Is it possible to restrict players from joining server?

[HungryCoyote]

On a dedicated server, I would like to keep people from joining if their name is the default "Player". Is this possible?

 

[Actium]

Should be possible via the onPlayerTryConnect hook:

function myCall.onPlayerTryConnect(addr, name, ucid, id)
    if name == "Player" then
        return false, "Name 'Player' not permitted. Please change your name!"
    end
end

 

[HungryCoyote]

Do I just put that in a Do Script trigger?

[Actium]

The hooks are not accessible from the mission scripting environment. You have to create a DCS Control API hook script, e.g. %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\DCS.dcs_serverrelease\Scripts\Hooks\ProhibitNamePlayer.lua with the following content (untested code, but should^TM be working) :

-- SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT

-- callback object, see DCS API documentation for details:
--   * file:///C:/DCS_INSTALL_PATH/API/DCS_ControlAPI.html
--   * https://wiki.hoggitworld.com/view/Hoggit_DCS_World_Wiki
local myhook = {}

function myhook.onPlayerTryConnect(addr, name, ucid, id)
    if name == "Player" then
        return false, "Name 'Player' not permitted. Please change your name!"
    end
end

-- register callback if this is a server instance
if DCS.isServer() then
    DCS.setUserCallbacks(myhook)
end

 

Edited January 13 by Actium

[HungryCoyote]

That works great. Thank you!

[Mistermann]

19 hours ago, HungryCoyote said:

On a dedicated server, I would like to keep people from joining if their name is the default "Player". Is this possible?

 

I highly recommend putting SLmod onto your server.  There are lots of great options for you to manage your server - including a "Ban" feature.

 

[HC_Official]

I handled this issue by playing a audio annoying as hell sound along with a text message on screen for the person named player , it does this every 30 seconds to annoy the hell out of them until they leave

Side Note: IF there is a person named player on the server and another person named player tries to connect, the server prevents them from joining, so it looks like you cannot have 2 people on a server with the same name at the same time

Edited January 14 by HC_Official

[Wrecking Crew]

On 1/13/2025 at 9:39 AM, Mistermann said:

I highly recommend putting SLmod onto your server.  There are lots of great options for you to manage your server - including a "Ban" feature.

I run SLmod on my Hollo Pointe server, and I recommend it. 

Can "Player" be banned by SLmod by just the name? I don't think so, you would need to manually Ban them the 1st time, in order to get their UID and / or IP.

SLmod is great for kicking Teamkillers.

BannedClients.lua

[Mistermann]

16 minutes ago, Wrecking Crew said:

Can "Player" be banned by SLmod by just the name? I don't think so, you would need to manually Ban them the 1st time, in order to get their UID and / or IP.

I based my comment of banning on this admin command found in the SLmod wiki.  I personally have no need for it, but presumed it was what @HungryCoyote was after.