[Blog] New ban system

[Oli]

I have just spent a few hours writing a new ban system for the MTA:SA Deathmatch Server. This system uses XML (The same language used for the .map files in the race mod) to write the ban list. This allowed me to write more than just the IP of a banned person to the list.

Here is an example of what is now stored in the ban list:

Oli
Oli
This is a test
07/06/2006
21:22:35

This obviously gives server owners more information on who has been banned from their server and why/by whom/when. I have also written several admin commands for this information to be obtained (for example you can find out who has been banned by a certain admin, or how many people on a certain day were banned, etc).

Not a huge update i know, but just felt like making a blog post

Oli

[Si|ent]

Nice, handy to have some notes. Are you planning to include full Admin+ like functionality this time around or will it still be an admin with inferior features?

[Oli]

i cant say too much on that right now, but you'll see whats going to happen in that respect soon enough