[Famerlor]

eMule OfFixed-Mod
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***** MODDED BY SPIKE2 *****


First said: The name of this mod is a pun, a playing-with-words, based on the words "offi" (for "official") and "fixed".


About this mod:
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This mod is thought for being used as replacement for official eMule, when you want to have all the bugfixes and code improvements from the mods, but are happy with the official client and don't need additional features.

Its source may be useful as a base for new mods, because there are nearly no new features but only fixes, optimizations and similiar.

As user you won't notice many differences from the official eMule client - if any at all. Most changes are "under the hood" and are there to improve the security, eliminate possible crashes or memleaks, to reduce CPU-load or to make using more comfortable.



Main features:
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* Better coping with servers
Lugdunummaster, the coder of eMule's server software, coded the aux ports support for eMule. This feature enables your client to
use the auxilliary ports the server provides. Additionally one codepart by WiZaRd, which was inspired by lugdunummaster, saves
overhead when connecting to a server without asking the server for other servers. A hardcoded default update-URL for your
server.met means no more hassle for you to get a new server.met if there are no servers in your list.

* Better security
WiZaRd's AntiCorruption saves you from saving corrupted data to your partfiles. AntiShape by netfinity reduces you vulnerability
to CreditShaping. And many AddOns to the Kademlia-Code - mainly by WiZaRd and netfinity - fight against bad nodes in the network
and improve your protection against Kad-attacks.

* Improvements to make your download go even better
Code changes for better passive source finding could get you more sources for your download providing you with more sources to
download from and upload to. Xman's "find best sources" does similiar for you.
SearchCatch will use the sources from the searchlist for the download if you decide to start to download one of the found files -
and thus it eliminates the need for researching these sources.

* Less errors
Many bugs fixed in the codes means less errors for you - many possibilities where the client could crash were eliminated so that
your eMule runs more stable than with official code. Fixing of possible memleaks could lower the amount of RAM used by eMule in
some cases.

* Lower CPU-load
Many optimizations and some added code parts help to lower the CPU-load eMule causes, especially at higher upload-speeds.

* More comfortability
Spike2's ECR (Enhanced Client Recognition), now here in version 2, ends the confusing "eM Compat"-display in your lists. Now other
clients, i.e. eMulePlus or Hydranode, are correctly identified and counted in the stats. The change from official eMule's client
icons to the real icons of these clients further enhances the easy recognizing of the client types from which you are downloading
or you are uploading to.
Friendhandling from all windows makes dealing with your friends in the network easier than ever ! And showing the hash progress
in the status bar gives exact information how far the progress of finishing your complete download really is.

* More friendly to the network
IntelliFlush flushs complete downloaded parts to your disk, enabling you to upload them sooner back to the network. With
LowID2HighID-AutomaticCallBack (L2HAC) overhead is effectively saved.
The optionally usable SlotFocus enables you to upload with the best speed possible to the clients you're uploading to and reduces
the amount of open upload slots.
SourceCache caches found sources for later use, so that the overhead of searching for new sources later can be saved (the new
column "Sources in SourceCache" in your TransferList shows you how many sources are in the cache).
Transferring of full chunks is now always enabled and cannot be disabled anymore. This way you always upload full chunks to other
clients which can be re-shared to others faster. As small bonus you gain more credits at the clients you are uploading to, since
you upload more to them as with FullChunkTransfer disabled.



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OfFixed 1.0
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-->CODEBASE : eMule 0.49c
-->LIBRARIES: Newer as in official eMule:
* Cryptlib 5.6.0
* ID3lib 2.3.0
* libPNG 1.2.35
* newest ResizableLib (they don't use version numbers...)
Same as in official eMule:
* CxImage 6.00
* zlib 1.2.3
-->NOTE : Changes tagged with "BUGFIX" in this changelog include code-improvements and small optimizations as well
ADDED : 80% score for non SI clients (Xman)
ADDED : AntiCorruption (WiZaRd)
ADDED : AntiShape (netfinity)
ADDED : Aux ports support (lugdunummaster)
ADDED : Better passive source finding (origin unknown to me, taken from X-Ray)
ADDED : Enhanced Client Recognition (ECR) v2 (Spike2)
* Since the nowadays ECR has much changed since it's initial code I declared it to be v2
* Tag: Spike2 - Enhanced Client Recognition v2
* Now includes a small fix by taz for recognizing MLdonkeys
* Stulle's CompatClientStats are now part of the ECR
ADDED : Find best sources (Xman)
ADDED : FriendHandling from all lists (Xman)
ADDED : HashProgress (O2)
ADDED : IntelliFlush (always enabled; WiZaRd)
ADDED : L2HAC (always enabled; by eMulePlus, taken from NeoMule)
ADDED : MessageFlash (Slugfiller)
ADDED : ModString is being sent (using parts of WiZaRd's EasyModVer)
ADDED : MoreFourCCCodes (zz_fly)
ADDED : NoNeededRequeue (Slugfiller)
ADDED : SearchCatch (Slugfiller)
ADDED : Server.met-default-update URL added and auto update from emulefuture.eu, if no URL is entered
ADDED : Show Modversions with mod-statistics (code by Slugfiller)
ADDED : Show own userhash in status window (iOniX)
ADDED : Simple SlotFocus (switchable in Extended Options; Spike2)
ADDED : SourceCache with my own GUI-AddOn from Spike2Mod (Xman)
ADDED : Support link in network-info-dialog (points to emulefuture.eu, my homeboard)
ADDED : Understanding eDonkeyHybrid's pr-tag (netfinity)
ADDED : WiZaRd's KadAddons (including many bugfixes for bugs in official Kad-code, Code-optimizations, WiZaRd's KadHelper for
fighting bad nodes, parts of netfinity's SafeKad and reduced CPU-usage code in UInt128.cpp by netfinity)
BUGFIX : Accurate compression percentage indication fix (BlueSonicBoy)
BUGFIX : AICH-Hash - Additional security check (WiZaRd)
BUGFIX : Automatic Firewalled Retries (WiZaRd)
BUGFIX : Catch oversized public key in credit.met file (SiRoB)
BUGFIX : CheckDiskspaceFix (SlugFiller) - very important fix, fixes crash and data-corruption in part and part.met-files for me !
BUGFIX : Clean up filename: Do NOT alter DVD-Video files VOB,IFO,BUP, etc. (BlueSonicBoy)
BUGFIX : CodeImprovement for choosing to use compression (Xman)
BUGFIX : Don't kill source, if it's the only one complete source or a friend (MorphXT)
BUGFIX : Fix collection double extension (CiccioBastardo)
BUGFIX : Fixed many typos (Spike2)
BUGFIX : Fix for "exit" command (leuk_he)
BUGFIX : Memory Leak on Low ID Smart Check (origin unknown; taken from one of taz' mods)
BUGFIX : Message bounce protection (for Kad; by netfinity)
BUGFIX : Obfuscation FiX (WiZaRd)
BUGFIX : Prevent switch to ... busy popup during windows startup (leuk_he)
BUGFIX : Prevent USS spam (WiZaRd)
BUGFIX : Publish small incomplete files fix (WiZaRd)
BUGFIX : Reconnect Kad on IP-change (Pawcio / Spike2)
BUGFIX : Relax on startup (WiZaRd)
BUGFIX : Request AICH-Hash-set only if necessary (WiZaRd)
BUGFIX : Reset Kad-IP on IP-Change (Pawcio / Spike2)
BUGFIX : ThreadSafe-fix (WiZaRd)
BUGFIX : ToolTip-FiX (WiZaRd)
BUGFIX : UDP Reask security check (netfinity)
BUGFIX : Various code improvements, crash fixes, memleak-fixes and other fixes (mainly by eMule's No1 debugger WiZaRd and by Xman,
Morph, myself and many others (look at the tags in the code))
BUGFIX : Webserver-Download-Fix (Stulle)
BUGFIX : Wrong Hover FiX (WiZaRd)
BUGFIX : Wrong null userhash fix (ilmira)
BUGFIX : XS-Workaround (WiZaRd)
CHANGED: Always show if obfuscation is in use (Spike2)
CHANGED: Clienttype-Icons changed to the real client's logos (merged from Spike2Mod)
CHANGED: Credits changed (added myself as modder ;p and bluecow under retired o-devs (why did they forget him there ?!?))
CHANGED: CryptTCPpaddingLength may now be adjusted in Extended Options (Xman)
CHANGED: Disabled some warnings thrown by official code (Spike2 & various)
CHANGED: Don't accept to short message-filters (WiZaRd)
CHANGED: Enabled ListSearch (already in official code)
CHANGED: Hardlimit of 5 for emule collections (Xman)
CHANGED: HighResTimer is now switchable in Extended Options (Spike2)
CHANGED: Lower CPU-load in IsBanned() (using code from WiZaRd and sivka)
CHANGED: Re-enabled "Extract meta-data via DirectShow" (Spike2; USE AT YOUR OWN RISK ! Although I never had any problems with it, there's
a reason why the official devs disabled it..!)
CHANGED: Some default settings: Don't compress avi-files now enabled, Dead server retries risen from 1 to 3, Icon flash on new
message enabled, filter server by IP enabled, PeerCache enabled (doesn't hurt) and message filter extended
REMOVED: FullChunk-transfer option (always enabled now)
REMOVED: Option to disable SecureIdentification - the checkbox in the options-dialog is now used to indicate if SI is working (WiZaRd)
UPDATED: Used libraries (see above)



- Sources & Libraries only needed for developers ! -

DOWNLOADS: Binaries, Sources and Libs @ emulefuture.eu


DOWNLOADS via ED2K:

Binary: ed2k://|file|eMule%200.49c%20[OfFixed%20v1.0]%20-%20BIN.rar|2816047|D63541923BE2C766424B45BED3070228|h=5GYWOIZP4QQGNCCNML5XTOCE43NYVEAI|/

Source: ed2k://|file|eMule%200.49c%20[OfFixed%20v1.0]%20-%20SRC.rar|3559896|F10B292054F3999433A21BCECD0F0BF0|h=CPDZWPIPF7WX5CPUWEZCNGJGRCH5NJYF|/

Libraries: ed2k://|file|eMule%200.49c%20[OfFixed%20v1.0]%20-%20LIBS.rar|3264874|16615B749EBE6C70AA584EC3BEA1BA12|h=354GRZ7RVBAKHQTPEI7HT26DVOO4MIGQ|/

Have fun with it !!



//Spike2 (yes, I'm back @ the modding scene...)

This post has been edited by Famerlor: 14 September 2009 - 02:37 AM

[Tuxman]

The several additions were not actually necessary IMHO, a clean bugfixed .49c would have been enough... new features aren't really "optimizations".

However, thanks for your work, as always...

[Famerlor]

Well, then let's say it's not only bugfixes and optimizations, but "additions", too.

Thinking of netf's ESE-mod... he said (in sense, not word-by-word) "This mod contains things I always thought they should be in official" - and that's the thing I had in mind with this mod, too

[Tuxman]

I think all mods only contain things the modder thinks they should be in official.
(In fact, the ESE mod died. )

[Famerlor]

Sorry, I don't think so. I.e. Spike2-Mod contains some features I do like, but I don't think that they should be in official (i.e. because most "normal users" would have no use for it or would think it's too complicated). I know from WiZaRd that he thinks the same about some features (he wrote it somewhere here or @ emf).
Take Powershare, HideOS, SotN or SCC for example - do you think it'd be good to have them in official ?


And yes, the ESE-mod was discontinued - a pity IMO. But netF coded it obviously as base for WARP and then dropped it Still, ESE lives in Spike2mod, since it was completly merged

This post has been edited by Famerlor: 14 September 2009 - 03:32 AM

[Tuxman]

Famerlor, on 14 September 2009 - 05:32 , said:

I don't think that they should be in official (i.e. because most "normal users" would have no use for it or would think it's too complicated).

Enable them by default, disable all switches, that's it. They won't even notice that there is a lot of stuff working (or not) in the background.

Famerlor, on 14 September 2009 - 05:32 , said:

Take Powershare, HideOS, SotN or SCC for example - do you think it'd be good to have them in official ?

Some features (like L2HAC) don't make much sense when not being in official... what's wrong with the other 4?
(Does the ZZUL mod count as "official" here? @ Powershare)

Famerlor, on 14 September 2009 - 05:32 , said:

But netF coded it obviously as base for WARP and then dropped it

I never saw the relation here, WARP was always quite "light" and very experimental while ESE was something different...

[Famerlor]

Tuxman, on 14 September 2009 - 05:39 AM, said:

Enable them by default, disable all switches, that's it. They won't even notice that there is a lot of stuff working (or not) in the background.

That could become complicated when it comes to features like SCC (Smart Category Control) and other, which are just thought to make using eMule more comfortable and need to become configured to suit the individual taste of the user. eWombat's/Stulle's DesignSettings are another example for it.
And - if eMule becomes too big - it could become a problem for users with slower machines...

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Some features (like L2HAC) don't make much sense when not being in official... what's wrong with the other 4?
(Does the ZZUL mod count as "official" here? @ Powershare)

You're right about L2HAC, that's why I implemented it in OfFixed, Spike2 and eMuleFuture-Mod. The userbase is quite big since many mods -including eMulePlus- already incorporate it, but I really DO think it should be in official and I don't quite see any reason why it isn't already.
About the other 4 features - they could become dangerous (creating incomplete files in the network) when configured / used in the wrong way... ZZUL is still a mod, but I agree in that part as that I see it as some kind of "extended official client" / semi-official / eMulePro or however you call it

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I never saw the relation here, WARP was always quite "light" and very experimental while ESE was something different...

I was unprecise with my formulation, I mean: WARP is based on ESE. netfinity first coded ESE and then based first WARP-versions on that codebase. Still - if you look at WARP's changelog - the complete ESE-mod is incorporated in WARP. Sadly netfinity stopped ESE-mod and now concentrates all his efforts on WARP, so that from nowadays point of view ESE was just the base of WARP - sadly IMO.
You could still get a modern ESE @ 49c when taking WARP and removing all WARP-features
Btw: The same for OfFixed, it's derivated from Spike2-Mod. It's some kind of "Spike2-Mod ExtraLight"

This post has been edited by Famerlor: 14 September 2009 - 03:48 AM

[xilolee]

Why are not these fixes yet included in the official?

I'm glad you're back

[Famerlor]

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Why are not these fixes yet included in the official?

Some where forgotten and many were developed after 49c was released

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I'm glad you're back

Thanx

[Tuxman]

Famerlor, on 14 September 2009 - 05:47 , said:

which are just thought to make using eMule more comfortable and need to become configured to suit the individual taste of the user.

OT: If it's about taste, you should make your Spike2 splash screen switchable ...

Famerlor, on 14 September 2009 - 05:47 , said:

ZZUL is still a mod, but I agree in that part as that I see it as some kind of "extended official client" / semi-official / eMulePro or however you call it

That's what I meant.

Famerlor, on 14 September 2009 - 05:47 , said:

netfinity stopped ESE-mod and now concentrates all his efforts on WARP, so that from nowadays point of view ESE was just the base of WARP - sadly IMO.

The ESE mod was nothing special IMO, so his decision was the right one. WARP is - and always was - outstanding.

@ xilolee:
Not all fixes are important enough. And if everything the users suggest are implemented in the official client, there's no reason for mods anymore.

[xilolee]

I wasn't talking about the changed or added functions, but only about the fixes
i'd like to made my own mod, but i can't ;-(

[Tuxman]

Modding is easy, especially if you start with Copy&Paste (like most modders did): Take the official src and try to understand what it does (thank God there are named functions). Then try to C&P some mod code (use a mod which has tags for added stuff). Then try to compile. And don't give up.

This post has been edited by Tuxman: 14 September 2009 - 04:12 AM

[taz-me]

- nice that you're back on KB

[Eulero]

Stupid question. Which are the interactions between Intelliflush and Buffer size? If you set buffer = 7.5 MB, this is always flushed before you get to have a chunk?

Theorically Intelliflush disable the dimbuffer (right?), why this is visible ?

i'm confused

[tHeWiZaRdOfDoS]

No. Intelliflush flushes as soon as a chunk is complete. If you downloaded 8MB of a chunk and then download another 7MB then eMule wouldn't flush until your bufferlimit is reached (7.5MB in your cases) which means that eMule cannot share that chunk until that border is hit. With Intelliflush that chunk would be flushed @9.28MB and the remains (7-1.28MB) could get into the buffer.

[Narayan1050]

Famerlor, on 14 September 2009 - 03:21 AM, said:

//Spike2 (yes, I'm back @ the modding scene...)

Very great news !

Thanks.

[SundawnerAvS]

Great work Welcome back.

Download @ eMule Antares

[Andrey23]

Thanks for new MOD
I create download mirror for you MOD on eMule Security.
News
eMule 0.49c OfFixed 1.0 Binary
eMule 0.49c OfFixed 1.0 Sources
eMule 0.49c OfFixed 1.0 Libs

[Famerlor]

taz-me, on 14 September 2009 - 06:20 AM, said:

- nice that you're back on KB

Thanx

Eulero, on 14 September 2009 - 09:33 AM, said:

Stupid question. Which are the interactions between Intelliflush and Buffer size? If you set buffer = 7.5 MB, this is always flushed before you get to have a chunk?

WiZaRd's explanation is correct (of course, he invented IntelliFlush ). I limited to 7,5 MB anyway since increasing the file buffer size (even further) makes more sense when increasing the file buffer flush time, too (which can be done in official via preferences.ini - entry starting from 49c).

Narayan1050, on 14 September 2009 - 10:01 AM, said:

Famerlor, on 14 September 2009 - 03:21 AM, said:

//Spike2 (yes, I'm back @ the modding scene...)

Very great news !

Thanks.

Thanx

SundawnerAvS, on 14 September 2009 - 11:36 AM, said:

Great work Welcome back.

Download @ eMule Antares

Andrey23, on 14 September 2009 - 06:04 PM, said:

Thanks for new MOD
I create download mirror for you MOD on eMule Security.
News
eMule 0.49c OfFixed 1.0 Binary
eMule 0.49c OfFixed 1.0 Sources
eMule 0.49c OfFixed 1.0 Libs

Wow, thanx for your mirrors !!

[Deer-Hunter]

Hey Famerlor :-)

many thx for the mod or something like that :-)

Mirror updated:
OfFixed Mod
http://eMulebase.de/...e_mods/OfFixed/



regards

Deer-Hunter