find-CNetworkGameServer_GetFreeClient

Find CNetworkGameServer_GetFreeClient (Agent fallback)

Locate CNetworkGameServer_GetFreeClient in the current CS2 engine2.dll or libengine2.so using IDA Pro MCP tools. The fallback must recover the concrete function called by CNetworkGameServerBase_ConnectClient on its server object; do not infer an address from an old build.

Step 0. Skip an existing output

If CNetworkGameServer_GetFreeClient.<platform>.yaml already exists as a non-empty mapping in the active artifact module directory, skip that platform. The artifact directory is separate from bin; never derive the output path from the binary root.

Step 1. Load the ConnectClient predecessor

Use /get-func-from-yaml with func_name=CNetworkGameServerBase_ConnectClient to obtain the current func_va. If it is unavailable, stop and report that the predecessor is missing.

Decompile that function with IDA Pro MCP. Confirm the first argument is the CNetworkGameServerBase/ CNetworkGameServer server object (rcx on Windows, normally rdi on Linux).

Step 2. Identify the GetFreeClient call

Find the call on the server object's connection path that returns a client pointer immediately before the server-full rejection. The semantic anchors are the error string or equivalent message containing NETWORK_DISCONNECT_REJECT_SERVERFULL and Cannot get free client, and the null check on the call result. The target has the shape:

client = sub_<current>(server, address, 0, steam_id, 0, out_buffer);
if (!client) {
    // disconnect with NETWORK_DISCONNECT_REJECT_SERVERFULL
    // log: "Cannot get free client"
}

Search the exact error text (including format-string variants), enumerate xrefs, and decompile each referencing function if necessary. Follow one caller/callee level when the allocator is outlined. Reject helpers that only log, register a command, or perform unrelated client setup. Confirm that the selected function allocates/selects a free client slot and returns a pointer or null.

Reference values from build 14167 are orientation only and must not be copied without verification:

Step 3. Generate and write the artifact

Rename the verified function with IDA MCP, then use /generate-signature-for-function when it can produce a unique signature. Use /write-func-as-yaml to write the semantic payload to the active artifact module directory with:

• func_name=CNetworkGameServer_GetFreeClient
• the verified current func_addr
• func_rva relative to the image base
• the current func_size
• func_sig only when the generated signature passes uniqueness validation

The output is CNetworkGameServer_GetFreeClient.windows.yaml beside engine2.dll or CNetworkGameServer_GetFreeClient.linux.yaml beside libengine2.so in the artifact root. The trusted analyzer performs final canonical serialization; this skill supplies semantic fields only.

Failure handling

• Do not guess from the reference addresses.
• Do not emit a Windows result while analyzing Linux, or vice versa.
• If the error anchor or allocator semantics cannot be confirmed, stop and report the ambiguity.