Re: [hlds] Banlist too big? Causing crashes?
Andrew, Being a concerned Host of a private server... do you ever share information on cheaters... we have had a few of our own... but in addtion to Steam thru Vac2 hoping to eliminate the pest it would be a good source to share such a large docmented list so some of us with less time could avoid the issues you encounter over the long period of time... Locks were ment to keep an a good person on the correct path... but a Thief will always be... Break thier finger and they are sure not to steal again - Original Message - From: Andrew Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 6:33 AM Subject: Re: [hlds] Banlist too big? Causing crashes? All of our bans are documented, and cheaters are permanently banned - Not for a few months, forever :) Its a collective list from over a few years though, so will be bigger than most - Damn cheaters! - Plasma - Original Message - From: Clayton Macleod [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 8:58 PM Subject: Re: [hlds] Banlist too big? Causing crashes? sounds like quite the banlist, hehe. Do you actually notice that much recurring troublemaking? I find that after a couple weeks or a month or two of being banned that those people never return anyways, but I suppose there could be some fools that would just keep on coming back again and again even after being banned for a few weeks and having that ban removed... On 7/11/05, Andrew Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This seems like the ideal alternative, thanks. -- Clayton Macleod ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
Re: [hlds] Banlist too big? Causing crashes?
Hey Jim, Sorry, I cannot share the banlist as it is considered confidential information by the gaming service provider, and would be against my nda to release such info. I can say though our banlist has stopped growing so fast with the recent implementation of VAC2 which is good to know. - Andrew - Original Message - From: Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 3:04 PM Subject: Re: [hlds] Banlist too big? Causing crashes? Andrew, Being a concerned Host of a private server... do you ever share information on cheaters... we have had a few of our own... but in addtion to Steam thru Vac2 hoping to eliminate the pest it would be a good source to share such a large docmented list so some of us with less time could avoid the issues you encounter over the long period of time... Locks were ment to keep an a good person on the correct path... but a Thief will always be... Break thier finger and they are sure not to steal again - Original Message - From: Andrew Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 6:33 AM Subject: Re: [hlds] Banlist too big? Causing crashes? All of our bans are documented, and cheaters are permanently banned - Not for a few months, forever :) Its a collective list from over a few years though, so will be bigger than most - Damn cheaters! - Plasma - Original Message - From: Clayton Macleod [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 8:58 PM Subject: Re: [hlds] Banlist too big? Causing crashes? sounds like quite the banlist, hehe. Do you actually notice that much recurring troublemaking? I find that after a couple weeks or a month or two of being banned that those people never return anyways, but I suppose there could be some fools that would just keep on coming back again and again even after being banned for a few weeks and having that ban removed... On 7/11/05, Andrew Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This seems like the ideal alternative, thanks. -- Clayton Macleod ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
Re: [hlds] Banlist too big? Causing crashes?
Can't you remove the exec banned.cfg from the server.cfg (loads every map) and put it into autoexec.cfg (loads every server reset). Then all the banned users are put into the memory of the server and it doesn't have to go through each one again every time it changes. Graham On 7/11/05, Andrew Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. -- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Hey, Our banfile (banned.cfg) is approximatly 80KB - On our natural selection servers, when the mission changes, it is very slow at loading the new mapcycle (players sit at the map changing screen for ~20-30 secs). We have also seen servers crashing (servers are also crashing every so often in CS Source for us, this could be related to the banfile size as well, its also 80KB). As soon as that file is blank, mission changes are instant - And this could be resolving our css server crashes, although im yet to test this theory. Anyone else experiencing problems with large ban files? Obviously, removing some bans from the file is not a fix :) Thanks, - Andrew ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
Re: [hlds] Banlist too big? Causing crashes?
This seems like the ideal alternative, thanks. - Plasma - Original Message - From: Graham Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 7:41 PM Subject: Re: [hlds] Banlist too big? Causing crashes? Can't you remove the exec banned.cfg from the server.cfg (loads every map) and put it into autoexec.cfg (loads every server reset). Then all the banned users are put into the memory of the server and it doesn't have to go through each one again every time it changes. Graham On 7/11/05, Andrew Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. -- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Hey, Our banfile (banned.cfg) is approximatly 80KB - On our natural selection servers, when the mission changes, it is very slow at loading the new mapcycle (players sit at the map changing screen for ~20-30 secs). We have also seen servers crashing (servers are also crashing every so often in CS Source for us, this could be related to the banfile size as well, its also 80KB). As soon as that file is blank, mission changes are instant - And this could be resolving our css server crashes, although im yet to test this theory. Anyone else experiencing problems with large ban files? Obviously, removing some bans from the file is not a fix :) Thanks, - Andrew ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
Re: [hlds] Banlist too big? Causing crashes?
sounds like quite the banlist, hehe. Do you actually notice that much recurring troublemaking? I find that after a couple weeks or a month or two of being banned that those people never return anyways, but I suppose there could be some fools that would just keep on coming back again and again even after being banned for a few weeks and having that ban removed... On 7/11/05, Andrew Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This seems like the ideal alternative, thanks. -- Clayton Macleod ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
Re: [hlds] Banlist too big? Causing crashes?
All of our bans are documented, and cheaters are permanently banned - Not for a few months, forever :) Its a collective list from over a few years though, so will be bigger than most - Damn cheaters! - Plasma - Original Message - From: Clayton Macleod [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 8:58 PM Subject: Re: [hlds] Banlist too big? Causing crashes? sounds like quite the banlist, hehe. Do you actually notice that much recurring troublemaking? I find that after a couple weeks or a month or two of being banned that those people never return anyways, but I suppose there could be some fools that would just keep on coming back again and again even after being banned for a few weeks and having that ban removed... On 7/11/05, Andrew Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This seems like the ideal alternative, thanks. -- Clayton Macleod ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
Re: [hlds] Banlist too big? Causing crashes?
- Original Message - From: Graham Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can't you remove the exec banned.cfg from the server.cfg (loads every map) and put it into autoexec.cfg (loads every server reset). Then all the banned users are put into the memory of the server and it doesn't have to go through each one again every time it changes. Graham Why couldn't you use a mysql ban database.Yes it would take awhile to put all the bans in it by hand but then again you could also write a perl script that would read your banned.cfg and it could add all those in,that would also keep the server from having to save the bans locally and would make it alittle more stable.Not to meantion you could write a cool php front end for it and have a page displaying all of it.Or just do like I did and use AmxBans 4.0.. BeNt http://www.gorillazsouth.com ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
RE: [hlds] Banlist too big? Causing crashes?
Does AMXBans work on source servers? Rick Payton, IT Support Morikawa Associates (808) 572-1745 http://www.mai-hawaii.com/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Agent|BeNt Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 3:50 AM To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlds] Banlist too big? Causing crashes? Why couldn't you use a mysql ban database.Yes it would take awhile to put all the bans in it by hand but then again you could also write a perl script that would read your banned.cfg and it could add all those in,that would also keep the server from having to save the bans locally and would make it alittle more stable.Not to meantion you could write a cool php front end for it and have a page displaying all of it.Or just do like I did and use AmxBans 4.0.. BeNt ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
[hlds] Banlist too big? Causing crashes?
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. -- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Hey, Our banfile (banned.cfg) is approximatly 80KB - On our natural selection servers, when the mission changes, it is very slow at loading the new mapcycle (players sit at the map changing screen for ~20-30 secs). We have also seen servers crashing (servers are also crashing every so often in CS Source for us, this could be related to the banfile size as well, its also 80KB). As soon as that file is blank, mission changes are instant - And this could be resolving our css server crashes, although im yet to test this theory. Anyone else experiencing problems with large ban files? Obviously, removing some bans from the file is not a fix :) Thanks, - Andrew -- ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
