How could I get messages from a game server (jedi knight 2)?
I know the ip address of the server and the port the game uses.
sooo basically all I need to know is how to get rid of all the garbage
game data and just get the messages...

also a friend of mine owns the server, so I have permission to do this.
I already have a chat server and a client, but I want to add the
ability to communicate with the game.
I suppose it would have to connect to the server with a name like "CHAT"
and then send and recieve all the messages through that.
so the chat server could connect to the game server and decode the
messages, and send them to just the chat clients, and it could send
messages from the clients to everyone.

I had this idea awhile ago, and made the basic chat server.

you can download a chat client at:
www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~jschall/my_java/chat
and I'll usually in the chat room.