in theory this will "normalize" these chars...worst case i turn this into

an lower case only version since the hard coded strings generally aren't
slashes

engine/server/library/serverGame/src/shared/command/CommandQueue.cpp

@@ -1301,50 +1301,49 @@ void CommandQueue::executeCommand(Command const &command, NetworkId const &targe
 	{
 		s_tradeAllowedCommandsInit = true;
 
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("addFriend"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("addIgnore"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("closeContainer"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("combatSpam"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("find"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("gc"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("getAttributes"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("getAttributesBatch"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("getFriendList"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("getIgnoreList"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("groupChat"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("groupChat"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("gsay"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("gtell"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("guildsay"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("kneel"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("maskscent"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("meditate"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("newbiehelper"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("openContainer"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("prose"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("removeFriend"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("removeIgnore"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("requestBiography"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("requestCharacterMatch"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("requestDraftSlots"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("requestManfSchematicSlots"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("requestResourceWeights"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("setMatchMakingCharacterId"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("setMatchMakingPersonalId"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("setMood"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("setMoodInternal"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("setSpokenLanguage"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("sitServer"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("social"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("socialInternal"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("spatialChat"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("spatialChatInternal"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("stand"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("synchronizedUiListen"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("synchronizedUiStopListening"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("target"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("tip"));
-		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (Crc::normalizeAndCalculate("waypoint"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("addFriend"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("addIgnore"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("closeContainer"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("combatSpam"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("find"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("gc"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("getAttributes"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("getAttributesBatch"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("getFriendList"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("getIgnoreList"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("groupChat"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("gsay"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("gtell"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("guildsay"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("kneel"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("maskscent"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("meditate"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("newbiehelper"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("openContainer"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("prose"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("removeFriend"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("removeIgnore"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("requestBiography"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("requestCharacterMatch"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("requestDraftSlots"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("requestManfSchematicSlots"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("requestResourceWeights"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("setMatchMakingCharacterId"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("setMatchMakingPersonalId"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("setMood"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("setMoodInternal"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("setSpokenLanguage"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("sitServer"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("social"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("socialInternal"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("spatialChat"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("spatialChatInternal"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("stand"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("synchronizedUiListen"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("synchronizedUiStopListening"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("target"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("tip"));
+		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back(constcrcnormalizecalc("waypoint"));
 
 		s_tradeAllowedCommands.push_back (CommandTable::getNullCommand().m_commandHash);
 

engine/shared/library/sharedFoundation/include/public/sharedFoundation/CrcConstexpr.hpp

@@ -65,5 +65,41 @@ constexpr const uint32 constcrc(const char *string)
 	return (crc ^ CRC_INIT);
 }
 
+constexpr const uint32 constcrcnormalizecalc(const char *input)
+{
+	char* output = (char*) malloc( input + 1 );
+	bool previousIsSlash = true;
+	for ( ; *input; ++input)
+	{
+		const char c = *input;
+		if (c == '\\' || c == '/')
+		{
+			if (!previousIsSlash)
+			{
+				// convert all backslashes to forward slashes and disallow multiple slashes in a row
+				*(output++) = '/';
+				previousIsSlash = true;
+			}
+		}
+		else
+		if (c == '.')
+		{
+			// disallow dots after slashes.  this will also handle multiple dots, and slashes following the dots
+			if (!previousIsSlash)
+				*(output++) = '.';
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			// lowercase all other characters
+			*(output++) = static_cast<char>(tolower(c));
+			previousIsSlash = false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	*output = '\0';
+
+	return constcrc(output);
+}
+
 // ======================================================================