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- Page to send in requests to add new private servers?
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- Player growth rate for each server (+/- compared to avg.)?
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- Use some kind of banner/logo?
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