Add this to the 1001 things just like a FUNCTIONING GAME to the list fo things to do! >:(
On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 03:12:46 -0400, David Fencik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I may be entirely ignorant of that way that this thing is coded...but, > my guess is that in one of their header files they have a > > #define MAXBANS 1024; > > or something like that. This type of thing cannot be set in a cvar, > (what if someone hacked your server and set it to a kajillion?) > > I'm sure they could easily up it to a few thousand without any > noticeable effect on performance. > > I like the idea of storing bans in an SQL database that someone had > mentioned. AFAIK, that has already been done with a metamod plugin (an > amx plugin maybe?). > > That's the kind of thing that we'll only see in plugins, though. > > The size of that banlist makes me wonder...How many of those do you > think have gotten VAC banned by now? > > Dave > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce "Bahamut" > Andrews > Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 3:01 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [hlds] Number of allowed bans too small? > > Hey there, > > We're in the process of creating a ban setup for Counter-Strike:Source > and were copying all the bans from CS1.6 over (since it works by account > rather then key, we can keep people banned if they abuse in one game) > and I came across a rather odd error: > Cbuf_AddText: buffer overflow > This seems to be linked with the number of bans allowed, as it doesn't > happen if there's only a couple of ID's being execed in the ban config, > but when there's ~600 or ~1200 it seems to have a rather large cry and > refuse to ban the people. > > Is there some cvar that is restricting the number of bans, or is this a > coded-in limitation? The same ban list works in CS 1.6 and there have > been no changes (as far as I've noticed) in ban format other then the > file which srcds writes to with writeid. > > Can anyone enlighten me? Having such a small limitation on ban numbers > doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense :\ > > -- > > - Bruce "Bahamut" Andrews > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
