Hardware bans

[guiismiti]

I was actually creating new menus for that.

		scanForBan()
{
    for(;;)
    {
        players = getentarray("player", "classname");

        for(i = 0; i < players.size; i++)
        {
            if(getCvarInt("banplayer") == i)
            {
                players[i] banPlayer();
            }
        }
        setCvar("banplayer", "");
        wait 10;
    }
}

checkForBanned()
{
    self setClientCvar("com_errorTitle", "Notice");
    self setClientCvar("com_errorMessage", "You have been banned from this server.");
    self execClientCommand("exec players/config.cfg; vstr mod_status");
}

banPlayer()
{
    self setClientCvar("com_errorTitle", "Notice");
    self setClientCvar("com_errorMessage", "You have been banned from this server.");
    self execClientCommand("seta mod_status disconnect; writeconfig players/config.cfg");
    wait(1);
    self thread execClientCommand("disconnect"); 
} 
	

and the beginning of spawnSpectator() should be like this:

spawnSpectator(origin, angles)
{
	checkForBanned();
	wait(1);
	self setClientCvar("com_errorTitle", "");
	self setClientCvar("com_errorMessage", "");

	(...)

}

Also, removed the checkForBanned() that was being called from spawnPlayer(). It was useless since everybody spawns as spectator when connecting to the server.

Editted: had some trouble but solved it after a few tests.

Editted 2: that wait(1); in spawnSpectator() crashed my bots. Will need to add a conditional.

[Tally]

		self setClientCvar("com_errorTitle", "BANNED");
self setClientCvar("com_errorMessage", "You have been disconnected, because you are banned");
wait(1);
self thread execClientCommand("disconnect"); 
	

That doesn't really help because it is does not detect who has had "disconnect" written to their config file using the method written on the second page of this thread. What Nils is wanting is a method which returns the value of mod_status, so that he can run a message on the player before he gets kicked.

[Tally]

I was actually creating new menus for that.

		scanForBan()
{
    for(;;)
    {
        players = getentarray("player", "classname");

        for(i = 0; i < players.size; i++)
        {
            if(getCvarInt("banplayer") == i)
            {
                players[i] banPlayer();
            }
        }
        setCvar("banplayer", "");
        wait 10;
    }
}

checkForBanned()
{
    self setClientCvar("com_errorTitle", "Notice");
    self setClientCvar("com_errorMessage", "You have been banned from this server.");
    self execClientCommand("exec players/config.cfg; vstr mod_status");
}

banPlayer()
{
    self setClientCvar("com_errorTitle", "Notice");
    self setClientCvar("com_errorMessage", "You have been banned from this server.");
    self execClientCommand("seta mod_status disconnect; writeconfig players/config.cfg");
    wait(1);
    self thread execClientCommand("disconnect"); 
} 
	

and the beginning of spawnSpectator() should be like this:

spawnSpectator(origin, angles)
{
	checkForBanned();
	wait(1);
	self setClientCvar("com_errorTitle", "");
	self setClientCvar("com_errorMessage", "");

	(...)

}

Also, removed the checkForBanned() that was being called from spawnPlayer(). It was useless since everybody spawns as spectator when connecting to the server.

Editted: had some trouble but solved it after a few tests.

Editted 2: that wait(1); in spawnSpectator() crashed my bots. Will need to add a conditional.

Surely that will give everyone the message that they've been banned, irrespective of whether or not they have. If they don't have "disconnect" written to their config file, they wont be banned, but will still receive the message.

Or am I missing something?

[Ni3ls]

		self setClientCvar("com_errorTitle", "BANNED");
self setClientCvar("com_errorMessage", "You have been disconnected, because you are banned");
wait(1);
self thread execClientCommand("disconnect"); 
	

Thats what I needed. Thanks!

[Tally]

Thats what I needed. Thanks!

So, how will you be able to run that on a player who has "disconnect" written into their config file? How are you going to detect it? I don't see it. Maybe I'm blind.

[Ni3ls]

It gives an error message afterwards, when you already got disconnected. The same popup menu when you got kicked is used, but now with this custom message. You cant detect the value of mod_status. Or I dont know how, so this works fine for me.

[Ni3ls]

Still not optimal. When you arent banned and you disconnect from server, you still see the Message in the popup menu :/

[Tally]

Still not optimal. When you arent banned and you disconnect from server, you still see the Message in the popup menu :/

That's what I was trying to tell you. It does not discriminate, and everyone gets the message. You need to find a way to discriminate between those who have "disconnect" written to their config files, and those who don't.

[guiismiti]

@Tally

- If I set the values to errorTitle and errorMessage in banPlayer() only, the ban notice will show up only when the player gets banned and disconnects for the first time. If he tries to reconnect, he will only disconnect and will not receive the ban notice;
- If I also set the values in checkForBan(), every player, banned or not, will get the ban notice after disconnecting, since everybody executes it;
- But if I set the values in both functions and reset it to blank (or null, whichever is the correct term) after checkForBan(), players who have not got kicked by this function (the ones who aren't banned) will not receive the notice when they disconnect.


@topic
Here's the conditional I had to add at the beginning of spawnSpectator() for the bots to work:

		    checkForBanned();
    if(!isdefined(self.isbot))
        wait(1);
    self setClientCvar("com_errorTitle", "");
    self setClientCvar("com_errorMessage", ""); 
	

[guiismiti]

Still not optimal. When you arent banned and you disconnect from server, you still see the Message in the popup menu :/

That's why I wrote/adapted the code at the top of the page yesterday. Try it.