Server Commands

This page lists all built in commands that the server can process. All these commands can be entered via the server console or the client console depending upon permissions unless otherwise stated.

Resource commands

checkall

Server console only

Check all resources for deprecated functions and MTA version issues

info

Server console only

Usage: info <resource-name>

Get info for a resource eg: info admin

list

Server console only

Shows a list of resources

refresh

Refresh resource list to find new resources

refreshall

Refresh resources and restart any changed resources

restart

Usage: info <resource-name>

Restarts a running resource eg: restart admin

start

Usage: start <resource-name>

Start a loaded resource eg: start admin

stop

Usage: stop <resource-name>

Stop a resource eg: stop admin

stopall

Stop all running resources

upgrade

Server console only

Perform a basic upgrade of all resources that use deprecated functions

aclrequest

Usage: aclrequest [list|allow|deny] <resource-name> [<right>|all]

Manage ACL requests from resources implementing <aclrequest> in their meta.xml

Account commands

aexec

Usage: aexec <nick> <command>

Force a player to execute a command eg: aexec playername say hello

addaccount

Usage: addaccount <accountname> <password>

Add an account eg: addaccount accountname password

chgpass

Usage: chgpass <accountname> <password>

Change an accounts password eg: chgpass account newpw

delaccount

Usage: delaccount <accountname>

Delete an account eg: delaccount accountname

Server commands

ase

Server console only

See the amount of master server list queries

debugdb

Usage: debugdb <0-2>

Server console only

Set logging level for database functions. [0-Off  1-Errors only  2-All]

By default, logging output is written to the file logs/db.log unless another file is declared in the <dbfile> section of mtaserver.conf

help

Server console only

Displays these list of commands

loadmodule

Server console only

Usage: loadmodule <module-filename>

Load a module eg: loadmodule ml_sockets.dll

unloadmodule

Server console only

Usage: unloadmodule <module-filename>

Unload a module eg: unloadmodule ml_sockets.dll

reloadmodule

Server console only

Usage: reloadmodule <module-filename>

Reload a module eg: reloadmodule ml_sockets.dll

openports

Server console only

Test if server ports are open

shutdown

Usage: shutdown <reason>

Shutdown the server eg: shutdown put reason here

sver

Get the server MTA version

Other commands

say

Usage: say <text>

Show a message to all players on the server eg: say hello

whois

Usage: whois <nick>

Get the IP of a player currently connected (use whowas for IP/serial/version)

whowas

Usage: whowas <nick>

Get IP/Serial of a player that was previously connected to the server

ver

Get the MTA version

Client relevant only

chgmypass

Client only

Usage: chgmypass <oldpass> <newpass>

Change your password eg: chgmypass oldpw newpw

debugscript

Client only

Usage: debugscript <0-3>

Remove (This does not work "Incorrect client type for this command")

login

Client only

Usage: login <accountname> <password>

Login to an account eg: login accountname password

logout

Client only

Log out of the current account

me

Client only

Usage: me <text>

Show a message to all players on the server, with your nick prepended

msg

Client only

Usage: msg <nick> <text>

Send a message to a player eg: msg playername hello

nick

Client only

Usage: nick <old-nick> <new-nick>

Change your ingame nickname

teamsay

Client only

Usage: teamsay <test>

Send a message to all players on the same team