That gives me an idea: make a plugin that gives you extra damage and powers vs. players you have blocked. Then see how toxic and alienated your community can become.
-Alex Ogier On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 1:04 AM, Emil Larsson <[email protected]> wrote: > Then again, "sv_steamblockingcheck 1" might be useful for plugin authors to > hook in custom behavior depending on what users is blocking each other. :) > > On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Emil Larsson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I suspect this feature is more useful for any loosely adminstrated servers >> (Offical Valve servers), so in that regard it's good. >> >> For us who activly admins the servers though, it seems pointless, or at >> best... a poor substition for a proper ban system. And a bit dangerous to >> add, I seen users dislike each other over the most petty reasons in our >> community leading to blocks, yet not causing any trouble on the servers >> themselves to deserve to be blocked/banned. Although I agree that chat and >> voice from blocked users should be automatically muted ingame, although >> that's a feature that should be added clientside. ;) >> >> On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 1:18 AM, Rich Kaethler <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> We have added support for Steam community blocking in the dedicated >>> server. This functionality is in testing and is controlled by convar ( off >>> by default ). If the convar is enabled, every new player at connect time ( >>> once authenticated ) will be tested against the block list of every player >>> already authenticated on the server. If any of the players on the server >>> have blocked this player, the dedicated server is notified, and that new >>> player may be kicked from the server depending on the convar settings. >>> >>> It is assumed that the most popular setting will take advantage of steam >>> groups. To do this, use the new “sv_steamgroup” convar to set the group >>> that your server belongs to, and set “sv_steamblockingcheck” to 2. With this >>> setting only members of the group that “owns” the server may deny other >>> players access to the server. If a group has been selected and >>> “sv_steamblockingcheck” is set to 1, the console text will distinguish a new >>> player that is blocked by a clan member vs a non-clan member. >>> >>> >>> >>> Here are the details of the options: >>> >>> >>> >>> sv_steamblockingcheck >>> >>> 1 = print results to console only >>> >>> 2 = kick the new player from the server if anyone already on the server >>> who is a member of the associated clan has blocked the new player >>> >>> 3 = kick the new player from the server if anyone already on the server >>> has blocked the new player >>> >>> 4 = kick the new player from the server if anyone already on the server >>> has blocked the new player or the new player has blocked any existing player >>> on the server >>> >>> >>> >>> sv_steamgroup >>> >>> Set this convar to the group ID of the group that this server belongs to. >>> You can find your group’s ID on the admin profile page in the steam >>> community. >>> >>> >>> >>> Please send feedback about blocking in dedicated servers directly to me. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> please visit: >>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds
