BYOND 4.0 Version 498 Release Notes

Dream Seeker & Dream Daemon

Features (More Info)

Dream Daemon

Sticky bans have been simplified and improved. All bans are now handled in the same config file, ban.txt. The old files hostban.txt, keyban.txt, and ipban.txt are obsolete.

Games also now have the option of using per-game bans and can interact with those via GetConfig() and SetConfig(). These bans can also be sticky, timed, and/or session-based just like host bans were in the past. Games can only see and change their own bans, not bans belonging to other games or those that apply to all games. See world.GetConfig() and world.IsBanned() for more details.

Please note: In the past, games could read all bans in keyban.txt and ipban.txt. Now they will only see bans for that specific game. If your game used GetConfig/SetConfig with keyban in the past, and you wish to make changes to old bans from within the game, they will have to be made game-specific. This can be done by editing ban.txt and adding :[hubpath] after the key for each ban, or in Dream Daemon by hosting the game and checking the "Apply to this game only" box for each ban you wish to change.

Dream Maker