shelling out to 'ping' no longer spawns command prompts on windows

Gemfile

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ gem "websocket-client-simple"
 gem "thread-local"
 gem "ircparser"
 gem "win32-security", platforms: [:x64_mingw, :mingw]
+gem "win32-process", platforms: [:x64_mingw, :mingw]
 
 # group :windows_packaging do
 #   gem "rake"

Gemfile.lock

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ GEM
     websocket-client-simple (0.6.0)
       event_emitter
       websocket
+    win32-process (0.10.0)
+      ffi (>= 1.0.0)
     win32-security (0.5.0)
       ffi
       ffi-win32-extensions
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rexml
   thread-local
   websocket-client-simple
+  win32-process
   win32-security
 
 BUNDLED WITH

lib/api/server_list_server.rb

@@ -42,17 +42,27 @@ class W3DHub
       end
 
       def send_ping(force_ping = false)
-        return
-
         if force_ping || Gosu.milliseconds - @last_pinged >= @ping_interval
           @last_pinged = Gosu.milliseconds
 
-          Thread.new do
-            ping = Net::Ping::External.new(@address)
-            @ping = (ping.duration * 1000.0).round if ping.ping?
+          W3DHub::BackgroundWorker.parallel_job(
+            lambda do
+              @ping = -1
 
+              W3DHub.captured_commmand("ping #{@address} #{W3DHub.windows? ? '-n 3' : '-c 3'}") do |line|
+                if W3DHub.windows? && line =~ /Minimum|Maximum|Maximum/i
+                  @ping = line.strip.split(",").last.split("=").last.sub("ms", "").to_i
+                elsif W3DHub.unix? && line.start_with?("rtt min/avg/max/mdev")
+                  @ping = line.strip.split("=").last.split("/")[1].to_i
+                end
+              end
+
+              @ping
+            end,
+            lambda do |_|
               States::Interface.instance&.update_server_ping(self)
             end
+          )
         end
       end
 

lib/background_worker.rb

@@ -39,12 +39,18 @@ class W3DHub
 
     def self.kill!
       @@thread.kill
+
+      @@instance.kill!
     end
 
     def self.job(job, callback, error_handler = nil)
       @@instance.add_job(Job.new(job: job, callback: callback, error_handler: error_handler))
     end
 
+    def self.parallel_job(job, callback, error_handler = nil)
+      @@instance.add_parallel_job(Job.new(job: job, callback: callback, error_handler: error_handler))
+    end
+
     def self.foreground_job(job, callback, error_handler = nil)
       @@instance.add_job(Job.new(job: job, callback: callback, error_handler: error_handler, deliver_to_queue: true))
     end
@@ -52,9 +58,40 @@ class W3DHub
     def initialize
       @busy = false
       @jobs = []
+
+      # Jobs which are order independent
+      @parallel_busy = false
+      @thread_pool = []
+      @parallel_jobs = []
+    end
+
+    def kill!
+      @thread_pool.each(&:kill)
     end
 
     def handle_jobs
+      8.times do |i|
+        Thread.new do |thread|
+          @thread_pool << thread
+
+          while BackgroundWorker.run?
+            job = @parallel_jobs.shift
+
+            @parallel_busy = true
+
+            begin
+              job&.do
+            rescue => e
+              job&.raise_error(e)
+            end
+
+            @parallel_busy = !@parallel_jobs.empty?
+
+            sleep 0.1
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
       while BackgroundWorker.run?
         job = @jobs.shift
 
@@ -62,8 +99,8 @@ class W3DHub
 
         begin
           job&.do
-        rescue => error
-          job&.raise_error(error)
+        rescue => e
+          job&.raise_error(e)
         end
 
         @busy = !@jobs.empty?
@@ -79,8 +116,12 @@ class W3DHub
       @jobs << job
     end
 
+    def add_parallel_job(job)
+      @parallel_jobs << job
+    end
+
     def busy?
-      @busy
+      @busy || @parallel_busy
     end
 
     class Job

lib/common.rb

@@ -40,11 +40,46 @@ class W3DHub
     end
   end
 
-  def self.commmand(command)
+  def self.captured_commmand(command, &block)
     if windows?
+      stdout_read, stdout_write = IO.pipe
 
+      process_info = Process.create(
+        command_line: command,
+        creation_flags: Process::DETACHED_PROCESS,
+        process_inherit: true,
+        thread_inherit: true,
+        inherit: true,
+        startup_info: {
+          stdout: stdout_write,
+          stderr: stdout_write
+        }
+      )
+
+      pid = process_info.process_id
+
+      until Process.get_exitcode(pid)
+        readable, _writable, _errorable = IO.select([stdout_read], [], [], 1)
+
+        readable&.each do |io|
+          line = io.readpartial(1024)
+
+          block&.call(line)
+        end
+      end
+
+      stdout_read.close
+      stdout_write.close
+
+      Process.get_exitcode(pid).zero?
     else
-      IO.popen(command)
+      IO.popen(command) do |io|
+        io.each_line do |line|
+          block&.call(line)
+        end
+      end
+
+      $CHILD_STATUS.success?
     end
   end
 

lib/pages/server_browser.rb

@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ class W3DHub
         server_map.value = server&.status&.map
         player_count.value = "#{server&.status&.player_count}/#{server&.status&.max_players}"
         server_ping.value = ping_icon(server)
+        server_ping.parent.parent.tip = ping_tip(server)
       end
 
       def update_server_ping(server)

w3d_hub_linux_launcher.rb

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ end
 require "i18n"
 require "launchy"
 require "websocket-client-simple"
+require "English"
 
 I18n.load_path << Dir["#{W3DHub::GAME_ROOT_PATH}/locales/*.yml"]
 I18n.default_locale = :en
@@ -135,6 +136,8 @@ require_relative "lib/asterisk/states/game_form"
 require_relative "lib/asterisk/states/irc_profile_form"
 require_relative "lib/asterisk/states/server_profile_form"
 
+require "win32/process" if W3DHub.windows?
+
 logger.info(W3DHub::LOG_TAG) { "W3D Hub Linux Launcher v#{W3DHub::VERSION}" }
 
 Thread.new do