Server query desktop gadget

fyi

I've made some desktop gadgets for T1 and T2 that show who's playing on some select servers.

http://query.nastyhobbit.org/Tribes2Query.gadget
^ this one shows you GameArena (Aus) and Goon Haven (US) T2 servers

http://query.nastyhobbit.org/TribesQueryUS.gadget
^ this one shows you The Community (US) and Grand Central (US) T1 servers

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You need to have Windows 7 or Vista to use desktop gadgets. You can save the above links or open them with 'Windows Gadget Gallery'. Then drag them out to your desktop and it's done.

Every 10 minutes a server script has a look to see how many are ingame and what map they're playing. It writes an xml file and the gadget updates itself with what's in the xml file every 5 minutes. This way the game servers only get queried once every 10 minutes regardless of how many gadgets are in use.

enjoy
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