Update on 24/7 UK dedicated server

Sun Jul 13, 2003 3:33 am by cams

The OWL clan (omicron war lords) settled on the UK dedicated server has been kindly promoted to local server police there, [OWLMidnight is working with the server administrator to stop cheating and disrputions on this server due to hacks/cheats/mods.

Any reports of cheating should be given to [OWLmidnight or any OWL member online, reports also should be substanciated with credible evidence (pics), dont make any mistake, we do NOT allow witch hunts or false reports, as a server police we will make our utmost efforts to keep and improve a good gaming experience and enviroment on the UK dedicated server.

To make the gaming a bit more decent here we decided to implement a new rule, There will be no persistent "dockkilling" allowed, and the server will respawn wrecks on a weekly basis. Also banned ppl should mail us to clean up their status instead of bypassing bans so Ban bypass - Permanent ban - personna non gratta status on the server, we dont want ppl to show off how smart they are for bypassing a ban, what we want is for ppl to show recognition for their mistakes and some maturity to deserve a second chance.

Reports/sugestions/complaints can be sent via email to this recipients

[email protected] (admin)

[email protected] (midnight)

It would be handy that this topic would be stickied ,but i think this server is not TLR affiliated so i leave that with stinger

Edited by - cams on 13-07-2003 07:45:03

Sun Jul 13, 2003 7:39 am by cams

Arlight, we are having a bit dificulty banning cheaters, some ppl we can ban, some we just cant, they cheat, the server console starts displaying error messages, we reboot, the server gets ok, untill that person comes in then it gets all over again, we input the ban command, and we get an error message, the same happens with the kick command.

These seems to be a new class of cheater, the "imune to banning cheater", anyone had this experience? got some solutions?

Feel free to share

Sun Jul 13, 2003 9:58 am by Pinger

via the remote admin? Try using the numeric ident issued by it, sometimes the telnet apps play havock with ascii names

Sun Jul 13, 2003 2:31 pm by cogen

Remote Admin? ... Remote ADMIN?!?!

lol, sorry, we have been looking for this for the **UK SERVER** and did not know if it existed.
<THUNDERBIRD> seem to be the equivalent of OWL on your server, except we havent been able to have admin powers.

Could you please tell us where we could get remote admin from?

Thanks,
Cogen

Sun Jul 13, 2003 4:02 pm by cams

Jup pinger is right, remote administration is done via telnet

Sun Jul 13, 2003 7:02 pm by cogen

Thanks, we've got the server accessible on my computer now, via telnet... but echo is on and its very hard to check what I am writing.

i know it says that if echo is on to turn it off in the readme, but i dunno how to change the echo settings

I'm sure its simple, and any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Cogen

Sun Jul 13, 2003 7:59 pm by cams

I really cant help you man, the telnet remote is very buggy, we cant even ban people properly, we know who cheats, they show off and lag the server to hell and we cant ban them, its really sad.

They are a band of russian idiots that cant even speak proper english, i tried to reason with them and got replys like "me cheat fun" or "i play mod" or "you ban me no -_-" so i just mailed the server prime admin and im hoping that he can handle them.

The most ridiculous thing is that they dont even leave new york, they just stay there, bring in more friends, group with them, and lag the server even worse, so they dont even play the game, its just about damaging the server.

Sun Jul 13, 2003 8:15 pm by Pinger

remember you can do a player search, so if you have a partial nickname you can find it to match a screenshot, I use that for any with ascii nicks and use there Ident created by FLadmin to ban them rather than using the name as I find it doesnt send the correct characters sometimes when kicking or banning.

So if there lagging it that badly just stop the server; search for the nicks; ban them and then restart it.

Edited by - Pinger on 13-07-2003 21:17:35

Sun Jul 13, 2003 8:32 pm by cogen

Ahh, I have found a new client I prefer with no echo, so thats one problem solved...

but i was wondering, is it possible to use the console over telnet to chat to a particular person or system instead of the entire universe? If not, im sure we can cope, it would just be preferable

Thanks,
Cogen

Sun Jul 13, 2003 8:43 pm by cams

Well, ive received console messages in private mode, tell you what once midnight (aka wardragon) gets here ill let him know about your questions and well try to help you on this.

Do you use msn? leave your msn contact and well contact ya

Sun Jul 13, 2003 11:35 pm by cams

Update

Issue fixed, remote app upgraded, and server being cleansed of cheaters

Mon Jul 14, 2003 1:14 pm by cogen

ok, you can get hold of me at on messenger or via email at [email protected]

Mon Jul 14, 2003 2:11 pm by Pinger

well its not message nickname msg so whats the command? It would be helpful sometimes

Mon Jul 14, 2003 8:37 pm by cams

Alright, we will add you as soon as our OWL admin is here

On a funny account, yesterday we got a cheater that was caught, the guy offers a server police 60 million credits to "overlook his cheating", after a few laughs we ban the guy, heres one example in how admin in a fl server can be fun.

Tue Jul 15, 2003 12:45 pm by WarDragon

Hello im one of the UK server admins, ok Pinger earlier you said you can ban a player by searching for there ident over telnet can you tell me the command for that? it would be EXTREMLY helpfull

thanks

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