Basic guide on how to use rcon
This tutorial includes basic
commands that are needed to run a proper Call of Duty server.
Q. How do i open
the console?
A. Click the button under Esc and left to number
1.
Q. How do i login to rcon?
A. Simply open your console,
remove the little ยง and type;
/rcon login password
replace "password" with your rcon password
Q. How do i speak
with rcon?
A. Login to rcon and type in your console:
/Rcon say
Hello.
People will now see the text Hello.
Q. How do i change
map?
A. Type ''/Rcon map mp_Mapname''.
e.g /Rcon map
mp_carentan
Maps:
mp_breakout (Villers-Bocage)
mp_brecourt
(Brecourt)
mp_burgundy (Burgundy)
mp_carentan (Carentan)
mp_dawnville
(St. Mere Eglise)
mp_trainstation (Caen)
mp_farmhouse
(Beltot)
mp_downtown (Moscow)
mp_railyard (Stalingrad)
mp_leningrad
(Leningrad)
mp_harbor (Rostov)
mp_matmata (Matmata)
mp_toujane
(Toujane)
mp_decoy (El Alamein)
mp_rhine (Wallendar)
Q. How do i
restart and fast restart the server?
Theres 2 ways to
restart.
/rcon map_restart
would reload the map, which takes about 10
seconds to do.
/rcon fast_restart
restarts the map quickly, and takes you
to the menu where you choose teams.
This command also reset the
scores.
Q. How do i change Gametype on my server?
A. Open your
console and type
/Rcon g_gametype tdm (for team deathmatch)
/Rcon g_gametype sd (for search and destroy)
CoD,CoD UO and cod2 got team
deathmatch, tdm is now war in cod4, so to alter gametype in cod4:
/rcon
g_gametype war
After doing that you need to restart the server with
rcon
map_restart
Or you could change into another map, using
/Rcon map
mp_Mapname
Q. How do i make a welcome message on my server?
A. simply type
/Rcon scr_motd Welcome
message
Q. How do i kick players from my server?
A. There
are a few ways to kick persons from your server.
It includes using the status and clientkick
commands.
Type;
/Rcon status
will show you all players connected to the
server and their information will be
displayed in the console, it will look
something like this:
.
It will look something like this:
Client ID
Score Ping GUID Player Name IP Address
0 23 45 100000 Pink 165.56.24.45
1
13 65 100001 Purple 65.45.24.57
2 33 51 100002 Black 65.56.21.35
3 25 30
100003 Red 125.54.85.21
4 21 32 100004 Blue 24.56.42.51
5 12 100 100005
Orange 161.61.41.56
Now notice that i removed the ping and Guid.
What
you need to do is looking at the first numbers, the clientnumbers.
To kick a
player type
/rcon clientkick 3
if you want to kick the player called
Red.
If you want to ban someone its basicly the same process, but this time
its
/rcon banclient 3
Q. How do i update punkbuster on my server?
A. There
are a few ways to update punkbuster
1. via the gamepanel - punkbuster update button (preffered method)
2. in rcon type;
/rcon pb_sv_update
this can take upto 10 minutes for the server to download the new punkbuster files, after 10 minutes restart punkbuster on your server;
/rcon pb_sv_restart or simply restart your server