Banlist.txt

This article is regarding Red Faction The banlist.txt file stores the IP addresses of people banned from a server.

Loading/saving/editing

The banlist.txt file is loaded only when the server starts, and saved only when the server performs a clean exit (IE: doesn't crash). Editing of the banlist.txt file in an external editor should only be done when the server is not running.

IPs can be entered in two ways. The first is a single IP. This is simply any IP, like 123.123.123.251. It is also possible to ban all players from a given range, like the following:

• 123.123.*
• 252.*

Bans from the console

• Banning a player at the console is simple. You can ban by their name as follows:

] ban "IMACHEATER"

Banning player: IMACHEATER

• For people who use a name that is either too difficult or too hard to type, you can obtain and ban an IP as follows:

] info

============================================

Level name: ctf02.rfl

Level time: 0 days, 0h 24m 42s

Framerate / FPS: 0.009 / 114

============================================

Clients (ping) -------------

"MegaPro" (37) (12.34.56.78)

"Wallhacker!" (88) (56.78.23.11)

] ban_ip 56.78.23.11

Kicking player: 56.78.23.11

Banning player: 56.78.23.11

] _

• If a player keeps coming back with just a slightly different IP, you can rangeban as follows:

] info

============================================

Level name: ctf02.rfl

Level time: 0 days, 0h 24m 42s

Framerate / FPS: 0.009 / 114

============================================

Clients (ping) -------------

"MegaPro" (37) (12.34.56.78)

"Wallhacker!" (72) (56.78.23.66)

] ban_ip "56.78.*"

Kicking player: 56.78.*

Banning player: 56.78.*

] _

NOTE: In every version of Red Faction other than Pure Faction, banning from the console will sometimes crash the server.