[friagram]

I think smac also has this feature, but the cvar works fine, you can just set the value really high.

[Malachi]

Originally Posted by Dr. McKay There's a built-in cvar, but I don't remember what it's called.

Originally Posted by serpentine sv_namechange_cooldown_seconds We use 120, gives enough time to find and ban the person usually, even if I'm doing the banning from my phone .

Well I prefer built-in solutions to plugins, but the plugin still has one advantage - it actually kicks (or bans) a person off the server. This is more useful to me when the server doesn't have any admins on.

I'd also guess that there's no notification of the attempted name change when its being delayed.

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So why why why is the plugin limited to 60 seconds (ncp_detectiontime)? Was there an actual design limitation that demanded that restriction, or was this just an arbitrary decision by the author? A quick glance doesn't reveal any code that would blow up at 61 seconds...

I'm tempted to recompile this and remove the limit, maybe reset things on map change.

[Malachi]

Originally Posted by friagram I think smac also has this feature...

What's smac?

[Dr. McKay]

Originally Posted by Malachi What's smac?

SourceMod Anti-Cheat

[Malachi]

Just in case anyone else is interested, if you do set the sv_namechange_cooldown_seconds cvar, it will interfere with this plugin working.

[Malachi]

Just in case anyone else would find it useful, I made a mod of this plugin that doesn't have time limits. Instead it resets on map change.

Also, it warns the player when they've reached the name change limit. And when it kicks/bans someone, it notifies all the admins on the server.

[Lukas320]

Why don't we need this anymore on source 2009 games?

[Malachi]

Originally Posted by Lukas320 Why don't we need this anymore on source 2009 games?

Valve introduced the cvar sv_namechange_cooldown_seconds that when set masks any name changes that occur within that time limit.

So if a person joins the server and changes their Steam name, that shows up on the server. If they then quickly change their name two more times, only the very last name change will show up after the time limit expires.



Since hackers like to use an auto name changing script, I leave the cvar disabled and use this plugin to automatically kick/ban them.

[ph]

Originally Posted by Malachi Just in case anyone else would find it useful, I made a mod of this plugin that doesn't have time limits. Instead it resets on map change. Also, it warns the player when they've reached the name change limit. And when it kicks/bans someone, it notifies all the admins on the server.

Thank you, I've installed this plugin as valve's built in cooldown cvar is useless.

[Powerlord]

Originally Posted by ph Thank you, I've installed this plugin as valve's built in cooldown cvar is useless.

I've heard that the SMAC version is better... this plugin hasn't even been touched in several years so I couldn't even tell you if it still works.