Export Game Data to External Program

[whiskeyzulu]

Does anyone know how I may be able to read player locations and speed from another program? I thought I could print the locations to the MTA Server console window and use some Windows API functions to read the data into an array but this approach is a lot more difficult than I thought (I'm not a very advanced programmer!).

Can I make the server window a child of my main C++ program and then just call std io functions? If I monitor key presses to the console window will I see the server "typing" to the console?

Thanks,

Whiskey

[whiskeyzulu]

I think I may need to implement some UDP functions.....

[Noki]

You can always write your own module.

[whiskeyzulu]

I realise that. I would like some help in deciding whether I can read the characters from the console window using some Windows API functions or do I need to implement some sort of network sharing. I am trying to read the console directly as this seemed the most straight forward approach. I am currently writing a little test script to discover if I can GetConsoleInput.

If someone can let me know if I'm wasting my time and speed up my progress I would be eternally grateful!