Function pickMasterServer

engine/source/network/serverQuery.cc:675–714

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bool pickMasterServer()
{
   // Reset the master server ping:
   gMasterServerPing.time = 0;
   gMasterServerPing.key = 0;
   gMasterServerPing.tryCount = gMasterServerRetryCount;
   gMasterServerPing.session = gPingSession;

   char addrString[256];
   U32 serverCount = gMasterServerList.size();
   if ( !serverCount )
   {
      // There are no more servers left to try...:(
      return( false );
   }

   U32 region = Con::getIntVariable( "$pref::Net::RegionMask" );
   U32 index = Sim::getCurrentTime() % serverCount;

   // First try to find a master server in the same region:
   for ( U32 i = 0; i < serverCount; i++ )
   {
      if ( gMasterServerList[index].region == region )
      {
         Net::addressToString( &gMasterServerList[index].address, addrString );
         Con::printf( "Found master server %s in same region.", addrString );
         gMasterServerPing.address = gMasterServerList[index].address;
         return( true );
      }

      index = index < serverCount - 1 ? index + 1 : 0;
   }

   // Settle for the one we first picked:
   Net::addressToString( &gMasterServerList[index].address, addrString );
   Con::printf( "No master servers found in this region, trying %s.", addrString );
   gMasterServerPing.address = gMasterServerList[index].address;

   return( true );
}

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