From ccfaa17916f3ade828268c68d3e79cb51f589684 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Striven <sg.striven@cutecat.club>
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2025 23:01:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update RendezVous description

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@@ -1,60 +1,74 @@
-The RMC protocol, standing for **R**emote **M**ethod **C**all, is used to make transactional requests, such that "methods" are called by the client and responses are generated by the server. As seen in HyperScape, this protocol is done over [RendezVous](./03_rendezvous_structure.md) data packets.
+# RendezVous: RMC Protocol
+
+The RMC protocol, standing for **R**emote **M**ethod **C**all, is used to make transactional requests, such that "methods" are called by the client and responses are generated by the server.
 
 RMC itself is designed as a transport for several other application-defined protocols, such that services can send and handle requests through RMC. This means that there's another level deeper to go before we get to application/game data, as each protocol implements its own reading and writing of bytes, although they follow similar patterns and standardised ways.
 
-Here are the currently understood RMC protocols implemented in HyperScape. Some appear to be standard to Ubisoft games as a whole, while others appear to be designed specifically for the game.
+## Official Implementation
+
+As seen in HyperScape, this protocol is done over [RendezVous](./03_structure.md) data packets.
+
+When a request is made, usually in a function going by `<protocol name>Protocol::Call<method name>`, a call context is created and containers in memory for data returned by the server are associated with **return value pointers**, with IDs from `[0, n)`, where n is the number of parameters.
+
+When a response is received, these **return value pointers** are fetched from the call context, and the packet is parsed and data is placed into these pointers.
 
 ## Known Protocols
 
-| Protocol                                                            | Description                                                       | HyperScape-specific? |
-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
-| [`LoginProtocol`](./01_protocols/01_loginprotocol.md)               | Used for authenticating with an RMC server using a Ubisoft token. | ✖️                   |
-| [`CloudServersProtocol`](./01_protocols/02_cloudserversprotocol.md) | Used for listing datacenters for connecting to game servers       | ✔️                   |
-| ...                                                                 | ...                                                               | ...                  |
+Here are the currently understood RMC protocols implemented in HyperScape. Some appear to be standard to Ubisoft games as a whole, while others appear to be designed specifically for the game.
+
+| Protocol                                                                     | Description                                                       | HyperScape-specific? |
+|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
+| [`LoginProtocol`](./01_rmc_protocols/loginprotocol.md)                       | Used for authenticating with an RMC server using a Ubisoft token. | ✖️                   |
+| [`CloudServersProtocol`](./01_rmc_protocols/cloudserversprotocol.md)         | Used for listing datacenters for connecting to game servers.      | ✔️                   |
+| [`ApexAntitoxicityProtocol`](./01_rmc_protocols/apexantitoxicityprotocol.md) | Currently unknown, presumably for managing bans and mutes.        | ✔️                   |
+| ...                                                                          | ...                                                               | ...                  |
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> This list is far from complete.
 
 ## Base Packet Format
 
 ##### Parsing
-| Name          | Description                                                                                                                                                 | Type                                                      |
-|---------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
-| Packet Length | The total number of bytes in the packet, not including the length itself.                                                                                   | `u32`                                                     |
-| Protocol Name | The protocol service on the server that is responsible for managing this request                                                                            | [`String`](./03_rendezvous_structure.md#structure-string) |
-| Is Request?   | Whether or not this packet is for a _request_.                                                                                                              | `bool`                                                    |
-| ...           | See [Request Packet Format](#request-packet-format) or [Response Packet Format](#response-packet-format) for parsing the packet depending on `Is Request?`. | ...                                                       |
+| Name          | Description                                                                                                                                                 | Type                                           |
+|---------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
+| Packet Length | The total number of bytes in the packet, not including the length itself.                                                                                   | `u32`                                          |
+| Protocol Name | The protocol service on the server that is responsible for managing this request                                                                            | [`String`](./03_structure.md#structure-string) |
+| Is Request?   | Whether or not this packet is for a _request_.                                                                                                              | `bool`                                         |
+| ...           | See [Request Packet Format](#request-packet-format) or [Response Packet Format](#response-packet-format) for parsing the packet depending on `Is Request?`. | ...                                            |
 
 ## Request Packet Format
 
 ##### Example
 ```
 Offset(h) 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
-00000000  F8 00 00 00 0E 00 4C 6F 67 69 6E 50 72 6F 74 6F  ø.....LoginProto
+00000000  F9 00 00 00 0E 00 4C 6F 67 69 6E 50 72 6F 74 6F  ù.....LoginProto
 00000010  63 6F 6C 00 01 06 00 00 00 1B 00 4C 6F 67 69 6E  col........Login
 00000020  50 72 6F 74 6F 63 6F 6C 3A 3A 52 65 67 69 73 74  Protocol::Regist
 00000030  65 72 5F 56 31 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 2F 00  er_V1........./.
-00000040  70 72 75 64 70 3A 2F 61 64 64 72 65 73 73 3D 31  prudp:/address=1
-00000050  36 39 2E 32 35 34 2E 38 33 2E 31 30 37 3B 70 6F  69.254.83.107;po
+00000040  70 72 75 64 70 3A 2F 61 64 64 72 65 73 73 3D 30  prudp:/address=0
+00000050  30 30 2E 30 30 30 2E 30 30 2E 30 30 30 3B 70 6F  00.000.00.000;po
 00000060  72 74 3D 39 31 30 33 3B 73 69 64 3D 31 35 00 2E  rt=9103;sid=15..
 00000070  00 70 72 75 64 70 3A 2F 61 64 64 72 65 73 73 3D  .prudp:/address=
-00000080  31 39 32 2E 31 36 38 2E 30 2E 32 35 31 3B 70 6F  192.168.0.251;po
+00000080  30 30 30 2E 30 30 30 2E 30 30 30 2E 30 3B 70 6F  000.000.000.0;po
 00000090  72 74 3D 39 31 30 33 3B 73 69 64 3D 31 35 00 2D  rt=9103;sid=15.-
 000000A0  00 70 72 75 64 70 3A 2F 61 64 64 72 65 73 73 3D  .prudp:/address=
-000000B0  31 39 32 2E 31 36 38 2E 35 36 2E 31 3B 70 6F 72  192.168.56.1;por
-000000C0  74 3D 39 31 30 33 3B 73 69 64 3D 31 35 00 2C 00  t=9103;sid=15.,.
-000000D0  70 72 75 64 70 3A 2F 61 64 64 72 65 73 73 3D 31  prudp:/address=1
-000000E0  37 32 2E 32 30 2E 33 32 2E 31 3B 70 6F 72 74 3D  72.20.32.1;port=
-000000F0  39 31 30 33 3B 73 69 64 3D 31 35 00              9103;sid=15.
+000000B0  30 30 30 2E 30 30 30 2E 30 30 2E 30 3B 70 6F 72  000.000.00.0;por
+000000C0  74 3D 39 31 30 33 3B 73 69 64 3D 31 35 00 2D 00  t=9103;sid=15.-.
+000000D0  70 72 75 64 70 3A 2F 61 64 64 72 65 73 73 3D 30  prudp:/address=0
+000000E0  30 30 2E 30 30 30 2E 30 30 2E 30 3B 70 6F 72 74  00.000.00.0;port
+000000F0  3D 39 31 30 33 3B 73 69 64 3D 31 35 00           =9103;sid=15.
 ```
 
 ##### Parsing
-| Name           | Description                                                                                                                               | Type                                                                                         |
-|----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| ...            | See [Base Packet Format](#base-packet-format) for parsing the prologue of a request packet.                                               | ...                                                                                          |
-| Call ID        | The nonce token for this call to identify the response associated with this request.                                                      | `u32`                                                                                        |
-| Method Name    | The method to call on the server.                                                                                                         | [`String`](./03_rendezvous_structure.md#structure-string)                                    |
-| Class Versions | Version information about the data in the request                                                                                         | [`List`](./03_rendezvous_structure.md#structure-listt)`<`[`ClassVersion`](#class-version)`>` |
-| Request Data   | Raw data to pass to the request handler, see the respective [protocol and method specification](#known-protocols) to write and read this. | `<remaining bytes>`                                                                          |
+| Name           | Description                                                                                                         | Type                                                                                       |
+|----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| ...            | See [Base Packet Format](#base-packet-format) for parsing the prologue of a request packet.                         | ...                                                                                        |
+| Call ID        | The nonce token for this call to identify the response associated with this request.                                | `u32`                                                                                      |
+| Method Name    | The method to call on the server.                                                                                   | [`String`](./03_structure.md#structure-string)                                             |
+| Class Versions | Version information about the data in the request                                                                   | [`List`](./03_structure.md#structure-listt)`<`[`ClassVersion`](#structure-classversion)`>` |
+| ...            | See the respective [protocol and method specification](#known-protocols) to parse and write the rest of the packet. |                                                                                            |
 
-### `ClassVersion`
+### Structure: `ClassVersion`
 Example:
 ```
 Offset(h) 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
@@ -62,10 +76,10 @@
 00000010  6E 66 6F 00 01 00                                nfo...
 ```
 
-| Name           | Description                                       | Type                                                      |
-|----------------|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
-| Structure Name | The name of the structure to assign a version to. | [`String`](./03_rendezvous_structure.md#structure-string) |
-| Version        | The version of the structure.                     | `u16`                                                     |
+| Name           | Description                                       | Type                                           |
+|----------------|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
+| Structure Name | The name of the structure to assign a version to. | [`String`](./03_structure.md#structure-string) |
+| Version        | The version of the structure.                     | `u16`                                          |
 
 ## Response Packet Format
 
@@ -90,19 +104,24 @@
 ### Successful Response Format
 
 ##### Parsing
-| Name          | Description                                                                                                                                | Type                                                      |
-|---------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
-| ...           | See [Response Packet Format](#response-packet-format) for parsing the prologue of a successful response packet.                            | ...                                                       |
-| Call ID       | The nonce token for the call to associate the response to the request.                                                                     | `u32`                                                     |
-| Method Name   | The method that was called by the client.                                                                                                  | [`String`](./03_rendezvous_structure.md#structure-string) |
-| Response Data | Raw data to pass to the response handler, see the respective [protocol and method specification](#known-protocols) to write and read this. | `<remaining bytes>`                                       |
+| Name        | Description                                                                                                         | Type                                           |
+|-------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
+| ...         | See [Response Packet Format](#response-packet-format) for parsing the prologue of a successful response packet.     | ...                                            |
+| Call ID     | The nonce token for the call to associate the response to the request.                                              | `u32`                                          |
+| Method Name | The method that was called by the client, see note below.                                                           | [`String`](./03_structure.md#structure-string) |
+| ...         | See the respective [protocol and method specification](#known-protocols) to parse and write the rest of the packet. |                                                |
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> Typically, a `*` is appended to the Method Name in responses for currently unknown reasons. Likely to do with the fact that the response handlers update pointers to data containers created in the original request.
+>
+> For example, where the request might be `LoginProtocol::LoginWithToken_V1`, the response would be for `LoginProtocol::LoginWithToken_V1*`.
 
 ### Unsuccessful Response Format
 
 ##### Parsing
-| Name            | Description                                                                                                        | Type                                                      |
-|-----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
-| ...             | See [Response Packet Format](#response-packet-format) for parsing the prologue of an unsuccessful response packet. | ...                                                       |
-| Error Namespace | The category of error that occurred.                                                                               | [`String`](./03_rendezvous_structure.md#structure-string) |
-| Error Code      | The code of the error in the specified namespace                                                                   | `u16`                                                     |
-| Call ID         | The nonce token for the call to associate the response to the request.                                             | `u32`                                                     |
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+| Name            | Description                                                                                                        | Type                                           |
+|-----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
+| ...             | See [Response Packet Format](#response-packet-format) for parsing the prologue of an unsuccessful response packet. | ...                                            |
+| Error Namespace | The category of error that occurred.                                                                               | [`String`](./03_structure.md#structure-string) |
+| Error Code      | The code of the error in the specified namespace                                                                   | `u16`                                          |
+| Call ID         | The nonce token for the call to associate the response to the request.                                             | `u32`                                          |
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