Dedicated server for EoL echelon games

This project is a community effort to keep the multiplayer of some of the games with the great Sam Fisher alive.

For now it is focused on SC:BL, but the net code should be relatively similar for previous games as well.

Usage

Download the binaries from the latest release.

Note

Microsoft Defender started flagging the launcher with their AI based detections (!ml suffix). I don't know why (probably because it is written in rust and many ransomware gangs started using it?). You either have to tell Defender to allow it, or if you don't want to trust the binaries, feel free to build them yourself. See the Build section.

On the server host (can be the same as a player, but there should be only one running)

Start the server dedicated_server.exe
Note the (public) IP address of the server (like your VPN IP if you're using radmin/hamachi)
Open service.toml file and change all Values, secure_server_addr, storage_host, from 127.0.0.1 to your address from step 2
Make sure the ports tcp/80, tcp/50051, tcp/8000, udp/21126 and udp/21127 are open to your peers (allowed in firewall or firewall off)

On the clients (all players who want to connect to the community server)

Make sure that the port UDP 13000 is open in your firewall (and router if you are not using a VPN)
Start the launcher
Under networking
1. Enable Use custom config server
2. Enter the addresses of the server (like 127.0.0.1 for Config Server and http://127.0.0.1:50051/ for API Server). Change the IP accordingly
3. Test if it is configured correctly by using Test Login with a test account
4. Optional: Register a new account (clear the username/password fields to enable the button)
5. Optional: Enforce a network adapter if you have multiple (like VPN or Hyper-V)

Launch the game with Launch

Important

I haven't managed to get private matches working yet. It only works in COOP through the "Find Teammate" option. SvM

Uninstalling the mod

Remove the uplay_r1_loader.dll from the src/SYSTEM directory of your game installation. For example C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist\src\SYSTEM\
Rename the uplay_r1_loader.orig.dll to uplay_r1_loader.dll

Available test accounts

The server currently knows these test accounts which you can use to experiment. Use the credentials in the uplay.toml file at Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist\src\SYSTEM\uplay.toml (generated during first startup).

Username	Password
AAAABBBB	CCCCDDDD
sam_the_fisher	password1234

What works

Entering online mode (successful authenticate and fetch settings etc.)
Entering the COOP lobby
Starting a COOP game
Starting a Spy vs Merc game
Invite other players (press F5 to open the overlay to accept the invite) into the main lobby.
Matchmaking

What doesn't work

Shared save games between modded and genuine game version (stored at different locations so no progress is lost)
Invite players into a private COOP/SvM game (use the "Find Teammate"/"Quick Match" buttons instead)

Build

Last tested rust version: 1.85.0-nightly (d117b7f21 2024-12-31). You can download the rust compiler via https://rustup.rs/.

You'll also need the Protobuf compiler. protoc.exe should either be in your PATH or pointed at by an environment variable called PROTOC (see this for details).

Use https://github.com/casey/just to build:

# run server in debug mode (builds faster)
$ just serve
# run server in release mode (runs way faster)
$ just serve_release
# build dll and run launcher in debug mode
$ just launch
# build dll and run launcher in release mode
$ just launch_release

Quickstart

Prerequisites:

You have a Powershell window open.
Rustup was downloaded from [https://rustup.rs] and is in your Downloads folder.
Protoc was downloaded from GitHub (e.g. protoc-30.0-win64.zip) and is unpacked to protoc in your Downloads folder.
You've downloaded the source code from GitHub and unpacked to 5th-echelon

From you Downloads folder:

PS> .\rustup-init.exe --default-toolchain none -y
PS> cargo install just
PS> $env:PROTOC="$PWD\protoc\bin\protoc.exe"
PS> cd 5th-echelon
PS> just release_launcher_embed

You can now find the launcher at 5th-echelon\target\release\launcher.exe

Additional Tools

Besides the server, there are also additional tools which are meant to aid development.

DDL parser
Wireshark dissectors
- PRUDP/RMC (Quazal)
- Storm P2P

DDL parser

You can parse DDLs out of executables (if still included) by using

$ cargo run --release -p quazal-tools --bin ddl-parser -- -i mapping.json -o ddls.json path/to/exe

Wireshark dissector

There is a rudimentary wireshark dissector for PRUDP/RMC in rust available. You can build and install it on linux via

$ ./scripts/build_dissector.sh

Alternatively there is also a lua based dissector. To install, put .\tools\quazal.lua and .\tools\rmc.txt into the wireshark plugin user directory.

Additionally there is a very basic lua dissector for the Storm P2P protocol.

You can use all dissectors with tshark as well:

$ tshark -r pcaps/sc_bl.pcapng -d udp.port==3074,prudp -d udp.port==13000,prudp -V -Y udp -x -O prudp,rmc -Y 'udp.port==3074'
Frame 16: 57 bytes on wire (456 bits), 57 bytes captured (456 bits) on interface [...], id 0
Ethernet II, Src: [...], Dst: [...]
Internet Protocol Version 4, Src: 192.168.178.30, Dst: 216.98.55.174
User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: 3074, Dst Port: 21170
Pretty Reliable UDP (Quazal)
    Source: 3f
        .... 1111 = Port: 15
        0011 .... = Type: RVSec (3)
    Destination: 31
        .... 0001 = Port: 1
        0011 .... = Type: RVSec (3)
    .... .000 = Type: SYN (0)
    0010 0... = Flags: 4, NeedAck
        .0.. . = Ack: False
        0... . = Reliable: False
        .... . = NeedAck: True
        .... . = HasSize: False
    SessionID: 0x00
    Signature: 0x00000000
    Sequence: 0
    Connection Signature: 0x00000000
    Checksum: 0x40

0000  ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? 08 00 45 00   ..............E.
0010  00 2b e3 9f 00 00 80 11 00 00 c0 a8 b2 1e d8 62   .+.............b
0020  37 ae 0c 02 52 b2 00 17 d0 ff 3f 31 20 00 00 00   7...R.....?1 ...
0030  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40                        ........@

Frame 17: 60 bytes on wire (480 bits), 60 bytes captured (480 bits) on interface [...], id 0
Ethernet II, Src: [...], Dst: [...]
Internet Protocol Version 4, Src: 216.98.55.174, Dst: 192.168.178.30
User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: 21170, Dst Port: 3074
Pretty Reliable UDP (Quazal)
    Source: 31
        .... 0001 = Port: 1
        0011 .... = Type: RVSec (3)
    Destination: 3f
        .... 1111 = Port: 15
        0011 .... = Type: RVSec (3)
    .... .000 = Type: SYN (0)
    0100 1... = Flags: 9, Ack, HasSize
        .1.. . = Ack: True
        0... . = Reliable: False
        .... . = NeedAck: False
        .... . = HasSize: True
    SessionID: 0x00
    Signature: 0x00000000
    Sequence: 0
    Connection Signature: 0xdd929391
    Size: 0
    Checksum: 0xfc

0000  ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? 08 00 45 00   ..............E.
0010  00 2d 18 b6 40 00 6f 11 22 33 d8 62 37 ae c0 a8   .-..@.o."3.b7...
0020  00 1e 52 b2 0c 02 00 19 36 7f 31 3f 48 00 00 00   ..R.....6.1?H...
0030  00 00 00 00 91 93 92 dd 00 00 fc 00               ............

Frame 18: 57 bytes on wire (456 bits), 57 bytes captured (456 bits) on interface [...], id 0
Ethernet II, Src: [...], Dst: [...]
Internet Protocol Version 4, Src: 192.168.178.30, Dst: 216.98.55.174
User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: 3074, Dst Port: 21170
Pretty Reliable UDP (Quazal)
    Source: 3f
        .... 1111 = Port: 15
        0011 .... = Type: RVSec (3)
    Destination: 31
        .... 0001 = Port: 1
        0011 .... = Type: RVSec (3)
    .... .001 = Type: CONNECT (1)
    0011 0... = Flags: 6, Reliable, NeedAck
        .0.. . = Ack: False
        1... . = Reliable: True
        .... . = NeedAck: True
        .... . = HasSize: False
    SessionID: 0x80
    Signature: 0xdd929391
    Sequence: 1
    Connection Signature: 0xdaf237ae
    Checksum: 0x17

0000  ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? 08 00 45 00   ..............E.
0010  00 2b e3 a0 00 00 80 11 00 00 c0 a8 b2 1e d8 62   .+.............b
0020  37 ae 0c 02 52 b2 00 17 d0 ff 3f 31 31 80 91 93   7...R.....?11...
0030  92 dd 01 00 ae 37 f2 da 17                        .....7...

[...]

Frame 59: 72 bytes on wire (576 bits), 72 bytes captured (576 bits) on interface [...], id 0
Ethernet II, Src: [...], Dst: [...]
Internet Protocol Version 4, Src: 192.168.178.30, Dst: 216.98.55.174
User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: 3074, Dst Port: 21176
Pretty Reliable UDP (Quazal)
    Source: 3f
        .... 1111 = Port: 15
        0011 .... = Type: RVSec (3)
    Destination: 31
        .... 0001 = Port: 1
        0011 .... = Type: RVSec (3)
    .... .010 = Type: DATA (2)
    0011 0... = Flags: 6, Reliable, NeedAck
        .0.. . = Ack: False
        1... . = Reliable: True
        .... . = NeedAck: True
        .... . = HasSize: False
    SessionID: 0xa7
    Signature: 0xdd929391
    Sequence: 8
    FragmentID: 0
    Checksum: 0xc7
RMC (Quazal)
    1... .... = IsRequest: True
    .110 1010 = Protocol: 106
    CallID: 29
    .... .... .... .... .000 0000 0000 0101 = Method: 5
    Parameters: 31????00

Frame (72 bytes):
0000  ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? 08 00 45 00   ..............E.
0010  00 3a e3 b3 00 00 80 11 00 00 c0 a8 b2 1e d8 62   .:.............b
0020  37 ae 0c 02 52 b8 00 26 d1 0e 3f 31 32 a7 91 93   7...R..&..?12...
0030  92 dd 08 00 00 0f 8a 44 db 13 15 31 50 05 a2 64   .......D...1P..d
0040  fd 2a 16 c3 84 e6 56 c7                           .*....V.
Decoded Data (17 bytes):
0000  0d 00 00 00 ea 1d 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 31 ?? ??   .............1..
0010  00                                                .

Frame 60: 76 bytes on wire (608 bits), 76 bytes captured (608 bits) on interface [...], id 0
Ethernet II, Src: [...], Dst: [...]
Internet Protocol Version 4, Src: 192.168.178.30, Dst: 216.98.55.174
User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: 3074, Dst Port: 21176
Pretty Reliable UDP (Quazal)
    Source: 3f
        .... 1111 = Port: 15
        0011 .... = Type: RVSec (3)
    Destination: 31
        .... 0001 = Port: 1
        0011 .... = Type: RVSec (3)
    .... .010 = Type: DATA (2)
    0011 0... = Flags: 6, Reliable, NeedAck
        .0.. . = Ack: False
        1... . = Reliable: True
        .... . = NeedAck: True
        .... . = HasSize: False
    SessionID: 0xa7
    Signature: 0xdd929391
    Sequence: 9
    FragmentID: 0
    Checksum: 0x94
RMC (Quazal)
    1... .... = IsRequest: True
    .010 0011 = Protocol: 35
    CallID: 31
    .... .... .... .... .000 0000 0000 0001 = Method: 1
    Parameters: 0600656e2d555300

Frame (76 bytes):
0000  ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? 08 00 45 00   ..............E.
0010  00 3e e3 b4 00 00 80 11 00 00 c0 a8 b2 1e d8 62   .>.............b
0020  37 ae 0c 02 52 b8 00 2a d1 12 3f 31 32 a7 91 93   7...R..*..?12...
0030  92 dd 09 00 00 0f 96 44 db 13 5c 33 50 05 a2 60   .......D..\3P..`
0040  fd 2a 16 f4 b1 9a 38 cb a0 c4 56 94               .*....8...V.
Decoded Data (21 bytes):
0000  11 00 00 00 a3 1f 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 06 00 65   ...............e
0010  6e 2d 55 53 00                                    n-US.

[...]

Special Thanks

Special thanks to @zerokilo and @michal-kapala for their work on https://github.com/zeroKilo/GROBackendWV which shares parts of the protocol.

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dedicated_server		dedicated_server
docs		docs
hooks		hooks
launcher		launcher
quazal		quazal
scripts		scripts
testdata		testdata
tools		tools
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.rustfmt.toml		.rustfmt.toml
Cargo.lock		Cargo.lock
Cargo.toml		Cargo.toml
Cross.toml		Cross.toml
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Dedicated server for EoL echelon games

Usage

On the server host (can be the same as a player, but there should be only one running)

On the clients (all players who want to connect to the community server)

Uninstalling the mod

Available test accounts

What works

What doesn't work

Build

Quickstart

Additional Tools

DDL parser

Wireshark dissector

Special Thanks

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Dedicated server for EoL echelon games

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On the server host (can be the same as a player, but there should be only one running)

On the clients (all players who want to connect to the community server)

Uninstalling the mod

Available test accounts

What works

What doesn't work

Build

Quickstart

Additional Tools

DDL parser

Wireshark dissector

Special Thanks

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