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Character Server Connection Request

Packet ID:	0x0065
Packet Length:	17
Client Defined:	CMSG_CHAR_SERVER_CONNECT
Sent Location(s):	src/net/tmwa/charserverhandler.cpp:376
Parsed Location(s):	src/char/char.cpp

Fields

Offset	Length	Contents
0	2	Packet ID
2	4	Account ID
6	4	Session ID (Part 1)
10	4	Session ID (Part 2)
14	2	Client Protocol Version
16	1	Gender

Description

Sent to the Character Server immediately after connecting. After this packet is sent to the server, it immediately replies with 4 bytes containing whatever was sent as the Account ID. The client shall perform a read of 4 bytes and ignore (or verify) the returned value.

If the server is full, it shall respond with Refuse Connection. The server shall respond to the client with Update Character List.

Note

• Client Protocol Version must be set to "1"; it was previously "0" for the old client.
• Gender of "Male" is defined as "1", and "Female" is defined as "0".

Internals

If a login server exists, Request Email and Time Limit shall be sent to it.