Server browser ... activity monitoring graphs?

[Plawerth]

Since servers tend to be mostly idle with occasional bursts of activity, it would be useful for the Server Browser page to show a graph of activity below each server that counts how many players are logged on, and when. This would help players find each other to play together.

MRTG - Multi-Router Traffic Grapher
https://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/

Perl script to read the number of players on a Quake server:
https://fossies.org/linux/mrtg/contrib/jm/quake-mrtg.pl

[Plawerth]

The tool that queries the game server for statistics is called qstat. The original site mentioned in the perl script does not work, but the project is still supported elsewhere.

https://github.com/multiplay/qstat/releases


It supports monitoring of a huge number of game servers:

-qs	qs	26000	Quake
-h2s	h2s	26900	Hexen II
-qws	qws	27500	QuakeWorld
-hws	hws	26950	HexenWorld
-q2s	q2s	27910	Quake II
-uns	uns	7777	Unreal
-ut2s	ut2s	7777	Unreal Tournament 2003
-ut2004m	ut2004m	28902	Unreal Tournament 2004 Master requires CD Key
-hls	hls	27015	Half-Life
-sns	sns	22450	Sin
-sgs	sgs	27888	Shogo: Mobile Armor Division
-tbs	tbs	28001	Starsiege: Tribes
-t2s	t2s	28000	Tribes 2
-qwm	qwm	27000	QuakeWorld master
-hwm	hwm	26900	HexenWorld master
-q2m	q2m	27900	Quake II master
-hlm	hlm	27010	Half-Life master
-stm	stm	27010	Half-Life master (Steam)
-tbm	tbm	28000	Tribes master
-t2m	t2m	28002	Tribes 2 master
-q3s	q3s	27960	Quake III
-q3m	q3m	27950	Quake III master
-dm3s	dm3s	27666	Doom 3
-dm3m	dm3m	27650	Doom 3 master
-bfs	bfs	44001	BFRIS
-kps	kps	31510	Kingpin
-hrs	hrs	28910	Heretic II
-sfs	sfs	28910	Soldier of Fortune
-gsm	gsm	28900	Gamespy master
-gps	gps	-	Game using "Gamespy style" protocol
-gps	gs2	-	Game using "Gamespy2 style" protocol
-d3m	d3m	3445	Descent 3 PXO master
-d3p	d3p	2092	Descent 3, PXO server
-d3s	d3s	2092	Descent 3, LAN server
-d3g	d3g	20142	Descent 3, Gamespy protocol
-rws	rws	27960	Return to Castle Wolfestein
-rwm	rwm	27950	Return to Castle Wolfestein master
-efs	efs	27960	Star Trek: Elite Force
-efm	efm	27953	Star Trek: Elite Force master
-efs	efs	29070	Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
-efm	efm	29060	Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy master
-grs	grs	2346	Ghost Recon
-etqws	etqws	27733	QuakeWars server