An admin has many powers and can run pretty much anything on a server. Admins should be selected carefully. Admins do not have rcon, only the
real server administrator should have the remote control password. This is exactly why the admin system was put in place, so that server
administrators can give some powers to some of their users to keep order on the server while they aren't around, without giving them access
to the more sensitive commands that rcon allows.
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Server administrators with rcon can add or remove admins using the addadmin or removeadmin commands, both require a specified player id#.
Lets say you want to add the player with id 5 to the admins list, you would do /rcon addadmin 5, if on the other hand, he is already
an admin and you want to remove him from the list, you would do /rcon removeadmin 5. Admins are identitied by their unique identification
key, which is generated by the raven or punkbuster servers. This 32 character number is unique to every user on your server. It is saved
to the file specified by sv_adminfile (osp_admins.cfg by default). You can manually edit this file and add GUIDs to it, it is a carriage-return
delimited list of GUIDs. Although the best way to add admins is to have them join your server and add them to the list using the commands.
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Admins have special abilities to help them in their task, such as:
- following anyone on either team
- freefloating around the map
- immune to kick voting
- doesn't get team kill percentage
When an admin is playing in a competitive match, it is imperative that he suspend these powers and his admin status in
general by doing /adm suspend, he can get back his admin status by doing /adm suspend a second time. Note that there will be a sound cue and
a general message to alert everyone when an admin changes status. The command demotes the admin to referee status.
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Admins have useful commands to allow them to control what goes on on the server, they also have access to all referee commands, callvote
options (if an admin or a referee calls a vote it passes automatically), and any commands that have been added to the osp_extracommands.cfg
file.
Note : all admin commands must be preceded by "/adm "
| Command |
Arguments |
Effect |
| ? |
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Prints the list of admin commands to the console in an easy to read format. |
| kick |
[id#] [reason] |
Kick player specified by id# with the optionnal reason. |
| ban |
[id#] [time in minutes] [reason] |
Ban player specified by id# with the optionnal reason for specified time, or unlimited not time
length is given. |
| cancelvote |
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Cancel the current vote. |
| chat |
message |
Sends a message only to other admins on the server. |
| talk |
message |
Send a message to all players on the server. |
| strike |
id# |
Kill a player with a bolt of lightning. |
| mute |
id# |
Mute a talking player specified by id#, or unmute him. |
| suspend |
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Suspend your admin status, you then become a referee. Same command will give you back your admin
status. |
pause
unpause |
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Pause or unpause the game. |
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