We are now distributing protected tags of our streaming clans in our recommended configs.

Protected tags are a feature of PunkBuster that adds a description line underneath the output of pb_plist indicating that the player is authorised to use those tags (i.e. they aren't spoofing). By adding protected tags into the server config, any players who are using tags that are in the configs and are not authorised will be kicked from the server.

More information about cost etc is available from Even Balance's own web page: http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=registry.php

If you have a protected tag and are streaming, please post here with the information. Once added, your post will be deleted to keep this tidy.

Updating this file: just copy the contents below into the protected.cfg file in your PB directory on the server (part of our recommended configs).




Not Added as they don't appear to be listed members clan tags or not registered tags:


If any of these belong to your streaming clan, then contact BF2 moderator with request for re-adding also supply tag that was registered to PsB.

Removed as no longer streaming, inactive, or tag is no longer registered:




If you are having problems with a particular tag kicking random people, its your server and you can comment it out if you'd like.

Ok, I have a problem with how the protected tags work. My problem is that some of these tags that are registered, aren't really tags at all, they are just 2-3 letters in a row with no special characters involved.
Since I have started steaming the protected.cfg I have had 5 "regulars" come to me saying that PB keeps kicking them and they don't understand why.

For example about 15mins ago "deadmeat1951" (he doesn't have a clan or wear a tag) came on my forums and told me he keeps getting kicked for having "DME" in his name. He has been using this same nickname since 1942 and he's never had a problem before. The only way for me to fix this is to delete the DME row from the protected.cfg file and do a pb restart.

Now as I've mentioned already, I have had 5 different variations of this problem already so what I have done now is taken every line out of the config file that doesn't have special characters involved i.e "CWar; RiNo; AoD; DOD; DME and WMA. I've also learned that this is NOT case-sensitive so "snowman" would get kicked for "WMA".

I'm not sure what can be done about this but I thought I would bring it to your attention.

Thanks,

-=KOF=-MaDCoW

Once your server is streaming.

To turn off the tag it would be
pb_sv_protecttag 0 SWAT_

right?
I got a guy whose been a donating member of our community blocked out and Ive actually already been asked 4 times in the week since starting my stream about this issue. I believe someone was also inquiring about the letters DME or DWE.

No, you can either comment the line out by changing the line by prefixing // to read

//pb_sv_protecttag 1 SWAT_

or remove the line completely.

You don't even have to run the protected tags if you want, you can comment them all out or remove them all.

It was originally designed for admins on their own servers, to stop pubbers trying to make out they were admins by prefixing their name with a tag.

It just stops smurfers, unfortuantely a lot of innocents get hit by it as well.

By rights, registered tags should always use a special character as in [ or { or =, that would stop this from happening, but tags that have no special characters, always hit the innocent players as well.

Can this be used to keep guys with *** tags outta my server? Or is there another way about doing that, every *** guy thats joined my server spammed it with his cheating site he runs. I have the cheating site as a banned word so he's banned.... but he's still able to pop it out 3-4 times before the ban hits him.

Even if hes banned from using *** he'll just get ANOTHER guid....spam... get ANOTHER guid....

Yes.

But a better solution is to use PB_SV_Badname " "

I'm not sure exactly how this stuff works, but i have a registered tag, and two of my clan members got kicked form a server the other day. (see attached picture). Now i paid my dues but what prevents another goof from slapping on my tag and going on to any server? On my server they won't do that but anywhere else they can without my knowledgeand it will still show up as ok or whatever..

Anyways, it's paid and i'm streaming and God bless the M*A*D clan, etc...

Make sure your clan members issued the command to register the tags on their computer properly. But, if those players are admins on your server, PB won't kick them until they go to another server running this list. The only thing that will stop any goof will be if the server is running this protected tag list. But, if somebody does a pb_plist, they'll see they haven't registered the tags where it will show your registration in any PB server.

Ok now that this is registered and all, my other clan members are unable to login to any servers, even on ours they get disconnected right away. What do i do now? I tried to dissable the tag like Geordie mentionned above but no change...

Help...

Easiest way to do it, is get your members to create a local server on their own machines, and once in game use console to make the regname file.

The command they need to use is this.

\pb_regnamepartial "<insert tag here>" "<insert password here>"

That then should create the required file in the PB folder for them.

More info here

http://www.evenbalance.com/publications/players/#interface

I'll give that a try.

Also when logged in the game, PB_PLIST should display players and include a second line that would display "Registered NAME PunkBuster team member" as well but it doesn't. It simply shows one line of info with GUID, player name, slot # etc. Nothing else...

Is there something i might have missed somewhere?

It should say the registered tag details under the GUID

If it doesn't, then the only thing I can think of, is the reg tag command is not being recognised.

Maybe contact EB about that.

I already did and they requested a copy of my regname.dat file which i provoded. Since that file is local on my machine, should it contain a complete list of all registered tags or just mine?

I also created a local server and then entered the command like you suggested and it seemed to have worked. Well i haven't got kicked from my server anyways...

Just yours.



Good to hear.

No, we can't add =PBL=



You have to register the tag at Evenbalance.

http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=registry.php

Sorry, we can't add your tag to the list because you are not a streaming member.

Done.



Sorry, we can't add your tag to the list because you are not a streaming member.

Done.

pb_sv_protecttag 1 =]WF[= // 2008-11-11

Done.

We only add them when you have a streaming server.

Of note, your tag may cause problems as it doesn't have special characters, for example [ { - =

There are a lot of players with SOG in their name or is part of their name, nearly 300 on beginning and end, it isn't case sensitive either, and it will also remove players who have it in the middle of their name which I don't believe are included in the previous search.

Done

Done.

Done.

Sorry, but that tag is not registered. You can register it with evenbalance here:
http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=registry.php

Done.

To update protected.cfg, just copy this list of tags at the beginning of this thread and paste them into the protected.cfg file.




Done.

oke, now we're protected, but can't join our own server

allready give the command: \pb_regnamepartial "**TTT**" "PW" and: \pb_regnamepartial **TTT** PW, with slashes and with backslashes, but wrongsyntax on both.

visited a few forums how to fix this, also opened a ticket with EB

will command this out untill we got it done, so please , we want to join our server


Nope, can't command it out, so none of our members can join server :S
have to play somewhere else i guess, tryed to find out what i did wrong, but i'm sure everything's ok







Don't have to answer this one anymore, downloaded one to edit, so if anyone's reading with same problem??


Here's where i found the file: http://dodownload.filefront.com/6781384//5...478b985118837f1

Bring up the console while in a server and type this without the slash and enter your password:
pb_regnamepartial "**TTT**" "PW"

Directions to generate the regname.dat file:

- Start your game ( DO NOT JOIN A SERVER )

- Hit the " ~ " key to bring down console

- Type the following: pb_regnamepartial "your TAG" "your PASSWORD"
( NO SLASH and WITHOUT THE QUOTES )

- Hit " enter "

Done.



EvenBalance doesn't limit the tags to 6 characters.




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Done.

Gonna be a pain now
srry

[Ukm] Iserlohner is a EB protected name

Does that count?

Please add [JW] to the protected tags.

Clan ID : 6925

Please add:
Tag or Name: =HUNS=
Clan ID: 12488

Thnaks

Please add ~ERR~ 9841

Please add =FAL= to the protected tags.

Clan ID : 10410