- updated announcement to use a safer compare and added announcement url to ini files

mk/linux/glest.ini

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ AiRedir=false
 AllowDownloadDataSynch=false
 AllowGameDataSynchCheck=false
 AllowRotateUnits=true
+AnnouncementURL=http://megaglest.pepper.freeit.org/announcement.txt
 AutoMaxFullScreen=false
 AutoTest=false
 CheckGlCaps=true

source/glest_game/menu/menu_state_masterserver.cpp

@@ -461,11 +461,14 @@ void MenuStateMasterserver::updateServerInfo() {
 		clearServerLines();
 		safeMutex.ReleaseLock(true);
 
-		if(!announcementLoaded)
-		{
-			std::string announcementTxt = SystemFlags::getHTTP(Config::getInstance().getString("AnnouncementURL","http://megaglest.pepper.freeit.org/announcement.txt"));
-			if(announcementTxt.substr (0,31)=="Announcement from Masterserver:")
-				announcementLabel.setText(announcementTxt);
+		if(announcementLoaded == false) {
+			string announcementURL = Config::getInstance().getString("AnnouncementURL","http://megaglest.pepper.freeit.org/announcement.txt");
+			if(announcementURL != "") {
+				std::string announcementTxt = SystemFlags::getHTTP(announcementURL);
+				if(StartsWith(announcementTxt,"Announcement from Masterserver:") == true) {
+					announcementLabel.setText(announcementTxt);
+				}
+			}
 			announcementLoaded=true;
 		}
 

source/shared_lib/include/platform/common/platform_common.h

@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ void getFullscreenVideoInfo(int &colorBits,int &screenWidth,int &screenHeight);
 bool changeVideoMode(int resH, int resW, int colorBits, int refreshFrequency);
 void restoreVideoMode(bool exitingApp=false);
 
+bool StartsWith(const std::string &str, const std::string &key);
 bool EndsWith(const string &str, const string& key);
 
 string replaceAll(string& context, const string& from, const string& to);

source/shared_lib/sources/platform/common/platform_common.cpp

@@ -304,6 +304,10 @@ bool isdir(const char *path)
   return ret;
 }
 
+bool StartsWith(const std::string &str, const std::string &key) {
+  return str.find(key) == 0;
+}
+
 bool EndsWith(const string &str, const string& key)
 {
     bool result = false;