Moderator manual

Duties of moderators and general manual

Please note: we are all here to have fun!

Responsibilities

• look at the chat now and then
• ban or warn offensive players
• If in doubt, let the User:admin know via Mail

Benefits

• Health insurance / Dental plan
• Ability to join even if the server is full

Useful commands

Control room

There is a control room with some assorted server-related buttons an logbooks accessible via the /control command

xban2 commands

The main ban mod on this server. Use this to ban players and their ip-address

Mod:

• Source: https://github.com/minetest-mods/xban2

Commands:

• Permaban: /xban <player_or_ip> <reason>
• Tempban: /xtempban <player_or_ip> <time> <reason> (time: s=seconds, m=minutes, D=days)
  • Example: /xtempban SomeDude 7D don't be a dick! (bans the player "SomeDude" for 7 days)
• Unban: /xunban <player_or_ip>
• List records: /xban_record <player_or_ip> (shows the ban-records of the player)

Privs:

• Requires the ban priv

Account creation toggle

Disable/enable new account creation (useful if some kid with a vpn account has fun with his "hacked" client)

Mod:

• Source: https://github.com/pandorabox-io/pandorabox_custom/blob/master/disallow_new_players.lua

Commands:

• /disallow_new_players disables the creation of new accounts (until the server restarts/crashes)
• /allow_new_players re-enables the creation of new accounts

Privs:

• Requires the staff priv

Geoip

Geoip-Lookup for players. Shows from which country someone is (useful to see potential language-barriers)

Mod:

• Source: https://github.com/pandorabox-io/geoip

Commands:

• Geo-lookup: /geoip <playername>

Privs:

• Requires the geoip priv

Spill removal (lava/chernobylite)

Pretty handy for cleaning up lava- and chernobylite griefings:

Commands:

• /lavastone_remove removes all lava-generated stone in the area
• /chernobylite_remove removes all chernobylite nodes in the area

Mod:

• Source: https://github.com/pandorabox-io/spill_removal

Privs:

• Requires the lavastone_remove or chernobylite_remove priv

beerchat commands

The chat mod on this server.

• /force2channel channelName, playerName Moderators can force a player to join and make a channel their default.

Voting bot setup for contests

Remove old topics e.g.:

#vote \remove_topic 3
#vote \remove_topic 2
#vote \remove_topic 1

Add 3 new topics to: Cast 1 point, Cast 3 points, Cast 5 points

(In that order, even if there are fewer than 3 entries)

and add all entries as choices for each topic e.g.:

#vote \add_topic Parkour - Cast 1 point : Wellss - Sky Jumping, lga - Force Field Race, FeXoR - Dark Hop, Infi_power - Bouldering Tower, Kermit - Easy Jump, El_Naso - The Scenic Route, SwissalpS - Mission Impossible, SoloSniper - The Lazarus Pit
#vote \add_topic Parkour - Cast 3 points : Wellss - Sky Jumping, lga - Force Field Race, FeXoR - Dark Hop, Infi_power - Bouldering Tower, Kermit - Easy Jump, El_Naso - The Scenic Route, SwissalpS - Mission Impossible, SoloSniper - The Lazarus Pit
#vote \add_topic Parkour - Cast 5 points : Wellss - Sky Jumping, lga - Force Field Race, FeXoR - Dark Hop, Infi_power - Bouldering Tower, Kermit - Easy Jump, El_Naso - The Scenic Route, SwissalpS - Mission Impossible, SoloSniper - The Lazarus Pit