Advanced In-Game Admin and Ban Enforcer - AdKats

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Originally Posted by Lebensgefahr*:

 

Hi.

Long time ago i noticed that the guys who was kicked for VIP slot kicked by VIPs. Is it possible to kick only weak players with low k/d criteria or something else?

And sometimes i found this in logs:

 

events.log

Playerlist 03.25.2018 16:16:26 PlayerDisconnected HP-Hunter74 disconnected from the server (reason: )

Playerlist 03.25.2018 16:16:26 PlayerLeave HP-Hunter74 left the server

Playerlist 03.25.2018 16:16:27 PlayerJoin uterka joined the server

uterka is a guy with reserved slot, HP-Hunter74 is not. There is no others messages in other logs, but it should be something like this

 

console.log

[16:16:27] admin.say Marcinsan11 kicked for VIP maqser to join.

events.log

Playerlist 03.25.2018 16:16:27 PlayerDisconnected Marcinsan11 disconnected from the server (reason: Player kicked)

Playerlist 03.25.2018 16:16:27 PlayerLeave Marcinsan11 left the server

Playerlist 03.25.2018 16:16:27 PlayerJoin maqser joined the server

Could you explain this? And how can i set the message to kicked guys to let them know why they were kicked?

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

Hi.

Long time ago i noticed that the guys who was kicked for VIP slot kicked by VIPs. Is it possible to kick only weak players with low k/d criteria or something else?

And sometimes i found this in logs:

 

events.log

 

uterka is a guy with reserved slot, HP-Hunter74 is not. There is no others messages in other logs, but it should be something like this

 

console.log

 

events.log

 

 

Could you explain this? And how can i set the message to kicked guys to let them know why they were kicked?

Admins have no control over this system other than controlling who is whitelisted from that kick by adding people to the reserved slot list temporarily.

Sometimes the server tells you that the players was kicked for a VIP join but most of the time it just looks like a normal kick.

They are given a special message on battlelog telling them that they were kicked for a VIP to join, but that message cannot be edited.

I don't remember how it chooses the player to kick.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by Lebensgefahr*:

 

Is it possible that vip kicks vip? I don't see any possible criteria for vip slot freeing. Maybe it is first not VIP random player?

Or it is time to view the source code? :-)

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

Is it possible that vip kicks vip? I don't see any possible criteria for vip slot freeing. Maybe it is first not VIP random player?

Or it is time to view the source code? :-)

We don't have legal access to the source.

 

The server will not kick people who are already VIP, so you can add a slot for them while they are playing on the server to stop them from being kicked. I've added a whitelist explicitly for this purpose, the vip kick whitelist. However, if you add that whitelist to everybody then nobody will be kicked for VIPs to enter and you're back to square one.

What is wrong with the existing system? If players don't want to be kicked for VIPs then have them buy a VIP slot to avoid it. Helps keep your server running and makes the players happy. Kicking noobs from the server isn't the solution.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by Lebensgefahr*:

 

We want to fill the server with skilled guys to make game interesting. We have a lot of VIPs just for free only for this purpose. Some VIP guys are donators too.

Server is fulfilled in a small period of time. If we will have a lot VIP guys one vip will be kicked with the other vip. Or donators vip will wait guys that has their vip slot for free. I need to get priority to donators. How can i set it?

I need to kick weak guys instead of high skilled but not vips. If server will filled with VIP only kick only free VIPs.

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

We want to fill the server with skilled guys to make game interesting. We have a lot of VIPs just for free only for this purpose. Some VIP guys are donators too.

Server is fulfilled in a small period of time. If we will have a lot VIP guys one vip will be kicked with the other vip. Or donators vip will wait guys that has their vip slot for free. I need to get priority to donators. How can i set it?

I need to kick weak guys instead of high skilled but not vips. If server will filled with VIP only kick only free VIPs.

Wait what? VIPs are getting kicked for other VIPs? That's not supposed to happen. Please make sure that's actually happening because DICE's system isn't supposed to work that way, and I've never seen it happen before.

 

There isn't a 'donator vip' or 'free vip' on the server. They either are VIP or aren't VIP. You need to figure out who on your server should have that. But VIPs should never be kicked for other VIPs to enter.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by SmackDown*:

 

Regarding the new challenge system your working on. Can you advise when it will be done and describe a little about what it is about?

 

Just wondering...

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

Regarding the new challenge system your working on. Can you advise when it will be done and describe a little about what it is about?

 

Just wondering...

Of course. I'll be writing up docs for it once it's done. There is a lot going into this system now though so i'm getting development complete before documentation. I'm about 2/3 of the way done with it at this point.

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

Everyone, you are probably getting periodic error messages around the challenge manager system if you are running TEST builds of AdKats. These are simply because the database tables driving those methods haven't been made public yet.

 

I can't push up table definitions prematurely because they are still being updated, and modifying database table definitions once they are already loaded is more involved than just uploading a code patch.

 

The errors can be safely ignored for the time being, they do not affect anything else aside from the challenge manager. Please leave that setting section alone until I've finished it.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by SmackDown*:

 

Of course. I'll be writing up docs for it once it's done. There is a lot going into this system now though so i'm getting development complete before documentation. I'm about 2/3 of the way done with it at this point.

Thank you for the update!

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by jsimpson32*:

 

I need to kick weak guys instead of high skilled but not vips. If server will filled with VIP only kick only free VIPs.

This is precisely what I am looking for, a way to adjust who gets kicked. If the kick could be determined on players with least server total time (using stats), that would be soooooo awesome....

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

This is precisely what I am looking for, a way to adjust who gets kicked. If the kick could be determined on players with least server total time (using stats), that would be soooooo awesome....

Unfortunately it's controlled by DICE and can't be modified. I believe it picks the last joining player who isn't also a VIP.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by jsimpson32*:

 

Unfortunately it's controlled by DICE and can't be modified. I believe it picks the last joining player who isn't also a VIP.

Ok appreciate the feedback

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

Challenge system is almost completely done now, bar rewards and a few bugfixes. I'll be releasing the tables publicly soon once i'm reasonably sure there won't need to be any more changes done to them.

I'll be writing up docs before I push the actual release though, so it will take a little bit longer.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by SmackDown*:

 

Challenge system is almost completely done now, bar rewards and a few bugfixes. I'll be releasing the tables publicly soon once i'm reasonably sure there won't need to be any more changes done to them.

I'll be writing up docs before I push the actual release though, so it will take a little bit longer.

Just want to say that the Challenge system looks cool and I cant wait to use it. Big thanks for this and also thank you for publishing documents to tell us how to use it.

 

Looking forward to you finishing this!

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by jsimpson32*:

 

Feedback:

I've been running Adkats cheat detection for over a month and accumulated about 24 bans. So far not one has come to the forums to complained. I'm forced to believe it's nailing the guilty at this point.

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Originally Posted by jsimpson32*:

 

Question:

I'm trying to setup the admin reporting to a Gmail account. To the Adkats instructions and gmail server info I can't fret it to generate an email. Any advice for getting it to work correctly?

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

Question:

I'm trying to setup the admin reporting to a Gmail account. To the Adkats instructions and gmail server info I can't fret it to generate an email. Any advice for getting it to work correctly?

Removed your picture because you didn't actually cover your password, just made it darker. I would suggest changing it.

 

I'm not sure why port 587 isn't working, that's the correct port for gmail. What is the error? Just can't connect?

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

Feedback:

I've been running Adkats cheat detection for over a month and accumulated about 24 bans. So far not one has come to the forums to complained. I'm forced to believe it's nailing the guilty at this point.

Glad it's working well for you. Using the LIVE system?

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by jsimpson32*:

 

Removed your picture because you didn't actually cover your password, just made it darker. I would suggest changing it.

 

I'm not sure why port 587 isn't working, that's the correct port for gmail. What is the error? Just can't connect?

No error no nothing. Does nothing.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by jsimpson32*:

 

Glad it's working well for you. Using the LIVE system?

Yes, getting live bans too

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

No error no nothing. Does nothing.

Hmm, i'm not sure, it's been literally years since i've looked at that code. If i have time to look at it soon i will.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by jsimpson32*:

 

Hmm, i'm not sure, it's been literally years since i've looked at that code. If i have time to look at it soon i will.

Oh thanks!

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

Bugfixing on my end for the challenge system is done and release will probably be tonight or tomorrow. I will be releasing it without the rewards section completed since I would love to get some feedback and bug reports before I start adding rewards. Just a few more tweaks needed to make ready.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by sixpax12*:

 

are the challenger related errors supposed to be still happening ?

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

The challenge system is ready for the public! As of test version 7.0.1.139 it will load the tables into your database and you should be able to use the challenge system!

 

I'll be writing up full docs soon, but here is the gist of it.

 

The challenge system in AdKats is designed to be a multi-server stats-driven way to give players new goals with rewards. You can set up almost any combination of damage types or weapons to be used by players, in multiple tiers.

 

Definitions (What the player must do.)

Definitions are global, not server specific. They define the base goals that a player needs to complete to finish a challenge. For example, get 5 kills with 5 different assault rifles. Each definition needs a name to be created. Once created you can define weapons or damage types on the definition, as many as you want. When adding a damage type to a definition the kill count associated with it is for EACH weapon, not the total kill count, the total count in this example would end up being 25. For weapon count in a damage type that means X different weapons of the player's choosing, with Y kills for each weapon they decide to use. When adding a specific weapon code to a definition the kill count is for that specific weapon only. For a player to complete the resulting challenge they will need to perform all of the kills on the definition for that rule.

 

Rules (How fast the player must do it.)

Rules are server specific. They define restrictions on how fast players must complete the challenge, what measuring system is used for that, whether the rule is enabled, and the Tier for this rule. Each rule is created by choosing a definition to base it on. When you select a definition and the rule is created an auto-generated name is created for it, you can edit this as desired. THIS name, not the one on the definition, is the one shown to players. You can have multiple rules for the same definition if you want. For example, you could have the assault rifle definition above defined in two rules, one completing in 30 minutes, the other completing in 15 minutes for a harder challenge. You can choose between round based completion, minutes based completion, or deaths based completion. A player running this rule will need to complete the defined kills in the given constraint.

 

If you have any questions about the settings let me know. Rewards are coming soon-ish, i have a lot of commitments in the next few weeks.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by EntraVenuS*:

 

Just a question can i connect a bf3 server to the adkats database which already has a bf4 server connected to it .. and if the answer is yes what should i be aware of

 

thanks in advance

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

Just a question can i connect a bf3 server to the adkats database which already has a bf4 server connected to it .. and if the answer is yes what should i be aware of

 

thanks in advance

You can connect any number of BF3/BF4/Hardline servers to the same AdKats database without issues. Nothing of note to mention about adding servers, it's a pretty automatic process, just make sure you enable stat logger on that new server for a couple rounds before you enable AdKats on it. You can import settings from other servers if you want, using the setting import option in server settings.

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

I've noticed some issues with round state on the challenge manager, specifically after server reboots or crashes. I will be looking into this soon.

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Originally Posted by Noobkilla*:

 

I can't see this mentioned anywhere but how long does a player report stay active without being acted on? Is it a specific duration or just until the end of a round? Can it be changed?