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Ok so my problem is twofold and I have a kinda answer to the first part. Now when you go to clientkick someone you need their client number. To get that I type /serverstatus and open arena close. It just flatout close. As if I had opened the menu and clicked exit game. Can someone help me?

Before anyone suggests it I have tried "/status" and that returns a message that says "server is not running" Also I have tried and had the same error on single player as mulitplayer with the /serverstatus command. I also checked on an older version (8.1) and did not have the game close.

My other problem is one that I had before 8.5 and I COULD get the number. And that problem is that the numbers given to me from /serverstatus and the clientkick dont seem to match up. but /status did give me the right numbers. But I have never once had /status work in multiplayer.

Thank you for any and all advice.  :)

I think there is still an unresolved issue with the /serverstatus command.

Use /clients instead.

You mean with the numbers not matching up? or my game closing problem?

Sorry, I meant with the numbers not matching.

I've only solved half your problem :(

I've had such close too. Scassapalle connected, and I already did serverstatus before he loaded (/clients didn't work - playing with 085 @ 081 server) but the game just quit entirely. Didn't try a second time though, instead of kicking I got his IP now (93.40.74.55 if anyone wants to ban him). Btw it can't be a proxy, he didn't lag at all.

he must be a total douche if you are encouraging everyone who reads this to ban him.  ;D but try again RMF and see if it keeps happening when you use /serverstatus

Yes Scassa is a famous annoyance, though I wouldn't share his IP on public forums.

- /serverstatus only works with 081, but gives wrong results
- /clients works on 085 servers, and works well
- if yourself run 085 and call /serverstatus, it will crash, it's an unexpected bug and has been fixed (or will be fixed) in next version. That means you can't use that command even on 081 server if you have updated, which isn't a big problem since the command normally gives wrong results (which, I admit, weere often right :D).

well i hear that normal name kicking is fixed (namechanging doesnt work anymore :D) so im not to worried about it but for now how should I clientkick ppl? /clients for 8.5 but what for 8.1? and why does the command /status always tell me that the server isnt running?

also not to totally derail this thread but who is scassa and why is he hated so much? just in case i have the misfortune of meeting him. ;)

LOL

Scassapalle == Balls Breaker == a name , a program ... rofl

1. He's not lagging because he's using a fiber connection ( 100Mb or higher )
2, Banning him is not a good idea because his ISP , due to a not sufficient enough IP range , is known to NAT many users on a single IP , so you run the risk to eventually ban other - few or many , who knows - players ( as reference , check Fastweb ISP issue on UAA )

/status doesn't work because you have to be admin to use that command ; it's a server command.
If you have rcon access, you can /rcon status. If you run the game locally, it will work too.

Scassa is someone (or something) who reconnects as soon as you kick him, he camps all the time (mainly playing instagib) and shouts stuff each times he kills someone (chat flood).

ok i didnt know that /status was an admin command. that makes sense now. plus with the new voting from the menu i think that i wont have any more problems until 8.6  :) thanks for the imput guys

Probably he's testing a bot because I've seen the same behaviour on an UrT server but with a different nick.

Anyway if someone chooses the nick of "Scassapalle" of which the literal translation is "Balls breaker" , for sure he/she is joining servers only to annoy you.