ServerWatch User Guide

(ServerWatch coded by Enforcer)

Document Version: 2.4 20.07.2003

Author: Daniel Rudolph aka Enforcer

Contact: enforcer@majorkillingforce.com



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About that Document

This is my second attempt to write an readme to help users and wanna be users to install ServerWatch and work with it.

I hope that document can manage that better than the last one.

Im sure there are a lot of errors in here. I´m not only talking about the logical errors i´m also talking about grammar and/or spelling mistakes. Please report the errors you see because thats the only way to make this document better understandable and readable for other users and maybe also for yourself.

You can report errors like I mentioned above at our extra Forum (Translation messed up ? ): http://www.majorkillingforce.com/php/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=19

Thanks for your contribution in advance.

Enforcer

What is ServerWatch ?!

ServerWatch is a program to control and administrate an MoH (Medal of Honor) Server.
You can (and should) setup a lot of options to let  ServerWatch keep your server clean and log stats.
The program is useable for MoHAA (Medal of Honor: Allied Assault) Servers. (It also should work on Spearhead, the add-on of MoHAA) The ServerWatch program itself is also a small server for the ServerWatch-Clients so that you can have several admins at one server at  the same time without any conflicts or performance problems for the MoHAA Server.

With ServerWatch you are able to setup a lot of options and rules for your Moh Server. After Setup is done - ServerWatch will keep your server clean, store stats, .... and observes the rules. ServerWatch was planed as an automated administration Tool (start an forget) - and I think that’s the way it works. Setup the conditions ServerWatch should monitor and have more fun on your Server.

Besides that ServerWatch has an AntiCheat functionality included that helps the make your Server Cheat free. ServerWatch tracks down Cheaters by running a program on the players computer what send all needed information to a ServerWatch Server (what is setup from the Admin of the game server). That Server will check the player computer if it is cheat free. How that part of ServerWatch is working will not be described in that Readme file. Visit the Homepage to get more Information.

NOTE: at the moment the ServerWatch Version with AntiCheat is not public yet – chosen beta testers are testing it

ServerWatch is Email ware:

You can use it by only sending me a email with a usage report. But the great disadvantage for you is that you cant blame me for anything what im doing concerning the program or force me to support for the programs. Please read What is Email ware.


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What is Email ware ?

This means, you have to send me an email to be allowed to use this program. The publication of this program on CD-Roms, periodicals or other media needs to be permitted by me. Please get in Contact with me, if you are intended so.
DO NOT USE SERVERWATCH if you don’t like that rules.

SERVERWATCH and SERVERWATCH-CLIENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK. I DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL I BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES.

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What is the ServerWatch itself ?

ServerWatch itself is the program monitoring the game server. That Program must be running on a Windows machine that don't have to be the Server what is running the Moh Server.

ServerWatch needs to be connected to the game server in 2 different ways.

The first one is the normal RCON connection what is really easy to setup. The only thing you need to know and establish that link is the IP to the Server and the RCON password of the Server.

The second link is the qconsole.log that is normally in the main dir of the running Moh Server (in the mainta dir if you are running an spearhead server). ServerWatch need access to that file to get all needed information.

The program must have a connection to the MoH server log file in any of the following three ways:

All ServerWatch functions are available with any of these connection methods. The only problem you have if you use ftp is the fact that the new log file data is not gathered in real time.

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What is the ServerWatch-Client ?

The ServerWatch-Client connects to the server included in the ServerWatch program and not the MoH server. With this client you can connect to and manage the server remotely. People with an ServerWatch account now have the ability to chat witch each other trough the ServerWatch client. You can also kick or ban people, assuming you have the necessary rights to do so. And lots of other things.

In ServerWatch you can create as many users with a login and password and give them the rights you like to. Don´t worry about security; the traffic from the client to ServerWatch is encrypted - so you don't have any problems of passwords being sniffed or something like that. (Unlike normal RCON connection.).

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What is the ServerWatch-AntiCheat ?

The ServerWatch-AntiCheat is a program that will run on the Client PC and hook-up to the ServerWatch-Anticheat Server if the player joins a ServerWatch AntiCheat enabled server. If the player leave the game he get disconnected again from the ServerWatch Server.

NOTE: at the moment the ServerWatch Version with AntiCheat is not public – chosen beta testers are testing it

If the AntiCheat Client is connected to an AntiCheat Server the Server make sure that no cheat is installed. The ServerWatch AntiCheat send all needed Information's to the ServerWatch Server. The AntiCheat Server will parse the received data for cheats or any thing else the Server Admin has set it up. Nothing of detection part is done on the client. So every Server Admin is able to define his one personal cheat detection Setup if he likes to.

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Who is the developer of ServerWatch?

ServerWatch is developed from Daniel Rudolph aka Enforcer. ServerWatch is/was only programmed in my spear time and without any commercial background please keep that in mind.

You can send me a mail and ask something about the program features and stuff but it only depends on my mood to answer the mail. So stay clean and dont piss me off ;-) if you want me to help you.

Big thanks go out to [ E|F ] Cobr@ how helping me big time with testing and also bring new ideas into the Project.

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Why did you started to develop ServerWatch?

I tried to use some of the standard tools like delator and autokick. That versions that was available this time was only crap in my mind. Some applications only reacted every half hour after i tried to change an option or do anything else on the GUI.. Thats no problem normally but i just dislike it. If you like the other programs - well its your decision. ServerWatch has a complete other basic structure. The hole Fronted has nothing to do with the functionality itself. So it will always keep responding. Also i was thinking of a lot more features. That was the start of ServerWatch.

The development of AntiCheat was an other decision. A good friend of mine was just telling me that he has tested some AntiCheat software solutions and just got frustrated. So i started developing an anti cheat program also. The good part for me was the already programmed basics from ServerWatch so i "just" have to include the AntiCheat functions into ServerWatch. I also had a well tested network code from the ServerWatch-Client so was able to make an Server/Client ServerWatch.
I really hope you like my program , if you dont like it and want to tell me why feel free to send me an email.

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Features of ServerWatch:

(anti cheat options are not listed yet)



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Features of the ServerWatch-Client:



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Where can i download the Software?

You can download the new Versions from the project Homepage:

(make sure you read the license and accept it)



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What is necessary to run ServerWatch?

ServerWatch needs to be connected to the game server in 2 different ways.The first one is the normal RCON connection what is really easy to setup. The only thing you need to know and establish that link is the IP to the Server and the RCON password of the Server.The second link is the qconsole.log that is normally in the main dir of the running Moh Server (in the mainta dir if you are running an spearhead server). ServerWatch need access to that file to get all needed information.








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What method is best for me ?

If you are able to use it you should use direct file access. That method needs less resources than the other 2 methods.

SSH access is also running very stable and performing very well without to much resource usage that is the favorite choice if you have to access the log file from an remote server. You also should think of installing an SSH Server if you are running a windows machine instead of using the FTP method.

Last and least the FTP access. The ftp access has a lot of timing problems that make it difficult to detect time relevant data like spawn killers. Also FTP Connections are not that stable. With ftp access you can also use all features of ServerWatch but you have the problem that ServerWatch dont get a live view from the log file. So its not possible to react ServerWatch in real time. Thats normally no problem, but some features like spawn killing detection have a problem - so you have to play around with the timing options to get it working like you want it.

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What is necessary to run the ServerWatch-Client Program:

Nothing at all. All you need is a login to an computer that is running ServerWatch.

How to add new Servers on the ServerWatch Client? 

  1. Set a name you like 
  1. set the ip and port – login/pass 
  2. add it to the Server List
  3. press connect – thats all



After you add the Server to the List you can access it with the "Change Server" menu also and connect to it – or change to an other Server.

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How to Setup ServerWatch?

If you want to you can try to start with zero. That also means that you have to setup the Weapon Detection Strings – if you don't do so ServerWatch cant manage to detect the weapon that is used out of the Moh Server log file. Because that is something that is the same for all users (if you don't change something in the localization.txt) and you might want to see a sample setup that show you some of the features i made an sample Setup that can be downloaded from my Website. Download the sample Setup and extract all files and all sub dirs in your ServerWatch Directory. You need to override all *.dat files and the ServerWatch ini file. Your complete setup is gone if you do so.

An different way to get the sample setup is to download the ServerWatch installer and select the default setup on the install options and ServerWatch get installed with that sample setup already.

The sample Setup contains:


please do not forget to change your Connection Setup after installing the sample setup because that is something that is different for every user.



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Setup Moh to work with ServerWatch:

The Moh server need to be started with some special options to do the logging like ServerWatch wants it. IF you startup the Moh server the right way the qconsole.log will get created from the Server. If you have an Spearhead server the log file get created in the mainta. And if you are running an Linux server that differs a little bit but i hope that file help you to understand how it works.



Setup a Linux Server:

You need to start the Server with the additional options:

+set dedicated 1 +set sv_chatter 1 +set chat 1 +set developer 2 +set logfile 3

to startup your Linux Server in the right way. The qconsole.log get create in the home dir of the logged in user normally that looks like: ~/.mohaa/main/qconsole.log.

MKF is also using an Linux Server - our startup script looks like:

./mohaa_lnxded +set dedicated 2 +set sv_chatter 1 +set chat 1 +exec mkf.cfg +set developer 2 +set logfile 3 &> /home/log.txt

that will run the Server and generate the log file at /home/log.txt so we can use "tail -f /home/log.txt" command on the the ssh connection setup

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Setup a Windows Server:

You also need some additional startup parameters on the windows Server.

You have to edit the target line of the link that is starting your server.IF you don't know what a target line is.Go to the shortcut of the mohaa server -or create a new shortcut from the C:\Program Files\EA\Mohaa\Server_exe (This is the Default place to find mohaa if you have not set it otherwise on the installation) to the Desktop.

If you open the link you should have a target line like:

C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\MOHAA\MOHAA_server.exe

You need to change it to an target line like:

" C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\MOHAA\MOHAA_server.exe " +set ui_console 1 +set g_gametype 4 +set map obj/obj_team1 +set sv_maxclients 16 +set chat 1 +set developer 2 +set logfile 3 +set dedicated 2 +set net_port 12203 +set sv_chatter 1 +exec obj.cfg

Breakdown of the parameters:



The Log File should be in the main dir (on the Mohaa Server Dir) and called qconsole.log after you startup the server

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Sample config file for a Moh Server (Windows an Linux)

You have to create a con fig file like the mentioned obj.cfg or create a new file and save it with that name if you not already have a config file.

The .CFG files are the heart and soul of customizing your server and make it work like you want to. There are several howtos in the Internet how to setup such a Server – here you will only see the needed basics.


A config File (.cfg) is nothing more than a text document with a .CFG extension that get parsed from the game and the game changes the defaults to the variables that you have set in that config file.(unlike the command line parameters, you DO NOT need a + in front of the variables)

Anything that you want the server to ignore for whatever reason should be PRECEEDED by // (double forward slash).I will add comments below using the //, but this is only to describe the variables that is not needed for the Server!!

*******************Copy & Paste from here **********************************
sv_hostname "your hostname here"
//Sets the NAME of your server, what people will see in the browser 
fraglimit 0
//Sets the limit of Frags that will end the match
//( 0 = no fraglimit)
timelimit 25
//Sets the amount of time (in minutes) for map changes
//(0 = no timelimit)
sv_maplist "dm/mohdm1 dm/mohdm2 dm/mohdm3 dm/mohdm5 dm/mohdm7"
//This is the list of maps that will be cycled for the server
sv_maxRate 9000
//Max data transmit rate by clients on the server.
//(setting depends on network)
sv_maxPing xxx
//Keeps anyone with a higher ping than this value from connecting
//to the server
sv_fps 20
//Server FPS, this should increase performance (20 is the default)
sv_floodProtect 0
//Flood protection from server crashing text messages
sv_gamespy 1
//Allows your server to show up in the Gamespy browser, and the
//In-game browser (v1.1)
set g_inactiveKick 300
//Time (in seconds) that a client will be kicked for inactivity
set g_inactiveSpectate 60
//Time (in seconds) that a client will be moved to spectator for
//inactivity 
set g_teamdamage 0
//Sets friendly fire 0=off 1=on
net_port 12203
//Sets the port # for the game to run off of (12203 is the default)
rconPassword yourpasswordhere
//Sets your RCON password to allow you Remote Administration
set sv_privateClients 1
//private slots on the server fore admins or your self.
Set privatepassword "xxx"
//sets a password to use to get into the private clients slot.
//Set password "xxx"
//This one you have to set with same password as you put in your privatepassword fore it to work.
//Finally, put a blank line at end of the con fig

******************************until here **************************



SAVE the file as serverXX.cfg (click yes to confirm the extension warning). If you forget and save it as “new text document”, simply rename it to serverXX.cfg

THE FILE MUST BE SAVED INTO THE “MAIN” DIRECTORY WHERE YOU HAVE THE MOH SERVER INSTALLED, if it is NOT saved in this directory, your command line will FAIL to call it and you will get an error at the console saying “COULD NOT EXEC SERVERXX.CFG”.

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Setup an Spearhead Server

Setup a Spearhead Server is the same as i described above. Only the Startup line differs a little bit.

Shortcut to Spearhead Server Command line:

"C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\MOHAA\moh_spearhead_server.exe" +set ui_console 1 +set developer 2 +set logfile 3 +set dedicated 1 +set sv_chatter 1 +set chat 1 +exec obj.cfg

After you did the Setup you should know what i meant with RCON Password :D And also you should be able to decide what method you want to use to get your Moh Server log file know to ServerWatch.

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Setup the ServerWatch Connection

As described above ServerWatch need access to the qconsole.log file of the Server and also RCON Access.

You should know how to get to the log file after you have done the Server Setup and read the lines above what is needed .

Because you know all that - you simply have to fill in the data into the Connection Setup dialog of ServerWatch.T he RCON ip is the ip of the computer the Moh Server is running on and the RCON password is the one you set in the config file of the server.

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Is my connection to the ServerWatch working fine ?

To check that you have to open the debug Window and Start ServerWatch. If you have that done you should see everything that is necessary to get an idea what is wrong or if all is running fine. Please make sure the Moh Server is also running while you make the tests :D

How do i check the RCON Setup ?

Open the RCON Tab in the debug window. You should see messages like:

map: dm/mohdm7
num score ping name            lastmsg address               qport rate
--- ----- ---- --------------- ------- --------------------- ----- -----
  4     9  117 UnnamedSoldier        0 127.0.0.1:12203       1681  5000

That are log messages of the automated status commands that get send to the Serer every X seconds. If you see that messages all is fine and your RCON setup is ok. If you don't see that massages make sure the ServerWatch is in running mode.

You also can test the connection by going to the RCON tab in the debug window and enter status in the command edit field. After you executed the command you should see a return like above. If not something is wrong on your RCON setup.

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How do i check the Logfile Setup ?

If you want to check that you have to check several subtasks.

does ServerWatch access the right log file?

If your log file setup is working you should see something like:

Rcon from 141.30.225.46:3832:
Status

that is a log message that is caused directly from ServerWatch by sending the status RCON command from time to time.

If you don't see that Messages something basic is wrong on your Setup you should read that.

does ServerWatch see all needed information ?

ServerWatch need some information out of the log file.

There are a lot of other messages that can be seen in the log file but if you see that 3 different messages you should see everything also. If you don't see all of the messages you have to check your Server configuration.

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Setup the weapon identification:

open the advanced Setup Dialog - open the "Weapon Identification" tab. If you change something in the localization.txt you might have to change the Regular Expressions.

The standard Regular Expressions:

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Message Events:

That section will describe how you can use the ServerWatch Console Message Events. Basically that Console Message Events are messages that get send to the Server and every use who is on line can read the message. That messages are not send manually that messages are triggered by an Event you set for that special message.

What are Message Events?

As already written above Console Messages are automated messages that get send to the Server after a special condition is fulfilled. That condition is an Event that will trigger the message. For example the joining of a new user is an event that is triggered after a user with a unknown nickname joins the Server. An basic option is also the delay. That delay will cause an delay until the message get send to the server – that counter will counter at the moment the event was raised. So set it to 10 and the message will send to the server 10 seconds after the event message was triggered like the new user.

How can i use that Events?

You can use that Message for nearly everything that is imaginable with automated messages. 
Some examples:

That are only some examples you can do a lot of other stuff also. Basically you can filter(with regular expressions) for needed player names/ips and so on and can send different messages for different conditions.



HINT: the messages have one big problem: You cant define an event that will cancel all messages that are already triggered but waiting until the delay is over - that is an problem on an example where you have timed messages on an map change/restart

IF you restart the map again after a shot time that will result in sending the timed messages some times twice or even more often if you restart the map again and again. That will get fixed in one of the next updates

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What the hell are Regular Expressions and how can i use them?

Regular Expression is a very powerful strong for string pattern matching. Regular Expressions are an meta language to describe a grammatic for a string and the Regular Expression engine is able to tell if that grammar is fulfilled for a string or not.

The Engine can also do some other really cool stuff but i only want to show you the basics if you want to know more just search in google.

Some important facts:

So regular  expressions are used in lot of different places in ServerWatch. 
Every time i need to match a string i do that with regular expressions. That makes live easy for you because you only need to learn it once and can use it everywhere.

A short how to for regular expressions

These pattern can be encoded using the following rules:

- '\'  is the  escape character  that can  be used  to prefix  any other
character

- '"' can be used as quoting character, it must be escaped using '\'

- '\r',  '\n', '\t' are with similar usage  as in the C language: CR, LF
and TAB characters

- '%XX' allows encoding any character using a hex representation

        This  encoding scheme allows binary data  to be specified in the
        SEND text and in the pattern for the other commands.

        REGEX  is one BRANCH (not a list of branches separated by '|' as
        the  POSIX standards  require). 


BRANCH is a list of PIECEs

PIECE is ATOM followed by '*', '+', '?' or bound:

ATOM *          0 or more matches of the atom
ATOM +          1 or more matches of the atom
ATOM ?          0 or 1 matches of the atom
ATOM {n}        n matches of the atom
ATOM {min,}     min or more matches of the atom
ATOM {min,max}  min to max matches of the atom


ATOM is:

.                               match any single char
list of strings separated by '|':
(text1|text2)                   match text1 or text2
brace expression:
[chars]                         match specified characters
[^chars]                        don't match the specified characters
single characters:
char                            match specified character
escape_char char                character following escape character


Examples (with escape character '!'):

[]a]                    match one char if it is ']' or 'a'
[^]a]                   match any char except ']' or 'a'
[!!]                    match the current escape character '!'
[a-z]                   match letters from 'a' to 'z'

to match a special character it must be escaped:
!*                      match '*'
(a!||b!))               match 'a|' or 'b)'
[a!]]                   match one character if it is 'a' or ']'

Bounds:
a{0,2}                  0 to 2 matches for 'a'
a{5}                    5 matches for 'a'
(alpha){2,}             2 or more matches for 'alpha'


Notes about brace expressions ('[chars]'):

- strict  case  matching  is  performed,  i.e.  the case ignore/case match
options are not checked in this context

- '^' as first characters inverts the result

- ']' used after the first '[' or following the first '^' is not treated
as special character. The same goal can be achieved if it is escaped.

- escaping  in '[chars]' is required only for ']' but can be applied for
any character

Notes about bounds:

- no escaping is required in '{bounds}'

- the bounds are internally stored as 'unsigned long'

- the negative values are converted to unsigned

- (long) -1 is reserved and can't be used as value for min or max

- min <= max

- min >= 0

Notes about texts:

- escaping is required for the special characters: the escape character,
'[', '(', '*', '+', '?', '.'

- in  (text1|text2) escaping is required  only for the escape character,
for '|' and ')'

Remark: this how to is stolen from http://www.ssi.bg/~ja/netparse

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Some links for getting more information about it

Information that is directly for my used Engine:

English Readme: http://anso.virtualave.net/RegExpE
German Readme: http://anso.virtualave.net/RegExpG
Website of the Engine: http://anso.virtualave.net/



Other Links:

http://builder.com.com/article.jhtml?id=u00220020603dol01.htm
http://www.gnu.org/manual/gawk-3.0.3/html_chapter/gawk_5.html
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/attic/webbook/ch5perl/perl4.html
http://www.zdnet.de/builder/artikel/program/200208/regular_expressions_01-wc.html (german)

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How to setup an SSH Server on a driven Windows machine?

http://tech.erdelynet.com/cygwin-sshd.html


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How do manage to,



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send a message if a new map get started?

  1. Open the ServerWatch setup and go to the "Console Message Events" tab
  2. choose the Event "Map Change/Restart" as the trigger event Event.
  3. setup the welcome message you like in the message field
  1. Set the Player1 filter in that way that the Player1 field  have to be empty (with Regular Expressions)
  1. set a delay you like - maybe 60 (seconds) all players should have rejoined the map and can see the message after the map restart if you send it immediately players are loading the map in that second and cant see the message
  2. add the message

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send a welcome message if a clan members join the Server?

  1. Open the ServerWatch setup and go to the "Console Message Events" tab
  2. choose the Event "User Back" as the trigger event
  1. Setup the welcome Message you like in the Message field
  1. set the Player1 filter in that way, that the Player1 field have to match player that is in your clan (with Regular Expressions)
  1. set a delay you like - maybe 60 (seconds - the player has joined and can see the message if you send the message immediately the players are still loading and cant see the message
  2. add the message

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send a welcome message if a NONE clan members join the Server?

  1. open the ServerWatch setup and go to the "Console Message Events" tab.
  2. choose the Event "User Back" as the trigger event
  1. setup the welcome message you like in the message field
  1. set the Player filter in that way, that the Player1 field (Expressions not allowed to match) are not allowed to match players that are NOT in your clan (with Regular Expressions)
  1. set a delay you like - maybe 60 (seconds - the player has joined and can see the message if you send the message immediately the players are still loading and cant see the message
  1. add the message

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send a periodically message how many players are on line (with ping summary)?

  1. open the ServerWatch setup and go to the "Console Message Events" tab.
  2. choose the Event "Map Change/Restart" as trigger event.
  3. setup the message you like to send periodically in the message field
  1. set the player1 filter in that way that the Player field have to be empty on the event (with Regular Expressions)
  1. set a delay you like - maybe 60 (seconds) with that delay all players has rejoined and can see the message after the map restart/reload
  2. add the same message with different delays
  1. add the message

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send a warning message is someone change weapon to shutgun or rocket?

  1. open the ServerWatch setup and go to the "Console Message Events" tab.
  2. choose the Event "Weapon Change" as trigger event.
  3. setup the message you like to send periodically in the message field
  1. set the description filter in that way that the weapon have to be rocket or shotgun on the event (with Regular Expressions)
  1. add the message

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ban players with nearly the same nicks?

All string matching stuff in ServerWatch is generally done with Regular Expressions – same here.

With that toolkit in the background you can ban whatever you like and what is expressible with an grammar. I try to make that visible with some examples. Remember that you can test Regular Express with the extra menu.

Ban a player with



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ban ip subnets?

All string matching stuff in ServerWatch is generally done with Regular Expressions – same here.

If you want to ban a subnet from your Server and the ip of the user is xxx.yyy.aaa.bbb then you can be sure to ban him (but maybe also others you like) by banning everything starting with xxx.yyy. To do so you can use the Regular Expression ^xxx\.yyy\..* as ip filter.

In a second Example i would like to show an other possibility if you want to ban aaa.bbb.xxx and aaa.bbb.zzz and aaa.bbb.kkk you can use the Regular Expression ^aaa\.bbb\.((xxx)|(yyy)|(zzz))\..* and it will ban all the mentioned ips.

I hope you was able to get an idea what crazy things you can do again on that field of use with the Regular Expressions and start to like them.

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to check if i see all events?

I don't see:

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ban a weapon from a Server?

Open the ServerWatch Setup and go to the "Banned Weapons" tab. Add the Weapon you like to being banned from your server. Click in the Weapon on the banned weapon list where you want to change the setup an change whatever you like to be changed. Don't forget to update.

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work with different Server setups?

You can prepare/add different Server setups for your Server and activate such a setup with one click. Also all ServerWatch Clients with enough rights can easily access the configurations and activate them.

You can add new Setups on the "Server Configuration" tab. Remember that passwords will always be set also if the fields are empty all other thinks only will be set on the server if they are not empty.

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add a chat trigger?

A chat trigger is an automated reaction of a chat message from users playing on the Moh Server. You can use it to send custom reports to the players like the score or something else.

ServerWatch will send the message if the Regular Expression (the Trigger) matches the chat.

Examples:



do not forget to set the timeout high enough that the players are not able to Spam the server with the triggers.

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use the swear word filter ?

All string matching stuff in ServerWatch is generally done with Regular Expressions – same here.

The rest should be easy add a regular Expression for a filter like "fuck.*u.*console" and users will get kicked if they use it to often.

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send server statistics to server admins?

ServerWatch is able to collect Server statistics in the background. Like players that joined or players that got kicked.

You have to possibility to send that reports periodically to email addresses or write them to a file. Remember that you can add different reports with different report targets and different periodic times.

To setup the reports open the ServerWatch advanced setup and go to the "Statistic Reports".Enter a name and press add. I hope the rest is something that can be handled without any information.

NOTE: to send a mail to several people at the same time you can write them down like: "user1”,"user2”,"user3”

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add RCON Commands to hot keys?

You can use the hot keys in the ServerWatch Client and also in ServerWatch to exec rcon commands with a shortcut you have defined before.

Example: (on the client you find the setup in the advanced setup)

Add the reset command to the hot key – STRG + ALT + R. You put the reset in the command field and choose the R as virtual key. After that you choose the modifiers STRG and ALT. After that you just have to add the new hot key.

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setup the ping protection to let it work like i want it?

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use the killing and loosing spree messages ?

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to ask for some new features that should be implemented

If you think you have an cool idea what should be implemented to ServerWatch you can post your ideas in the Feature Request Forum at our forum.

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to give an good bug report.

If you get to know a bug and want to make a bug report you should try to describe the error that occured as much as possible. Also the circumstances are imported if it isnt a static error – but that is something that should be readable of your report. That kind of trying to give me all information i may need to find/fix the problem is also imported if you see an unhandled exception and want to use the support function. If you don't tell me what happened, and why you got the error i have to guess – that is working in the most of the cases but that is not working if the error is complex.

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support the development of ServerWatch?

At the moment you can help me in writing manuals for ServerWatch and help people who have problems to install it.

Also the beta testing of the anti cheat enabled server is running and maybe you try to be an beta tester (send me a request) and try to make that AntiCheat solution work better than the rest. Testing the new anti cheat is also possible by just playing with the anti cheat Client on the ServerWatch AntiCheat enabled Servers to help the testers to test.

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Hidden Features

Some features are not accessible with one of the normal setup dialogs – you have to look in the ServerWatch.ini and change them manually. But some times they will worth it *G*

Examples (that can change from one Version to an other):



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Variables that can be used in ServerWatch Messages

List of all Variables:

Global Variables:

Variables on an player based events:

the number behind the variable indicates the player. If you want to know what player have what number you can look in the Debug Window. Generally you can say that player 1 is the person how was killed on a kill event and player 2 the killer. If you don't have 2 players on an event only player 1 is used. If you are not using the numbers to address the player number directly the player 1 will always be used.

Access to the Data/TempData of a Player

The History data and the temp data of a user is accessible with variables. You can specify the player directly with:

extra variables on a skin detection and skin change Kick Message



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How to i use the Data Variables?

That is working like the way i described above. You decide for what player you want to report. You can use that data variables in all events where you can see a player nick in the debug window.

Where do you find the variables i can use?

Thats also not to hard. You can open the history of a special user and you can use every name you see in there. And the variable will get filled with exactly the same output as you can see in the player history tab. With the same way you can get to know all temp variables – but remember temporary variables are only visible if a player is on line. They get lost if the user is flushed out of the user cache (that will happen if the user was not on the server for some minutes).

Some examples for Variable names:



Some examples for temporary Variable names:



Here we go for special examples how to use the variables.

Lets say we have an one player event (no kill event) like wentonline or wentoffline. That event only has information for one player so player 2 is not used.In that case you dont have to make a difference between player 1 and 2 - just because there is no player 2.

Examples:

If you want to send a message with some variables on an event that have to players like an kill event. You can use data/tempdata from player 1 and player 2. (Player 1 is the one who was killed player 2 is the killer)

For Player 1:

data[1]datahaskilled%

For Player 2:

%data[2]datahaskilled%

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Problems ?

You have some problems and cant solve them ? You should take a look in the Forum – maybe somebody had the same problem already or someone can help you with your problem (General Links).

If you think you have a special problem or concern feel free to send me a mail to: enforcer@majorkillingforce.com



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Questions left?

Do you really have questions left and nobody in in the Forum can help/answer ?

Send me a mail : enforcer@majorkillingforce.com


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Remarks

That is my first html document that was not created with joe/vi/mc or notepad - im so sorry but it was simply to much for me i hope that document (created with OpenOffice is not looking to bad in your Browser)

I hope that document help you to understand ServerWatch and bring you a littel closer to understand how ServerWatch works and how you can take your benefit from it.

Have Fun

Enforce

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