How to ban a player?

[Legacy_Lazarus Magni]

               I regret to have to consider this but, I see there is a setting in the nwnplayer.ini to add cd keys, ips, and player names to banned players for a server. Can some give me some more details on this? Like it says:
[Banned Ips]
0=
[Banned Players]
0=
[Banned CD Keys]
0=

What exactly are you supposed to enter here? Ip adress is straight forward, as is player name, but cd key? I assume that's the public key shown in the server log? And what if you have multiple players?  Is it 0= xyz, 1=abc?

Thanks,
Laz
               
               

               
            

[Baaleos]

               Yes

IPs = Ip Addresses
Players = Player Name (Account name)
CDKey = CDKey

It should be noted, that the ban that affects a player most, is banning their account name.
An Account can have multiple CDKeys, however, only a single Account can access their Accounts Characters.

Banning Account = They would need to make a new account
Banning CDKeys = They would need a new CDKEY
Banning IP Address= they could just turn their router on and off a few times, and see if they get a new IP

There are pro's and cons for each.

I think the inbuilt dm console allows you in-game access to each of these.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Lazarus Magni]

               Thank you Baaleos, I appreciate the info.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy__Guile]

               Some players have multiple CD keys, believe that...
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_NWN DM]

               If someone is either a) dedicated to being a '****** or, naturally good at it, there's only so much you can do.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Xorina]

               

NWN DM wrote...

If someone is either a) dedicated to being a '****** or, naturally good at it, there's only so much you can do.

Haha...

Tru dat.


               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Wendan82]

               Hello all!

I've got a player right now that I've banned, but I think may be coming back. I banned CD key and IP, but I'd like to check their IP somehow in the logs. Would it be possible to see somewhere the IP of a character logged into the server? Or make a tool with the scripting to tell me that?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_FunkySwerve]

               Wrong forum, but... just add code to your client enter script:

    object oPC = GetEnteringObject();
    string sName = GetName(oPC);
    string sPlayername = GetPCPlayerName(oPC);
    string sKey = GetPCPublicCDKey(oPC);
    string sAddr = GetPCIPAddress(oPC);

    string sReport = ">>> ID: " + sPlayername + "; Name: " + sName + "; CD Key:" + sKey +
            "; IP:" + sAddr + "; has logged in.";

    WriteTimestampedLogEntry(sReport);
    SendMessageToAllDMs(sReport);

You can also make a wand/widget to get the ip of a player, or all players on the server, using the same Get functionality.

Funky
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Wendan82]

               Sorry, I thought this was the closest topic. Thank you so very kindly!