[dead (old)]

On our bw| Server: 195.43.185.235:27960 a new bot server (RedCap) is running. It is still under development but it has some interesting features and others will be added in the next months.
It would be nice if you visit the server and give me some hints and suggestion for future improvement.

NOTE: it could happens that a "white list" system (passport-like) is switched on when you join the server. In such a case you have to ask to a bw| member to register you, if not you will be kicked whithin a minute. Please note that bw| members do not register fakes.
Passport is often on in the evening (19.00-23.00 GMT)


free commands
- !tm: even the players in each team
- !ora: shows actual time
- !!sk: shows the player skill related to the actual map

special commands (needs authorization level 1 or higher)
- !m name: mute player "name"
- !k name: kick player "name"
- !s(#) name: slap "name" #times
- !n(#) name: nuke "name" #times
- !!war \passw: set the server in matchmode (with dedicated config) and your choice password
- !v: enable voting for Y secs. After that you cannot re-enable for X minutes
- !cy: cycle map. After that you cannot re-cycle for X minutes
- !f name (r|b|s): forceteam "name" (red, blue or spect)
- !!z name: show aliases of player "name"
- !b[h] name: GUID ban "name" for h hours (default one)
- !!ban name: permanently ban "name" by IP and GUID
- !!status: shows some useful information about players
- !!passport: enable/disable passport mode (trusted players only can play)
- !!reg name: enable "name" for playing when passport mode is ON
- !!unreg name: disable "name" for playing when passport mode is ON
- !!lev(x) name: assign authorization level x to "name"
- !!restart: restart the RedCap

*name could be the full name or part of it.

Other features:
Killstream tracking: RedCap say some comments for killstreams greater than 5 in a row.
Score recording: RedCap record and periodically spams: daily, weekly, monthly and absolute killstreams
Spam: RedCap spams in console some sentences of your choice every n minutes
Censoring: allow censoring bad words by means of a regex list. After x warnings you will be kicked
Archiving: RedCap allows to clean and archive server log once a day setting the right time (hour)
Chat to html: RedCap daily recover all the chat sentences and store them in a html file.
Autoresume: RedCap will auto restart on crash
No DB server needed: RedCap runs using a .sqlite file

This post has been edited by dead: 17 December 2009 - 09:43 AM

[rfx]

Ah wait, it's not a player bot but a bot like big brother is?

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rfx, on 10 November 2009 - 12:19 PM, said:

Ah wait, it's not a player bot but a bot like big brother is?

Yes, exactly.
B3 and Mandingo are light years better of course, but the idea is quite similar.

[DJ Schuby]

So far it seems pretty cool. When do you guys expect to have the first version released?

[[Tx2]PrettyPinkPony]

Iooks great

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DJ Schuby, on 10 November 2009 - 10:20 PM, said:

So far it seems pretty cool. When do you guys expect to have the first version released?

I would like first:
- to push my "beta tests" deeper
- integrate a moving average skill evaluation system based on the last X played rounds, where X will be something around 1000 or 2000.
- I should also translate comments from italian to english in order to be profitable from everybody

I hope within 2009 end.

[unreal[de] (old)]

this is great!!!

wishlist for some more commands:

!setnextmap ut4_turnpike (sets next map to Turnpike)

!nextmap (shows next map)

!map ut4_turnpike (immediately change map)



Well I install a server bot basically to give some admins almost full control, without revealing the rcon.

So the more rcon commands are implemented (with authorize levels) the more the bot would rock in my point of view

good luck

[mitsubishi]

dead, on 10 November 2009 - 09:51 PM, said:

Yes, exactly.
B3 and Mandingo are light years better of course, but the idea is quite similar.

well, I don't know if they're light years, but using an sql database server to hold a bunch of player ips in a list seems like overkill to me.

stop considering every single application like it's the datacentre of citibank damit.

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unreal[de], on 20 November 2009 - 03:06 PM, said:

wishlist for some more commands:
!setnextmap ut4_turnpike (sets next map to Turnpike)
!nextmap (shows next map)
!map ut4_turnpike (immediately change map)

Well I install a server bot basically to give some admins almost full control, without revealing the rcon.

So the more rcon commands are implemented (with authorize levels) the more the bot would rock in my point of view

good luck

it is not hard to integrate some commands as !map, !nextmap and so on, and probably I'll do that. Personally I prefer !v (vote) command: it enables votes for a while, allowing you to vote for everything you want (depending from g_allowvote parameter you set in RedCap config file). After voting time period is expired, nobody but rcon owners, can call a new vote for the next X minutes.
Why that? To avoid endless vote calls from everyone who doesn't like the actual map, or repeated stupid kick votes, etc.

BTW:
In the meanwhile I added:
- improved balance system, By mean of !!ab command you can circle switch between: autobalance AUTO (at the end of every round if needed), autobalance MAN (at the end of the round if previously called by !tm command) autobalance OFF (no balance system)
- a new (very reliable) overall skill system (comments are still in italian, sorry) based on the difference between your skill and the mean of opponent team skills, updated every round.
- nick control system: bad nick can be checked depending from lenght or by means of a regex and kicked out.
- html skill ladder (updated every hour)
- yesterday chat web report

This post has been edited by dead: 25 November 2009 - 09:10 AM

[.umH3NRY]

wow, did NOT expect that type of stuff but it is great! are there any requirements other than running urt? for example php and mysql?
if it requires neither i would really love to have a copy of it as soon as possible, if it does require either then that is still ok due to the features it provides.