We are hosting a 7 server cluster (Xbox/Windows PC crossplay servers) on ARK Survival Evolved and have discovered that the process for banning a player on each server is painfully complex and time consuming.
I understand that it is possible to ban players on a server through the 'Player Control' menu by identifying their Gamertag and adding them to the Banlist, but this only works on a server that they have played on. So say someone owns 20 servers on a cluster, unless there is another method I'm not aware of, this is what they would have to do to ban the player on all 20 servers:
- Start up ARK and log into the server that the player they wish to ban is playing on, or has previously played on
- Enable admin commands
- Go to the 'Log Files' of that server on the Nitrado website to find the Tribe ID of the tribe the player is a member of
- Enter the admin command 'Cheat GetTribeIdPlayerList <Tribe ID>' in-game
- This will then display the Steam ID of every player within that tribe in the in-game chat
- Take record of the 17-digit Steam ID of the player they wish to ban
- They will then need to enter the admin command 'Cheat BanPlayer <Steam ID>' on that server and then transfer to the remaining 19 servers on the cluster to enter the same admin command
There HAS to be a better way, especially as it could involve banning somebody who is abusing and/or threatening other players.
Our suggestion:
Steam IDs are added to the player list info in a server's 'Player Control' menu where the Steam ID can be copied and entered into a 'Ban Steam ID' section on the same page. This would take a minute to copy and paste the Steam ID across all servers on the Nitrado website rather than up to an hour transferring from server to server in game.
I hope this is looked into as it would make an admin's life much easier.
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
