MTA:SA Ban methods?

[rusztamas]

Hey guys!

What is a serial ban, and what does it saves to their list, and make the client not able to join the server?

I know the ip ban, but i've never heard about serial ban before. What is it, and what does it saves?

[Noki]

A serial is your unique identifier that is tied to your computer. In-game, press ` or F8 to bring up the console. In there, type 'serial'. The output after that is your unique serial.

When a serial is banned, it is added to a ban list. A lot of servers have their own custom banning methods, my own included. But MTA has made it easy and has given us one for those who don't want to make their own ban system. Check this to see a list of ban functions. Bans are stored in banlist.xml under /server/mods/deathmatch.