IW4MAdmin

Quick Start Guide

Version 2.1

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About

IW4MAdmin is an administration tool for IW4x, Pluto T6, Pluto IW5, and most Call of Duty® dedicated servers. It allows complete control of your server; from changing maps, to banning players, IW4MAdmin monitors and records activity on your server(s). With plugin support, extending its functionality is a breeze.

Setup

IW4MAdmin requires minimal configuration to run. There is only one prerequisite.

• .NET Core 2.0.7 Runtime or newer

1. Extract IW4MAdmin-<version>.zip
2. Open command prompt or terminal in the extracted folder
3. Run dotnet IW4MAdmin.dll

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Configuration

Initial Configuration

When IW4MAdmin is launched for the first time, you will be prompted to setup your configuration.

Enable webfront

• Enables you to monitor and control your server(s) through a web interface [defaults to http://127.0.0.1:1624]

Enable multiple owners

• Enables more than one client to be promoted to level of Owner

Enable stepped privilege hierarchy

• Allows privileged clients to promote other clients to the level below their current level

Enable custom say name

• Shows a prefix to every message send by IW4MAdmin -- [Admin] message
• This feature requires you specify a custom say name

Enable client VPNs

• Allow clients to use a VPN
• This feature requires an active api key on iphub.info

Enable discord link

• Shows a link to your server's discord on the webfront
• This feature requires an invite link to your discord server

Use Custom Encoding Parser

• Allows alternative encodings to be used for parsing game information and events
• Russian users should use this and then specify windows-1251 as the encoding string

Advanced Configuration

If you wish to further customize your experience of IW4MAdmin, the following configuration file(s) will allow you to changes core options using any text-editor.

IW4MAdminSettings.json-- this file is created after initial setup

• This file uses the JSON specification, so please validate it before running IW4MAdmin

WebfrontBindUrl

• Specifies the address and port the webfront will listen on.
• The value can be an IP Address:port or Domain Name:port

Servers

• Specifies the list of servers IW4MAdmin will monitor
• IPAddress
  • Specifies the IP Address of the particular server
• Port
  • Specifies the port of the particular server
• Password
  • Specifies the rcon_password of the particular server
• AutoMessages
  • Specifies the list of messages that are broadcasted to the particular server
• Rules
  • Specifies the list of rules that apply to the particular server

AutoMessagePeriod

• Specifies (in seconds) how often messages should be broadcasted to the server(s)

AutoMessages

• Specifies the list of messages that are broadcasted to all servers

GlobalRules

• Specifies the list of rules that apply to all servers`

Maps

• Specifies the list of maps for each supported game
• Name
  • Specifies the name of the map as returned by the game
• Alias
  • Specifies the display name of the map (as seen while loading in)

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Commands

Name	Alias	Description	Requires Target	Syntax	Required Level
prune	pa	demote any admins that have not connected recently (defaults to 30 days)	False	!pa <optional inactive days>	Owner
quit	q	quit IW4MAdmin	False	!q	Owner
rcon	rcon	send rcon command to server	False	!rcon <command>	Owner
ban	b	permanently ban a player from the server	True	!b <player> <reason>	SeniorAdmin
unban	ub	unban player by database id	True	!ub <databaseID> <reason>	SeniorAdmin
find	f	find player in database	False	!f <player>	Administrator
killserver	kill	kill the game server	False	!kill	Administrator
map	m	change to specified map	False	!m <map>	Administrator
maprotate	mr	cycle to the next map in rotation	False	!mr	Administrator
plugins	p	view all loaded plugins	False	!p	Administrator
alias	known	get past aliases and ips of a player	True	!known <player>	Moderator
baninfo	bi	get information about a ban for a player	True	!bi <player>	Moderator
fastrestart	fr	fast restart current map	False	!fr	Moderator
flag	fp	flag a suspicious player and announce to admins on join	True	!fp <player> <reason>	Moderator
list	l	list active clients	False	!l	Moderator
mask	hide	hide your presence as an administrator	False	!hide	Moderator
reports	reps	get or clear recent reports	False	!reps <optional clear>	Moderator
say	s	broadcast message to all players	False	!s <message>	Moderator
setlevel	sl	set player to specified administration level	True	!sl <player> <level>	Moderator
setpassword	sp	set your authentication password	False	!sp <password>	Moderator
tempban	tb	temporarily ban a player for specified time (defaults to 1 hour)	True	!tb <player> <duration (m|h|d|w|y)> <reason>	Moderator
uptime	up	get current application running time	False	!up	Moderator
usage	us	get current application memory usage	False	!us	Moderator
kick	k	kick a player by name	True	!k <player> <reason>	Trusted
login	l	login using password	False	!l <password>	Trusted
warn	w	warn player for infringing rules	True	!w <player> <reason>	Trusted
warnclear	wc	remove all warning for a player	True	!wc <player>	Trusted
admins	a	list currently connected admins	False	!a	User
getexternalip	ip	view your external IP address	False	!ip	User
help	h	list all available commands	False	!h <optional command>	User
ping	pi	get client's ping	False	!pi <optional client>	User
privatemessage	pm	send message to other player	True	!pm <player> <message>	User
report	rep	report a player for suspicious behavior	True	!rep <player> <reason>	User
resetstats	rs	reset your stats to factory-new	False	!rs	User
rules	r	list server rules	False	!r	User
stats	xlrstats	view your stats	False	!xlrstats <optional player>	User
topstats	ts	view the top 5 players on this server	False	!ts	User
whoami	who	give information about yourself.	False	!who	User

These commands include all shipped plugin commands.

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Player Identification

All players are identified 5 separate ways

1. npID/GUID/XUID - The ID corresponding to the player's hardware or forum account
2. IP - The player's IP Address
3. Client ID - The internal reference to a player, generated by IW4MAdmin
4. Name - The visible player name as it appears in game
5. Client Number - The slot the client client occupies on the server. The number ranges between 0 and the max number of clients allowed on the server

For most commands players are identified by their Name
However, if they are currently offline, or their name contains un-typable characters, their Client ID must be used

The Client ID is specified by prefixing a player's reference number with @.
For example, @123 would reference the player with a Client ID of 123.

All commands that require a target look at the first argument for a form of player identification

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Additional Command Examples

setlevel

• shortcut - sl
• Parameter 1 - Player to modify level of
• Parameter 2 - Level to set the player to [ User, Trusted, Moderator, Administrator, SeniorAdmin, Owner ]
• Example - !setlevel Player1 SeniorAdmin, !sl @123 Moderator
• NOTE - An owner cannot set another player's level to owner unless the configuration option is enabled during setup

ban

• Shortcut - b
• Parameter 1 - Player to ban
• Parameter 2 - Reason for ban
• Example - !ban Player1 caught cheating, !b @123 GUID Spoofing

tempban

• Shortcut - tb
• Parameter 1 - Player to ban
• Parameter 2 - Ban length (minutes|hours|days|weeks|years)
• Parameter 3 - Reason for ban
• Example - !tempban Player1 3w racism, !tb @123 8h Abusive behaivor

reports

• Shortcut - reps
• Optional Parameter 1 - clear (erases reports for current server)

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Plugins

Welcome

• This plugin uses geo-location data to welcome a player based on their country of origin
• All privileged users ( Trusted or higher ) receive a specialized welcome message as well
• Welcome messages can be customized in WelcomePluginSettings.json

Stats

• This plugin calculates basic player performance, skill approximation, and kill/death ratio

Commands added by this plugin

Name	Alias	Description	Requires Target	Syntax	Required Level
resetstats	rs	reset your stats to factory-new	False	!rs	User
stats	xlrstats	view your stats	False	!xlrstats <optional player>	User
topstats	ts	view the top 5 players on this server	False	!ts	User

• To qualify for top stats, a client must have played for at least 1 hour and connected within the past 30 days.

Login

• This plugin deters GUID spoofing by requiring privileged users to login with their password before executing commands
• A password must be set using the setpassword command before logging in

Commands added by this plugin

Name	Alias	Description	Requires Target	Syntax	Required Level
login	l	login using password	False	!l <password>	Trusted

Profanity Determent

• This plugin warns and kicks players for using profanity
• Profane words and warning message can be specified in ProfanityDetermentSettings.json

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Webfront

Home

• Shows an overview of the monitored server(s)

Penalties

• Shows a chronological ordered list of client penalties (scrolling down loads older penalties)

Admins

• Shows a list of privileged clients

Login

• Allows privileged users to login using their Client ID and password set via setpassword

Profile

• Shows a client's information and history

Web Console

• Allows logged in privileged users to execute commands as if they are in-game

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Misc

Database Storage

All IW4MAdmin information is stored in Database.db. Should you need to reset your database, this file can simply be deleted. Additionally, this file should be preserved during updates to retain client information.