[binderjeep]

Anyone know of any code to prevent players with a ping > X from joining the server? i hate having laggy players on our server.

[DarkDeviL]

You cannot "prevent" them from joining based on their ping.

You can restrict your server using country restriction plugins to get something like that, but it won't work 100% as also people from those countries may have a high ping sometimes. Such plugins usually use geographical data on IP addresses, which aren't 100% accurate.

Or you can do it the usual way, by kicking people with any of the anti high ping plugins available, but again, that won't kick them before they have joined.

[binderjeep]

Originally Posted by arne1288 You cannot "prevent" them from joining based on their ping. You can restrict your server using country restriction plugins to get something like that, but it won't work 100% as also people from those countries may have a high ping sometimes. Such plugins usually use geographical data on IP addresses, which aren't 100% accurate. Or you can do it the usual way, by kicking people with any of the anti high ping plugins available, but again, that won't kick them before they have joined.

Conceptually though, would it really be that difficult to acheive? i mean on PlayerConnect could we not hold that players name in an array. Then identify the players "ping" somehow ( i mean the "status" function in the console lists all players and their latency) and the have an If statement, so

If PlayerConnect("player") ping => 100 then
Kick
Else
do nothing


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Anyone have any issues with this working? if not , anyone want to code it for me. I don't have a problem paying compensation.

[Miu]

Is kicking them shortly after joining not sufficient? It seems much simpler

[nosoop]

Originally Posted by binderjeep Conceptually though, would it really be that difficult to acheive? i mean on PlayerConnect could we not hold that players name in an array. Then identify the players "ping" somehow ...

The thing is, latency is very jittery when sampled once, and it's actually nonexistent during OnClientConnected().

Attached is a quick plugin that performs an average latency check during OnClientPutInServer(); they will fully connect, but if their latency is too high, they should be kicked before they can actually play. Recompile with your choice of latency and kick reason. Not sure how well it would work in practice; on my test server, it reports ~80ms when my ping reports ~60 after sitting in-game for a bit.

Keep in mind that since it's only being sampled once, if any player just happens to have an unusually high ping during that period, they will be kicked. I'd personally just stick to the existing anti-high-ping plugins that give clients some leeway before getting the boot.

Could also always use a mix of GeoIP / automated addition to whitelists for players that have previously passed these checks, too.

[pcmaster]

Adding to what nosoop said, downloading maps also increases your ping by quite a lot.
I have noticed that on my 75mbit/s line when I download larger maps, where my ping goes up to 250-300ms and some packet loss, despite it being 20-30ms usually.

[Miu]

Originally Posted by pcmaster Adding to what nosoop said, downloading maps also increases your ping by quite a lot. I have noticed that on my 75mbit/s line when I download larger maps, where my ping goes up to 250-300ms and some packet loss, despite it being 20-30ms usually.

I was thinking of that, plus my client has a tendency to freeze for a bit while connecting -- it won't alt tab or anything, so presumably it can't respond to pings either

[Potato Uno]

OP, unless your server is so popular that at any time t you have 50+ people trying to join it, any of the normal high ping kickers will work fine. You're unnecessarily introducing accuracy problems by narrowing the time window (as mentioned earlier with ping sampling).

You hate high ping players, but now the players will hate you for being kicked for no reason.

[Neuro Toxin]

Whats wrong with this:

https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?p=2312387

[KissLick]

Originally Posted by pcmaster Adding to what nosoop said, downloading maps also increases your ping by quite a lot. I have noticed that on my 75mbit/s line when I download larger maps, where my ping goes up to 250-300ms and some packet loss, despite it being 20-30ms usually.

Isn't fast download meant to solve that?