Whitelist

[Tophat Man]

How would I make a whitelist? Basically the opposite of a ban list, only lets certain people in and kicks others. I know that I would need a table and a function that checks on spawn if that player is on the table but I don't really know how to write anything on my own with lua. This is for our G4P space build server which we want to be members only basically but also people we invite and such. thanks.

[jay209015]

Here's my attempt:

Code: [Select]

local whitelist = { "SteamID1", "SteamID2" } // add your steam id's here

function CheckWhiteList( ply )
ply.kick = false
for k, v in pairs( whitelist ) do
if ply:SteamID == v then
local ply.kick = false
return
else
local ply.kick = true
end
end
if ply.kick then
ULib.kick( ply )
end
end
hook.Add( "PlayerInitialSpawn", "WhitelistCheck", CheckWhiteList )
Not tested.

[Megiddo]

Code: Lua

1. local whitelist = { "SteamID1", "SteamID2" } -- add your steam id's here
2.  
3. function CheckWhiteList( ply )
4.         if not ULib.findInTable( whitelist, ply ) then
5.                 ULib.kick( ply )
6.         end
7. end
8. hook.Add( "PlayerInitialSpawn", "WhitelistCheck", CheckWhiteList )

Partially stolen from Jay but I improved a bit.
I didn't test it either.

[JamminR]

I'd hate to join a server, download any lua it had, take the long process Gmod does to load any map whether I have it or not, to be kicked once I finally got everything.
Wouldn't a section on the G4P forums only for members who have access to the server, with a password in a sticky, be much better than the above?
At the least, to help prevent password sharing, include both.
Password the server.
Then and only then use whitelist.

[jay209015]

I'd hate to join a server, download any lua it had, take the long process Gmod does to load any map whether I have it or not, to be kicked once I finally got everything.
Wouldn't a section on the G4P forums only for members who have access to the server, with a password in a sticky, be much better than the above?
At the least, to help prevent password sharing, include both.
Password the server.
Then and only then use whitelist.

Agreed