How to blacklist blocks?

[Ace]

I want to prevent players from placing certain blocks, but I still want an admin to be able to place them in creative mode.

For example, maybe I want to disable medbay, so I can have a PVP server with limited respawn points.

Or maybe I want to have a mod installed, and I only want an admin able to place E-coin machines, or teleporters.

EDIT: The block limits setting available for dedicated servers looks like it should solve my problem, as it should still allow admins to spawn it by overriding block limits. I haven't tried it yet, but I've marked the post that gave this solution. It should work with modded blocks.

EDIT: This doesn't appear to actually do anything.

[Ace]

I know it's possible. I see scenarios have some blocks disabled.

[Lander1]

Try looking at the mods in the workshop.

[Ace]

Mods in the workshop don't help me. I want to pick and choose the blocks myself, not hope that somebody else already disabled the specific block I want to disable, which might also be a modded block.

The Escape from Mars scenario does it. Why can't anyone else tell me how to do it?

[Ace]

I guess I'm never getting help on this.

[ShadedMJ]

That means either working with an existing mod someone else made, or making your own mod. The choices of block availability are in the mod system.

[Dan2D3D]

Not sure if it is possible = ?? but I am in since the beginning and I learned that a lot can be done so all is possible, well there is always a solution in this game < that is what I learned.
(+ workaround)

I create Premade PVP worlds to play with my son a best friends and all knows the rules before going in so I don't have problems with blocks I don't want them to use.

Use Safe Zones to protect the main stations, etch ...

PVP > Premade Dog Fight arena with rules so all players knows why they are in for > to Battle <

I use PCU limit to be fair in PVP = Dedic Sever settings and + limits on specific block from the Dedic consol options.

Maybe try the "deathmatch" premade world that is available in-game, made by Keen Designer and that will give you a good example of what can be done for a good PVP battle.

When public with no rules = harder to have a good play and better play with members you know and want to play a PVP battle/match to avoid "problems", imo.

[Ace]

Medbay was just a random suggestion for sake of example. It probably wouldn't be hard to find a mod that removes medbay.

The specific instance I'd like to mess with is that there's a mod that adds a really overpowered laser weapon, and I want to make it so that the gigantic f*ck-off doom laser that shoots 10km is no longer possible for players to build, but I still want it to be buildable through admin commands.

The reason I want to know how to do it myself rather than hope somebody else has done it is because I want to do it myself so I can do it when I want to. EDIT: That might no longer be necessary. See answer post.

[Ace]

Originally posted by Dan2D3D:

Not sure if it is possible = ?? but I am in since the beginning and I learned that a lot can be done so all is possible, well there is always a solution in this game < that is what I learned.
(+ workaround)

I create Premade PVP worlds to play with my son a best friends and all knows the rules before going in so I don't have problems with blocks I don't want them to use.

Use Safe Zones to protect the main stations, etch ...

PVP > Premade Dog Fight arena with rules so all players knows why they are in for > to Battle <

I use PCU limit to be fair in PVP = Dedic Sever settings and + limits on specific block from the Dedic consol options.

Maybe try the "deathmatch" premade world that is available in-game, made by Keen Designer and that will give you a good example of what can be done for a good PVP battle.

When public with no rules = harder to have a good play and better play with members you know and want to play a PVP battle/match to avoid "problems", imo.

This actually gives the answer I am looking for. Thanks. I haven't tried it yet, but PCU limits and specific block limits might do exactly what I am trying to do, since I believe admins can override block limits.

[Dan2D3D]

A lot use Torch that gives a lot more options so we added the links to it and to the author's Discord in the pinned of the "Server-admin" channel on Keen Discord and that would be a good place for you to chat with the Veteran Admins using Torch and rexxar the author of Torch is helping users in his Torch Discord.

[Ace]

Originally posted by Dan2D3D:

A lot use Torch that gives a lot more options so we added the links to it and to the author's Discord in the pinned of the "Server-admin" channel on Keen Discord and that wuld be a good place for you to chat with the Veteran Admins using Torch and rexxar the author of Torch is helping users in his Torch Discord.

I appreciate the suggestions. I may jump in to ask other troubleshooting instructions such as server optimization in the future.

[Ace]

I have one last query. How can I get the name of blocks so that I can limit them? Modded blocks, namely.

I want to limit a modded block to 0 so that it can't be spawned by players.

[Dan2D3D]

You should ask the Modder cause he made the Mod and may not have completed that part with PCU on all his Modded blocks = a lot of Modders have not updated their Mod after the PCU update for MP and why you must ask the Modder.

[Ace]

So, I set the limits to zero on the torch server, and I'm still able to spawn these items, which means either I have input the wrong information, or this doesn't work on zero amounts.

Or the torch functionality is broken.