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Subject: Banning people with ASCII names
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Whenever I host my own server, I always seem to attract the dregs of humanity. Noobs, teamkillers, flamers, constant swearers, etc... Many of these people have ASCII characters in their names (eg. ö, ø, etc.). I was wondering, since I dont know all the shortcuts for ASCII keys to type in their names in the console, is it possible to ban them another way?

For example, if I want to ban someone named Elmø and I dont know what the code for ø is, instead of hitting ~ and typing sv_ban Elmø, can I ban them another way?
Thanks!

  • 07.16.2006 9:20 AM PDT

* Pr: ĭnʹtərnĕts: "I hear there's rumors on the uh (pause), Internets...

I read one of the stickies. :)

"# Kick / Ban Commands

# I want to kick a player off the server.

rcon frag sv_kick [playernumber]
or
rcon frag sv_kick [playername]

So, you can accomplish kicking a player off the server by either of the two commands listed above. Most of the time, it's easier to use the player's name, but, occasionally, like when the player's name has alt-codes that cannot be deciphered, it's easier to use the player's number, which can be found using the sv_players command.

Let's take a quick break here. You need to know that player numbers changed between games. One time I went to ban a player with alt-codes in his name, so I brought up the players list. He was #7, so I started typing in the rcon command. While I was typing it in, the game ended and the next one started. When I submitted the rcon command, I was player #7 and I ended up banning myself. So, just a word of caution, be careful when you kick or ban via player number and try not to do it in-between games. Back to the grind.

# I want to ban a player from the server.

rcon frag sv_ban [playernumber]
or
rcon frag sv_ban [playername]

Again, there are two ways to ban a player. Please note that when you ban a player via rcon, you ban them permanently. Also, if the server operator runs more than one server and they are linked by a banlist, the player you ban will not be able to play on any of that operator's servers.
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  • 07.16.2006 9:51 AM PDT
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So, do I need rcon to do this, or can I do it by using the in-game console?

  • 07.16.2006 10:14 AM PDT

* Pr: ĭnʹtərnĕts: "I hear there's rumors on the uh (pause), Internets...

Console = RCON

  • 07.16.2006 10:25 AM PDT

Posted by: Ryukage
What? Play a game? FOR FUN???
This concept of fun confuses and infuriates me!

rcon is through the ingame console.
right click on the Halo shortcut and hit propertys.
in the shortcut that lists halo's exe, after the", type -console if you havnt already.
then in game hit the ` key. and from there follow the instructions above from the previous explanation. Do you have a rcon pass set up?

  • 07.16.2006 10:30 AM PDT
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Muahahaha.. beware to the noobs who screw around on my server now. Thank You, Maw

  • 07.16.2006 3:02 PM PDT
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sv_players

sv_kick 4

Sometimes the obvious needs to be stated, thanks luck.

Also, read the freaking sticky threads. They're there for a reason. But we hope that less -blam!-s join your server now, although the answer was quite obvious.

  • 07.16.2006 3:07 PM PDT
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Banning ALL ASCII people is retarded, I'm against that, unless the people who try to look leet suck.

  • 07.17.2006 7:10 AM PDT
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Banning ALL ASCII people is retarded, I'm against that, unless the people who try to look leet suck.
What he said.

  • 07.17.2006 7:11 AM PDT
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Im not going to ban everyone with an ASCII name, just the ones that screw around and act generally noobish.

[Edited on 7/17/2006]

  • 07.17.2006 8:07 AM PDT