Advanced In-Game Admin and Ban Enforcer - AdKats

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

It works, I will send you a PM with the login data to our layer.

Alright, i'll look into this asap.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by Hodor*:

 

Someone pls help me with autonuke. I have 1000 tickets at the server and i wanna nuke when enemy team got 4 flags, i got this in the chat: US Rate: -14,04 (0) t/m | RU Rate: -56,02 (-40,66) t/m | US up 3 flags, US gaining ground. but i dont understand what i need to do with it.... ColColonCleaner did not give understandable lesson for these settings

 

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

Someone pls help me with autonuke. I have 1000 tickets at the server and i wanna nuke when enemy team got 4 flags, i got this in the chat: US Rate: -14,04 (0) t/m | RU Rate: -56,02 (-40,66) t/m | US up 3 flags, US gaining ground. but i dont understand what i need to do with it.... ColColonCleaner did not give understandable lesson for these settings

 

That debug message is showing a flag count, and you said 4 flags, so i'm assuming this is operation locker conquest. Simply turn on the optimal values for locker conquest. If this does not suit your needs let me know.

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

By my counts 230 servers have updated to 6.8.0.0 so-far. Please let me know if any major issues arise. Hoping this ends up a clean release like 6.6.0.0 was.

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

Hi ColColonCleaner,

 

first of all, I want to thank you for this great plugin. We have been using it on our server for more than five months and it has been very helpful since the first day. However, there's one problem which some other server owners seem to have as well - the Ping Enforcer. It's not working on our server, neither with the current version nor with older releases... and I simply can't find the reason why this is the case. I've attached our Ping Enforcer + Populator Monitor settings to this post, hope you will find a solution.

 

AdkatsPingSettings.png

Discovered tonight the ping enforcer was non-functional on BF3, so as of 6.8.0.3 this should no longer be the case. Please confirm the issue has been fixed.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by Fonta*:

 

I think I setup AdKats to monitor players that help to poulate my server, but the populator list remains empty.

Any idea on what could be wrong?

Also found that players dont get reputation point for the help.

XBLOcIi.png

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

I think I setup AdKats to monitor players that help to poulate my server, but the populator list remains empty.

Any idea on what could be wrong?

Also found that players dont get reputation point for the help.

XBLOcIi.png

How many slots is your server?

What are your low/high population values set to?

How long have you been running this?

Admins do not see reputation changes in chat, but they still happen.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by CentOS*:

 

Why the hell is adkats Always updating to an alpha mode so things stop working for me? yeasterday all was perfect 6.8.0.0 today its update its self even thought i has turned it of? too 6.8.0.3 and suddenly alot of thing dosent work anymore for me! it you decied too have a autmatic system that updates it plz leet the end user schoise if they want too install the updates or nott!! I am getting sick of it and this is really a good plugin you created but the this really brags me of this...

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by Hodor*:

 

That debug message is showing a flag count, and you said 4 flags, so i'm assuming this is operation locker conquest. Simply turn on the optimal values for locker conquest. If this does not suit your needs let me know.

"turn on the optimal values for locker conquest" - i dont want it, i want nuke after 4 flags. Gimme pls understandable lesson for these settings, thank you

 

P.S optimal values for locker conquest so slow!

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

Why the hell is adkats Always updating to an alpha mode so things stop working for me? yeasterday all was perfect 6.8.0.0 today its update its self even thought i has turned it of? too 6.8.0.3 and suddenly alot of thing dosent work anymore for me! it you decied too have a autmatic system that updates it plz leet the end user schoise if they want too install the updates or nott!! I am getting sick of it and this is really a good plugin you created but the this really brags me of this...

So, right, the only thing changed between 6.8 and 6.8.0.3 was the ping enforcer, which I just confirmed is working perfectly fine.

 

The whole thing doesn't just magically break because the version number went up.

 

"alot of thing doesn't work anymore for me" does not help me locate your issue. What appears to be broken?

 

Auto-updates are probably because you are running LRT.

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

"turn on the optimal values for locker conquest" - i dont want it, i want nuke after 4 flags. Gimme pls understandable lesson for these settings, thank you

 

P.S optimal values for locker conquest so slow!

Triggers fire every 10 seconds when both the winning team and losing team are in their respective windows. So 6 triggers means 60 seconds with both teams in their windows before the auto-nuke or auto-surrender fires.

 

One team owning 4 flags on lockers conquest (up by 3 flags vs the opposing team) is around -40 adjusted tickets/minute, while the winning team has around 0 adjusted tickets/minute. So for the windows I would suggest the following:

 

Winning team min: -5

Winning team max: 100

Losing team min: -100

Losing team max: -36

Triggers: 5

Reset on cancel: true

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by Hodor*:

 

@ColColonCleaner

 

Thanks, what means: Use Adjusted Ticket Rates?

What means the value in (): US Rate: -15,52 (0)?

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

@ColColonCleaner

 

Thanks, what mean this: Use Adjusted Ticket Rates?

If you are running conquest or any mode that has tickets counting down to zero due to capture points (conquest, domination, chain link, etc...) use the adjusted rates. Tickets in those modes change by more things than just captured flags, for example a ticket is also removed for each player spawn. Adjusted gets rid of the noise so we can focus on the flags, otherwise the values are all over the place and never consistent.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by CentOS*:

 

Yes i doo run the LRT. What stoped working for me ( MySQL stoped working after this update? ) Rolled back too 6.8.0.0 and it keept on going fine! I simply would like too see a switcher for the majortiy of peoples. So that they can deside for them self if they want it or not. Its rather simple to implement it, and yes i done it from today! Becuse i dont wana have a test version and autoupdates installed without my knowledge.

I just cant see how or why you update version without peoples knowledge?

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

Yes i doo run the LRT. What stoped working for me ( MySQL stoped working after this update? ) Rolled back too 6.8.0.0 and it keept on going fine! I simply would like too see a switcher for the majortiy of peoples. So that they can deside for them self if they want it or not. Its rather simple to implement it, and yes i done it from today! Becuse i dont wana have a test version and autoupdates installed without my knowledge.

I just cant see how or why you update version without peoples knowledge?

This is already the case. People don't get automatic updates unless they elected to get them. You are running LRT, so you elected to get them. When you are running LRT updates are required because those two plugins interact with each other and may require updates on both platforms.

 

6.8.0.3 does not have MySQL issues per the 24+ servers currently running that version, including our own 7 servers. Sounds like something happened with your DB, not an issue with the plugin, and it subsided by the time you switched back to 6.8. No database or related changes were made between those versions, the only thing modified was the ping enforcer.

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

What means the value in (): US Rate: -15,52 (0)?

The one in the () is the adjusted rate, the one outside is the raw rate. US team had more flags at the time, but was losing about 15-16 players per minute.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by Hodor*:

 

Thanks for your tutorial

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by vazabisong*:

 

Code:

[22:33:05 38] [AdKats] ENABLED! Beginning startup sequence...
[22:33:06 44] [AdKats] SUCCESS: Fetched 110 BF4 weapon stat definitions.
[22:33:06 63] [AdKats] SUCCESS: Fetched reputation definitions.
[22:33:06 83] [AdKats] SUCCESS: Fetched weapon names.
[22:33:07 00] [AdKats] SUCCESS: Fetched special player group definitions.
[22:33:07 03] [AdKats] SUCCESS: Global timing confirmed.
[22:33:07 03] [AdKats] SUCCESS: Server IP is 119.81.57.3:47200
[22:33:07 75] [AdKats] SUCCESS: Database connection open.
[22:33:16 83] [AdKats] INFO: AdKats role groups table not found. Attempting to add.
[22:33:17 56] [AdKats] ERROR-6800: [Non-Query failed. [Adding AdKats role groups table]: MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlException: Cannot add foreign key constraint
   at PRoConEvents.AdKats.SafeExecuteNonQuery(MySqlCommand command)
   at PRoConEvents.AdKats.SendNonQuery(String desc, String nonQuery, Boolean verbose)]
[22:33:18 25] [AdKats] ERROR-6800: [AdKats tables not present or valid in the database. Have you run the AdKats database setup script yet_ If so, are your tables InnoDB_]
[22:33:18 25] [AdKats] INFO: Shutting down AdKats.
[22:33:18 98] [AdKats] SUCCESS: Database timing confirmed.
[22:33:22 38] [AdKats] AdKats 6.8.0.0 Disabled! =(

MySQL database is absolutely InnoDB. I tried to execute adkat.sql too but failed.

MySQL version 5.6 from Ubuntu

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by AC-Topper*:

 

Discovered tonight the ping enforcer was non-functional on BF3, so as of 6.8.0.3 this should no longer be the case. Please confirm the issue has been fixed.

Yes, it works fine now but there's still a problem with populators and the Latency Whitelist. I forgot to mention it in my first post (but you can see it there in the screenshot) - We have Populator Perks enabled on our server, populators receive a reserved slot, are added to the Multibalancer Whitelist but don't get ping-whitelisted although this perk is enabled as well. We would appreciate it if you could take a look into this - your account on our layer is still available.

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

Yes, it works fine now but there's still a problem with populators and the Latency Whitelist. I forgot to mention it in my first post (but you can see it there in the screenshot) - We have Populator Perks enabled on our server, populators receive a reserved slot, are added to the Multibalancer Whitelist but don't get ping-whitelisted although this perk is enabled as well. We would appreciate it if you could take a look into this - your account on our layer is still available.

Hmm, interesting, i'll look into that as well.

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

Yes, it works fine now but there's still a problem with populators and the Latency Whitelist. I forgot to mention it in my first post (but you can see it there in the screenshot) - We have Populator Perks enabled on our server, populators receive a reserved slot, are added to the Multibalancer Whitelist but don't get ping-whitelisted although this perk is enabled as well. We would appreciate it if you could take a look into this - your account on our layer is still available.

It was still whitelisting the players just not displaying the whitelist in the verbose listing; fixed the display. Also found out both the regular special player lists and verbose lists were not sorted by player name; fixed that too.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by Fonta*:

 

Since yesterday evening I got this message continuously:

 

[07:17:21 76] [AdKats] EXCEPTION-6803-FetchPlayerBattlelogInformation-BattlelogComm56: [Could not find persona ID for =[ringo1]=]

[07:17:24 80] [AdKats] EXCEPTION-6803-FetchPlayerBattlelogInformation-BattlelogComm56: [Could not find persona ID for =[ringo1]=]

[07:17:27 78] [AdKats] EXCEPTION-6803-FetchPlayerBattlelogInformation-BattlelogComm56: [Could not find persona ID for =[ringo1]=]

[07:17:30 79] [AdKats] EXCEPTION-6803-FetchPlayerBattlelogInformation-BattlelogComm56: [Could not find persona ID for =[ringo1]=]

[07:17:33 80] [AdKats] EXCEPTION-6803-FetchPlayerBattlelogInformation-BattlelogComm56: [Could not find persona ID for =[ringo1]=]

 

After rebooting the layer server this morning, I'm updated to 6.8.0.8 and seems to be fine now.

@3C can you confirm?

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by AC-Topper*:

 

It was still whitelisting the players just not displaying the whitelist in the verbose listing; fixed the display. Also found out both the regular special player lists and verbose lists were not sorted by player name; fixed that too.

Nice, thanks a lot.

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

Since yesterday evening I got this message continuously:

 

[07:17:21 76] [AdKats] EXCEPTION-6803-FetchPlayerBattlelogInformation-BattlelogComm56: [Could not find persona ID for =[ringo1]=]

[07:17:24 80] [AdKats] EXCEPTION-6803-FetchPlayerBattlelogInformation-BattlelogComm56: [Could not find persona ID for =[ringo1]=]

[07:17:27 78] [AdKats] EXCEPTION-6803-FetchPlayerBattlelogInformation-BattlelogComm56: [Could not find persona ID for =[ringo1]=]

[07:17:30 79] [AdKats] EXCEPTION-6803-FetchPlayerBattlelogInformation-BattlelogComm56: [Could not find persona ID for =[ringo1]=]

[07:17:33 80] [AdKats] EXCEPTION-6803-FetchPlayerBattlelogInformation-BattlelogComm56: [Could not find persona ID for =[ringo1]=]

 

After rebooting the layer server this morning, I'm updated to 6.8.0.8 and seems to be fine now.

@3C can you confirm?

This is a known issue for players who have recently changed their names, you won't find that name on battlelog. Looking for a way to mitigate it.

 

EDIT: Wait, how did he get brackets and equals signs in his name....

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

Looking into an issue where the verbose listing of special players was hindering the hacker-checker's whitelist. A temporary patch is in 6.8.0.8 but looking into why as this may span more than just that whitelist.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by dap52*:

 

On a previous post a user had asked if AdKatsLRT could limit weapon usage, as well as prevent use. We are using a simple .txt file in Proconrulz to limit C4 usage, and it is effective. The down side is that it is that the only control is kick/temp-ban, etc. for continued use over the limit. I was just wondering if there might be a way to implement these Proconrulz text files into AdKats so that players who exceeded the limits were no longer able to re-spawn with them, versus temp-ban. This is by no means a game-stopper, but simply something I wondered about.

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

On a previous post a user had asked if AdKatsLRT could limit weapon usage, as well as prevent use. We are using a simple .txt file in Proconrulz to limit C4 usage, and it is effective. The down side is that it is that the only control is kick/temp-ban, etc. for continued use over the limit. I was just wondering if there might be a way to implement these Proconrulz text files into AdKats so that players who exceeded the limits were no longer able to re-spawn with them, versus temp-ban. This is by no means a game-stopper, but simply something I wondered about.

If you are using the full AdKats plugin yes you can do this. When you run LRT with AdKats integration then LRT can use 2 levels of enforcement. C4 can be put on trigger enforce only instead of spawn enforce for everyone, then you can activate that trigger using the AdKats /mark command from your script.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by dap52*:

 

If you are using the full AdKats plugin yes you can do this. When you run LRT with AdKats integration then LRT can use 2 levels of enforcement. C4 can be put on trigger enforce only instead of spawn enforce for everyone, then you can activate that trigger using the AdKats /mark command from your script.

This is great news. I have set C4 to: Allow on Spawn, and Deny on Trigger in AdKatsLRT. And I have been looking for examples of using the Akats/mark command in a script, but I haven't had any luck yet. If you have time, how would I add the mark command to the line below? Thanks in Advance!

 

On Kill;Weapon U_C4_Support;PlayerCount 2;Log ::: ^1%p% ^0was BANNED for Excessive C4 Use;Say ::: BANNED: %p% for Excessive C4 Use;TempBan 1814400 %p%, %ymd%__%hms% Excessive C4 Use (21 Day ban).

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

This is great news. I have set C4 to: Allow on Spawn, and Deny on Trigger in AdKatsLRT. And I have been looking for examples of using the Akats/mark command in a script, but I haven't had any luck yet. If you have time, how would I add the mark command to the line below? Thanks in Advance!

 

On Kill;Weapon U_C4_Support;PlayerCount 2;Log ::: ^1%p% ^0was BANNED for Excessive C4 Use;Say ::: BANNED: %p% for Excessive C4 Use;TempBan 1814400 %p%, %ymd%__%hms% Excessive C4 Use (21 Day ban).

Just make it issue an admin say "/mark playername". It will be hidden, and will be acted on by AdKats unless you disallowed commands via admin say.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by iraqiboy90*:

 

Hi

 

I really don't understand why you are enforcing some aspects of the plugin as if you were running our servers based on your own policies...

 

1. Which I have already mentioned several months ago:

The spambot hardcoded limit of 60 seconds interval minimum.

2. The Power Level feature where my admins cant move me or perform some commands on me, just because I have more access...

3. On the test build and now; The new enforcement of timeouts for some commands; self_kill, reporting, banning, kicking and punishing.

4. The newest enforcement of the AnyHidden on some commands.

 

We are not a big clan/community like ADK where trust and misuse can be an issue.

I trust my own admins and I have my own policies set in place in case misuse happens.

 

So why? Enlighten me, please.