BanPlayer

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This function will ban the specified player from the server by IP.

Syntax

bool banPlayer ( player bannedPlayer , [ element responsibleElement , string reason ] )         

Required Arguments

  • bannedPlayer: The player that will be banned from the server

Optional Arguments

NOTE: When using optional arguments, you might need to supply all arguments before the one you wish to use. For more information on optional arguments, see optional arguments.

  • responsibleElement: The element that is responsible for banning the player. This can be a player or the root:
    getRootElement()
  • reason: The reason the player will be banned from the server

Returns

Returns true if the player was banned succesfully, false if invalid arguments are specified.

Example

This example lets a player ban anyone if he has ACL rights.

--Add the "ban" command handler
-- Example with the player
function banPlayerCommand ( theClient, commandName, bannedName, reason )

	-- Give the player a nice error if he doesn't have rights
	if ( hasObjectPermissionTo ( theClient, "function.banPlayer" ) ) then
		--Get player element from the name
		local bannedPlayer = getPlayerFromNick ( bannedName )

		--Ban the player
		banPlayer ( bannedPlayer, theClient, reason )
		outputChatBox ( "ban: " .. bannedName .. " successfully banned", theClient )

	else
		outputChatBox ( "ban: You don't have enough permissions", theClient )
	end

end

-- Example with the rood element.
function banCheater(theCheater)
	banPlayer(theCheater, getRootElement(), "You are banned because of cheating.")
end
addCommandHandler ( "ban", banPlayerCommand )

See Also