openrs2/docs/client-parameters.md

Client parameters

Command-line interface

The command-line interface takes four required parameters:

• worldid
• modewhat (live, rc or wip)
• lang (en/english, de/german, fr or pt)
• game (game0 or game1)

Each parameter is described in the applet parameter table below. modewhere is always set to local. All other parameters share their default value with the applet.

A typical invocation looks like:

java -cp ... client 1 live en game0

Applet

The applet supports the following parameters:

Name	Default value	Description
advertsuppressed	0	Disable adverts
affid	0	Affiliate ID (see below)
cachesubdir	"runescape"	Cache subdirectory
cookiehost		Settings cookie host
cookieprefix		Settings cookie name prefix
country	0	Country ID
crashurl	null	Override error_loader_<x>.ws URL
game	0	Game ID (see below)
haveie6	0	Set if browser is Internet Explorer 6
js	0	Set if JavaScript is supported
lang	0	Language ID
modewhat		See below
modewhere		See below
objecttag	0	Set if applet loaded with <object> tag
openwinjs	0	Use JavaScript to open URLs in a new tab
pre142url	null	Enable pre-Java 1.4.2 check
settings	""	Settings cookie value
suppress_sha	null	Disable SHA-1 validation in the loader
unsignedurl	null	Enable unsigned applet check
worldid		World ID

Parameters without a default value listed in the table above are required by the applet. All other parameters are optional.

Affiliate ID

ID	Description
0	No affiliate
99	Enables 'share details with business partners' checkbox in the registration form

Games

ID	Name	Command-line name
0	RuneScape	game0
1	MechScape/Stellar Dawn	game1

At the time 550 was released, MechScape used the same engine as RuneScape. While changing the parameter affects the client in a small number of ways, the majority of differences between the two games is in the cache.

When game1 is used, the following changes are made in the client:

• The default cache subdirectory used by the command-line interface is "mechscape" instead of "runescape".
• The "RuneScape is loading" text changes to "Mechscape is loading".
• "(level: <x>)" after a player's username is changed to "(rating: <x>)".
• The "Attack" option on players, if sent by the server, does not use combat levels to determine its priority dynamically.
• The 3D login screen is always disabled, even in HD mode.
• ::shiftclick is enabled by default, instead of disabled.
• The default fog colour is black in MechScape.
• MechScape uses a different palette for recolouring players and objs.
• MechScape supports four username prefixes and suffixes.
• The box drawn around the current area in the world overview is white instead of red.
• A "Face here" action is added to every menu where there is a "Walk here" action.

MechScape was never released so the cache is unavailable. As such, OpenRS2 only supports game0.

Languages

ID	Name	Command-line names
0	English	en, english
1	German	de, german
2	French	fr
3	Portuguese	pt

The language parameter only controls the language of the strings hard-coded in the loader and client. The majority of strings are stored in the cache and are not translated. Presumably each language had a different cache at the time. However, only the English cache was archived. As such, OpenRS2 only supports English.

modewhat

ID	Name	Command-line name
0	Live	live
1	Release candidate (RC)	rc
2	Work in progress (WIP)	wip

modewhat is primarily used to select which cache directory is used.

The following table summarises the differences between each modewhat value:

	Live	RC	WIP
File store ID	32	33	34
Allocate and release 100 KiB chunks to test SoftReferences	N	Y	Y

modewhere

ID	Name	Command-line name
0	Live	live
1	Office	office
2	Local	local

The applet only supports the live and office environments. The command-line interface always uses the local environment. (The command-line names above are taken from an earlier revision where modewhere is specified on the command line.)

modewhere is primarily used to control which server the client connects to.

The following table summarises the differences between each modewhere value:

	Live	Office	Local
World hostname	Applet codebase	Applet codebase	localhost
Game server primary port	43594	40000 + world	40000 + world
Game server secondary port	443	50000 + world	50000 + world
World web server port	80	7000 + world	7000 + world
Website hostname	www	www-wtqa	www-wtqa
CS2 errors shown in chat box	N	Y	Y
FPS shown by default	N	Y	Y
::fps <n> command enabled	N	Y	Y
Advert refreshed	Y	Y	N