Player name make s poll ban impossible

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Player name make s poll ban impossible

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I'm no server side software guru, but there was a player cheating on mofo and we could not poll ban him due to his name.

/poll ban memor<| cheating

returned something like

There is no info on poll ban
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You need to put the name in quotes
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Thanks. I'll remember that.
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You also can use tab to autocomplete names just like in console. This is helpful if someone has a callsign like agy98pygphgq39g87qgahgorczxbzg
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Yrogirg wrote:You also can use tab to autocomplete names just like in console. This is helpful if someone has a callsign like agy98pygphgq39g87qgahgorczxbzg
The default autocomplete key is F2
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"Tab" only works if you turn off "Jump while typing" in the Input Settings.
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And if you change the auto complete key from F2 to tab in your config file ;)
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mrapple wrote:And if you change the auto complete key from F2 to tab in your config file ;)
You cannot remap the F2 auto-complete key without modifying the client source code. There is no config option for it.
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So if you turning off "Jump while typing" enables tab autocomplete?

Didn't know that -- thanks blast.
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Can anyone request a poll to ban people?
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You generally have to be registered to start a poll.
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mr1989foster wrote:Can anyone request a poll to ban people?
It depends on the server configuration, if you have the POLLBAN permission.
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