Introduction to Smurf Hunter
Players connecting under aliases or "smurfs" have always been a problem in tribes as, until now, there has been no way to effectively find out who a player is. There is the classic problem of you kick a player called bob and he comes back 10 minutes later as EvilSmurf and starts TKing again, or the clan matches where clans might call in good players from other clans to play for them under an alias.
These situations are so common that it has become commonplace to assume a good, unknown player is a smurf.
Smurf Hunter will let you know who that smurf is.
What does it do?
Basically Smurf Hunter checks a players details on connection and then stores the data in a log file for later use.
eg. John connects to a server running Smurf Hunter. When he reconnects later as YourMama it is recognised that this is John and will record these as aliases.
The recorded data log will be saved into the /Tribes/config/SmurfLog28001.cs file for a server on port 28001 and will be created automatically if it does not exist.
Who can use Smurf Hunter?
If the server has Smurf Hunter completely enabled then any player with AdminServerSettings or AdminReferee access can use the menu option to "Show Player Aliases". When used it simply lists the names in the text menu, ONLY to the admin.