Advanced In-Game Admin and Ban Enforcer - AdKats

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by Checka_Wiemi*:

 

Hey guys,

 

after updating AdKats to 6.8.1.0 my AdKatsLRT isn't working anymore:

 

"] [AdKatsLRT] EXCEPTION-2064-D-ReceiveOnlineSoldiers-PlayerListing40: [Error while receiving online soldiers.][system.NullReferenceException: Der Objektverweis wurde nicht auf eine Objektinstanz festgelegt.

bei PRoConEvents.AdKatsLRT.ReceiveOnlineSoldiers(Strin g[] parameters)]"

 

AdKatsLRt version is: 2.0.6.4

 

I've enabled "integrate with AdKats" but even if I disable AdKats the LRT is starting normally but it doesn't work ingame.

It's just after updating AdKats to 6.8.1.0 before that it run all normally.

 

Please help :-(

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by SmackDown*:

 

Hey guys,

 

after updating AdKats to 6.8.1.0 my AdKatsLRT isn't working anymore:

 

"] [AdKatsLRT] EXCEPTION-2064-D-ReceiveOnlineSoldiers-PlayerListing40: [Error while receiving online soldiers.][system.NullReferenceException: Der Objektverweis wurde nicht auf eine Objektinstanz festgelegt.

bei PRoConEvents.AdKatsLRT.ReceiveOnlineSoldiers(Strin g[] parameters)]"

 

AdKatsLRt version is: 2.0.6.4

 

I've enabled "integrate with AdKats" but even if I disable AdKats the LRT is starting normally but it doesn't work ingame.

It's just after updating AdKats to 6.8.1.0 before that it run all normally.

 

Please help :-(

Try running it with the lastest version of AdKatsLRT: 2.0.6.6

 

See if that helps.

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

[14:19:01 44] [AdKats] ERROR-6800: [ip-api failed to respond with player location information, your layer may be IP banned. (Unable to connect to the remote server)]

 

in Procon Plugins get a new update Message and when i klick for Download ,get old version of Adkats,

i see after instalation and now many errors and my ip get banned

 

Why is the new update not in This Treat? for download redy?

Thx for help

I forgot to update sourceforge. Please use this link until then.

 

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ad...ster/AdKats.cs

 

Or just use the /pupdate command in-game and then reboot your layer.

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

Hey guys,

 

after updating AdKats to 6.8.1.0 my AdKatsLRT isn't working anymore:

 

"] [AdKatsLRT] EXCEPTION-2064-D-ReceiveOnlineSoldiers-PlayerListing40: [Error while receiving online soldiers.][system.NullReferenceException: Der Objektverweis wurde nicht auf eine Objektinstanz festgelegt.

bei PRoConEvents.AdKatsLRT.ReceiveOnlineSoldiers(Strin g[] parameters)]"

 

AdKatsLRt version is: 2.0.6.4

 

I've enabled "integrate with AdKats" but even if I disable AdKats the LRT is starting normally but it doesn't work ingame.

It's just after updating AdKats to 6.8.1.0 before that it run all normally.

 

Please help :-(

As smackdown said, you need to have the latest version of both plugins.

 

Use /pupdate

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

i have no client =) Only layer on VDS.

Hmm strange thing, restrted procon again and its ok, sorry, my fault! =)

You do have a client. The procon you open on your computer is your client, the procon running on your vps is your layer.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by iraqiboy90*:

 

Hi

 

Does this patched version include the updates/functionalities that were added on the test branch?

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

ATTENTION

 

We just found a serious issue that could potentially cause AdKats to completely wipe your records, admin powers, and bans.

 

This had been reported by 2 people in the past year, but at those times it was dismissed as unable to be caused by the plugin, mainly because there is no code to directly delete records/data/bans. However, we found a nuance of MySQL that could cause it, and the plugin can trigger that functionality during database restarts or extreme lag.

 

A patch was added for this last night and pushed public for everyone. I have not updated sourceforge yet so please use the /pupdate in-game command or the following Github link.

 

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ad...ster/AdKats.cs

 

While this is a very rare issue (only reported by 2 people out of thousands running AdKats, and the problem code was added nearly 2 years ago) it is possible and you should update your plugin immediately.

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

Hi

 

Does this patched version include the updates/functionalities that were added on the test branch?

Every update for public release is based on the test branch.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by iraqiboy90*:

 

Every update for public release is based on the test branch.

Got it

 

I dont know what have been added/removed in the test branch, how do I find that out?

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by VBK-Clan*:

 

Hi ColcolonCleaner Thx for info well Done

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by Checka_Wiemi*:

 

Thanks to SmackDown and ColColonCleaner. I've updated AdKatsLRt to 2.0.6.6 and it's working great. Thanks a lot guys!

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by hit757*:

 

Hello,

I'm wondering if there's anybody besides me who'd like to have possibility to ban whole ranges of IP with CIDR masks?

 

Few days ago I had a little chat with 2 kids proud of using aimbot, and they clearly didn't want to play normal.

They said they just create another "test accounts" in Origin if banned, so the only solution I came up with was ban them by IP.

But here's the catch. They were on dynamic IP range of some ISP. In cases like that I would normally block the whole range

and forgot about them. But I didn't know how am I supposed to do it.

 

Would you consider adding such feature (CIDR blacklist) in your plugin, please?

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

Hello,

I'm wondering if there's anybody besides me who'd like to have possibility to ban whole ranges of IP with CIDR masks?

 

Few days ago I had a little chat with 2 kids proud of using aimbot, and they clearly didn't want to play normal.

They said they just create another "test accounts" in Origin if banned, so the only solution I came up with was ban them by IP.

But here's the catch. They were on dynamic IP range of some ISP. In cases like that I would normally block the whole range

and forgot about them. But I didn't know how am I supposed to do it.

 

Would you consider adding such feature (CIDR blacklist) in your plugin, please?

Currently bans only operate based on 3 properties, name, ea guid, and IP. If a range of IPs were to be banned that would need to be another system added onto this one.

 

How much of a range would need to be possible?

 

127.000.000.111

 

so the following IP would be banned?

 

127.000.000.XXX

 

If that was the case then it may be easier to implement. Almost everything added to AdKats is meant to be controllable via in-game commands.

 

Please open a new issue here and i'll tag it as a feature request. After we've fleshed out what the feature needs to be we can discuss funding it. All new features for AdKats that aren't planned to be used internally require funding.

 

https://github.com/AdKats/AdKats/issues

[Prophet731]

Originally Posted by Prophet731*:

 

Colon that feature is something we talked about for the revamp of adkats remember.

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

Colon that feature is something we talked about for the revamp of adkats remember.

A lot of things that were planned into the engine will need to be attacked differently now since that isn't happening. Working a planned feature into a revamp is less work than re-purposing an existing system to support it.

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

We have about 250 layers running the latest version now.

 

Keep in mind this update is very important and could cost you your data if you do not update, although the risk is quite small.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by floold*:

 

Hi,

 

Since the last update AdKats is unable to properly connect to my MySQL database for some reason.

Shortly after starting the following error is shown: "[AdKats] ERROR-6810: [AdKats tables not present or valid in the database. Have you run the AdKats database setup script yet? If so, are your tables InnoDB_]"

However, the tables are present and valid/working. All the values like passwords/usernames/DBnames etc are correct.

 

I've already tried to completely wipe the database and let it reconnect again but the same error is given.

Rather unfortunate since also the banlists are controlled by Adkats.

Not really sure what i'm supposed to do since i can't find any previous posts that describe this problem.

 

PM me if you wish to take a look for yourself

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by YO-ATSUYA*:

 

comment acheter le on-spawn loadout enforcer et par qu'elle moyen svp ?

 

merci

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

comment acheter le on-spawn loadout enforcer et par qu'elle moyen svp ?

 

merci

Please follow the LRT installation instructions.

 

https://github.com/AdKats/AdKats/blo...DME.md#install

 

There is a PayPal link for payment, use that, then PM me your Github.com username and links to your servers.

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

Sourceforge has been updated with the latest version.

 

https://sourceforge.net/projects/adkats/

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by spatieman*:

 

stupid question, when i check in 13-3 section, the mini ban management, it say's name ban count 8

gui count 21

but when looking in ban search, its empty, so ,where are all the names stored ?

if i look in procon it self, they are not there either

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by Chilace*:

 

Hello,

I'm wondering if there's anybody besides me who'd like to have possibility to ban whole ranges of IP with CIDR masks?

 

Few days ago I had a little chat with 2 kids proud of using aimbot, and they clearly didn't want to play normal.

They said they just create another "test accounts" in Origin if banned, so the only solution I came up with was ban them by IP.

But here's the catch. They were on dynamic IP range of some ISP. In cases like that I would normally block the whole range

and forgot about them. But I didn't know how am I supposed to do it.

 

Would you consider adding such feature (CIDR blacklist) in your plugin, please?

PB_SV_BanMask [iP Address / Subnet Mask]

Permanently bans players from joining the server from the specified IP Address / Subnet Mask; for example: issuing PB_SV_BanMask "12.34." will cause PB to deny access to all players trying to join from an IP Address that begins with "12.34."; These bans are written to the pbbans.dat file just like bans issued with the PB_SV_Ban command

 

http://www.evenbalance.com/manuals.php

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by sammad143*:

 

what does the "Metabans filter string" do? Section A13-2

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

what does the "Metabans filter string" do? Section A13-2

It's a list of strings you can specify so only ban messages containing one of those will be posted. If the list is empty all bans are posted to metabans.

 

for example:

 

hack

cheat

disruption

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

PB_SV_BanMask [iP Address / Subnet Mask]

Permanently bans players from joining the server from the specified IP Address / Subnet Mask; for example: issuing PB_SV_BanMask "12.34." will cause PB to deny access to all players trying to join from an IP Address that begins with "12.34."; These bans are written to the pbbans.dat file just like bans issued with the PB_SV_Ban command

 

http://www.evenbalance.com/manuals.php

This seems like a good option at first glance, and it would definitely work for single-server setups, but it falls away slightly since AdKats bans are enforced across all servers in the group. It would need to be added to all servers that the admin owns.

 

But yes, if you have a single server setup this is currently the best solution.

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

stupid question, when i check in 13-3 section, the mini ban management, it say's name ban count 8

gui count 21

but when looking in ban search, its empty, so ,where are all the names stored ?

if i look in procon it self, they are not there either

Bans are stored in the database. If you want to search for a ban, type in a partial or full player name in the search field and it will fetch banned players matching that name. Once fetched you can disable/enable the bans. We can't show the whole list because some people have thousands of bans. Our servers are currently sitting on about 20,000 player bans.

 

There is also a /unban command for directly unbanning players, and you can use partial names.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by spatieman*:

 

@CCC

ok, thnxs...

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

@CCC

ok, thnxs...

But, if you only have one server and don't have an issue managing bans i would suggest turning the ban enforcer system off, you probably do not need it, and procons ui will work best for you.

 

Edit: Keep in mind you will not be able to use the unban command from in-game when the ban enforcer is not enabled.

[ImportBot]

Originally Posted by dmmaciag*:

 

ATTENTION

 

We just found a serious issue that could potentially cause AdKats to completely wipe your records, admin powers, and bans.

 

This had been reported by 2 people in the past year, but at those times it was dismissed as unable to be caused by the plugin, mainly because there is no code to directly delete records/data/bans. However, we found a nuance of MySQL that could cause it, and the plugin can trigger that functionality during database restarts or extreme lag.

 

I am writing up a patch tonight to prevent this from happening, then pushing a full release for it so everyone grabs the update.

 

While this is a very rare issue (only reported by 2 people out of thousands running AdKats, and the problem code was added nearly 2 years ago) it is possible and you should update your plugin immediately.

YAY! It was still a mystery to us but now it's not. Still playing catchup after everything got wiped, but should be good now...think our layer updated, will check it tonight. Thanks for your hard work. Even though I was only one of two people it happened to, it's awesome that you were able to find the root cause of it. Thank you!!!

[ColColonCleaner]

Originally Posted by ColColonCleaner*:

 

YAY! It was still a mystery to us but now it's not. Still playing catchup after everything got wiped, but should be good now...think our layer updated, will check it tonight. Thanks for your hard work. Even though I was only one of two people it happened to, it's awesome that you were able to find the root cause of it. Thank you!!!

Prophet was the one who found the issue, and I'm glad he did.

 

Glad to hear things are getting back to normal now for you since it happened, college me from 2 years ago sends his sincerest apologies.