Bulletin Board Messages (0x71)

• Status: implemented
• Direction: Both
• Length: Variable
• POL reference: https://docs.polserver.com/packets/index.php?Packet=0x71
• Last modified in POL docs: 2009-08-15 13:58:09 by MuadDib

Moongate Packet Classes

• BulletinBoardMessagesPacket (Incoming, Variable, length -1) from src/Moongate.Network.Packets/Incoming/Interaction/BulletinBoardMessagesPacket.cs

Current Moongate Behavior

Moongate currently has packet classes for this opcode.

Packet Build

Type	Field
BYTE[1]	0x71
BYTE[2]	Length
BYTE[1]	Subcommand
BYTE[len-4]	Subcommand Details

Subcommand Build

Subcommand 0 - Display Bulletin Board (Server)

Type	Field
BYTE[4]	BoardID
BYTE[22]	board name (default is "bulletin board", the rest nulls)
BYTE[4]	ID (0x402000FF)
BYTE[4]	zero (0)

Subcommand 1 - Message Summary (Server)

Type	Field
BYTE[4]	BoardID
BYTE[4]	MessageID
BYTE[4]	ParentID (0 if top level)
BYTE[1]	posterLen
BYTE[posterLen]	poster (null terminated string)
BYTE[1]	subjectLen
BYTE[subjectLen]	subject (null terminated string)
BYTE[1]	timeLen
BYTE[timeLen]	time (null terminated string with time of posting) ("Day 1 @ 11:28")

Subcommand 2 - Message (Server)

Type	Field
BYTE[4]	BoardID
BYTE[4]	MessageID
BYTE[1]	posterLen
BYTE[posterLen]	poster (null terminated string)
BYTE[1]	subjectLen
BYTE[subjectLen]	subject (null terminated string)
BYTE[1]	timeLen
BYTE[timeLen]	time (null terminated string with time of posting) ("Day 1 @ 11:28")
BYTE[29]	constant: (01 91 84 0A 06 1E FD 01 0B 15 2E 01 0B 17 0B 01 BB 20 46 04 66 13 F8 00 00 0E 75 00 00)
BYTE[1]	numlines

For each line:

Type	Field
BYTE[1]	linelen
BYTE[linelen]	body (null terminated)

Subcommand 3 - Request Message (Client)

Type	Field
BYTE[4]	BoardID
BYTE[4]	MessageID

Subcommand 4 - Request Message Summary (Client)

Type	Field
BYTE[4]	BoardID
BYTE[4]	MessageID

Subcommand 5 - Post a message (Client)

Type	Field
BYTE[4]	BoardID
BYTE[4]	Replying to ID (0 if this is a top level / non-reply post)
BYTE[1]	subjectLen (length of the subject, includes null termination)
BYTE[subjectLen]	subject (null terminated)
BYTE[1]	numlines

For each line:

• • BYTE linelen

Type	Field
BYTE[linelen]	body (null terminated)

Subcommand 6 - Remove Posted Message (Client)

Type	Field
BYTE[4]	BoardID
BYTE[4]	MessageID

Notes

N/A