hi

i m just wondering if anyone knows about the war3 custom game protocol, as in i m trying to stay idle after the game starts or better still parse some game data

heres what i logged right after game started

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s->c      f7 0b ....  finish counting down
c->s f7 23 ....  this one should mean i have finish loading the map and waiting for everyone else to load
s->c f7 08 ....  think this one means other play have finish loading the map

stuff below i cant make any sense of, this is where game officially started

c->s f7 26 13 00 2c 26 2e eb 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a
s->c f7 0c 06 00 fa 00
s->c f7 0c 40 00 fa 00 be 14 0a 0b 00 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 05 0b 00 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 01 0b 00 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 02 0b 00 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a
c->s f7 27 09 00 a8 13 76 fa b4
s->c f7 0c 16 00 fa 00 64 fb 07 0b 00 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a f7 0c 06 00 fa 00
c->s f7 27 09 00 52 cd 82 0b 1e
s->c f7 0c 40 00 fa 00 0a da 04 0b 00 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 03 0b 00 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 08 0b 00 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 09 0b 00 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a
c->s f7 27 09 00 18 78 cc 1d 67
c->s f7 27 09 00 00 da 59 ac d9
s->c f7 0c 38 00 fa 00 3a 10 01 0d 00 62 7a 5a 00 00 bb 6b 00 00 01 00 00 00 03 0d 00 62 7a 5a 00 00 bb 6b 00 00 01 00 00 00 08 0d 00 62 7a 5a 00 00 bb 6b 00 00 01 00 00 00
c->s f7 27 09 00 00 69 d4 21 84
c->s f7 26 15 00 29 70 26 8f 62 7a 5a 00 00 bb 6b 00 00 01 00 00 00
s->c f7 0c 66 00 fa 00 fc 8c 06 0b 00 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 04 0d 00 62 7a 5a 00 00 bb 6b 00 00 01 00 00 00 05 0d 00 62 7a 5a 00 00 bb 6b 00 00 01 00 00 00 09 0d 00 62 7a 5a 00 00 bb 6b 00 00 01 00 00 00 0a 0d 00 62 7a 5a 00 00 bb 6b 00 00 01 00 00 00 02 0d 00 62 7a 5a 00 00 bb 6b 00 00 01 00 00 00
c->s f7 27 09 00 44 70 6d d3 30
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so if anyone can shed some light on these packet and their meaning would be greatly appreciated
thanks!

Doesn't that look like "lalalala" to you?

Try the same thing for different game types; that should help you see which ones are specific to maps/types and which ones will always be sent.

i finally fig out the "lalalalalala" 's are actually action thats documetned on the W3GS_action.txt and W3GS_format.txt in war3 replay parser sites, so does many other actions like right clicks, units selects and etc

though the hardest part is a constant flow of non action packets which are troubling, they look similar to ping packets for which the client repond with a pong but with 5 bytes of looks randomish data, maybe hash/encrypted or maybe an inbuilt random sequence. 
btw i tested with a observer client with host only, so client wont be sending any actions  only maintaing idle state

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s->c      f7 0c 06 00 f9 00                        simiar to ping type of server packets
c->s      f7 27 09 00 5c 8c 68 e9 2b client alywas respond with 5 byte of weird stuff
s->c      f7 0c 06 00 fa 00
c->s      f7 27 09 00 5c 6e e9 5e b2
s->c      f7 0c 06 00 09 01
c->s      f7 27 09 00 5c 4a 5d ce 83
s->c      f7 0c 06 00 fa 00
c->s      f7 27 09 00 5c e7 d0 ca 0a
s->c      f7 0c 06 00 f9 00
c->s      f7 27 09 00 5c 2c c5 db 81
s->c      f7 0c 06 00 fa 00
c->s      f7 27 09 00 5c 89 4c 6c 0f
s->c      f7 0c 06 00 f9 00
c->s      f7 27 09 00 5c 56 38 7c 86
s->c      f7 0c 06 00 fa 00
c->s      f7 27 09 00 5c 73 83 e2 0d
s->c      f7 0c 06 00 fa 00
c->s      f7 27 09 00 5c 0d 4f 7b 9b
s->c      f7 0c 06 00 f9 00
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does nayone know how to generate thses 5 bytes of client response

Well, seeing as how there are 9 bytes and the first 5 are the same, I hope you mean the last four. For all we know, they could be a random token :P