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0000478SoldatGameplaypublic2013-12-14 20:102014-10-06 03:55
ReporterSzaman 
Assigned ToExHunter 
PriorityimmediateSeveritymajorReproducibilityN/A
StatusresolvedResolutionfixed 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version1.6.6 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0000478: Vote-kick causing the permanent ban
DescriptionAccording to this post: http://forums.soldat.pl/index.php?topic=43172.msg516845#msg516845 [^]
There is possibility of permbanning player by vote-kick if you type some random (?) characters as the reason.
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Additional InformationRead the topic: http://forums.soldat.pl/index.php?topic=43172.msg516845#msg516845 [^]
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has duplicate 0000554resolved ExHunter Player votekicks turn into permanent server bans 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2013-12-14 20:10SzamanNew Issue
2013-12-15 01:26BistouflyPriorityhigh => immediate
2013-12-15 01:26BistouflyStatusnew => acknowledged
2013-12-15 15:27SpiltCoffeeNote Added: 0002089
2013-12-15 15:27SpiltCoffeeNote Edited: 0002089bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=2089#r414
2013-12-16 00:30SzamanNote Added: 0002091
2013-12-16 01:47SpiltCoffeeNote Added: 0002092
2013-12-19 13:11SpiltCoffeeAssigned To => SpiltCoffee
2013-12-19 13:11SpiltCoffeeStatusacknowledged => assigned
2014-04-02 17:38homerofgodsStatusassigned => confirmed
2014-04-04 00:21ShoozzaAssigned ToSpiltCoffee =>
2014-08-18 14:29ExHunterRelationship addedhas duplicate 0000554
2014-09-06 23:49ExHunterNote Added: 0002289
2014-09-06 23:49ExHunterAssigned To => ExHunter
2014-09-06 23:49ExHunterStatusconfirmed => feedback
2014-10-06 03:55ExHunterStatusfeedback => resolved
2014-10-06 03:55ExHunterResolutionopen => fixed

Notes
(0002089)
SpiltCoffee   
2013-12-15 15:27   
Appears to be caused by vote kicks launched by the server against players it believes to be cheating.

The code currently does not handle server initiated vote kicks in a manner consistent with how it handles player initiated vote kicks.
This results in the first player to press F12 on a server initiated vote kick to appear as the (incorrect) entity to have launched it.
This also results in the weird characters appearing in the reason for the vote kick, as the player's client would not have provided a reason back to the server, and so (I think) the server prints garbage data, not knowing what else to do.

Possible solution would be to ensure server initiated vote kicks setup all related variables correctly.
(0002091)
Szaman   
2013-12-16 00:30   
But this player (Magnum from the mentioned above forum thread) has just joined the game. And he is not "hacker". Maybe there was some network problems (lags, packet flood, etc.) that made server think that he is hacking. But... I still don't understand that mechanism - if it was the server who initiated the kick, then why there was a nick of currently playing player as the "source" of the kick? I mean this fragment:
13-12-13 11:03:24 .:Ma9NuM:. joining game (84.205.190.134:64900) HWID:2D635128F0C
13-12-13 11:03:28 kOSMICZNY KUTAS started votekick against .:Ma9NuM:. - Reason:R^C <FC>^X
13-12-13 11:03:29 .:Ma9NuM:. has been kicked and permanently banned (Vote Kicked by Server)

I've also found that this reason is the same as "R ΓΌ" (but the viewer has displayed it differently).
(0002092)
SpiltCoffee   
2013-12-16 01:47   
"if it was the server who initiated the kick, then why there was a nick of currently playing player as the "source" of the kick?"

That is the inconsistency I was referring to. The server does not correctly initialise everything to do with vote kicking when it decides to launch a vote kick at a player. The random characters in the reason provided is not actually the bug itself.
(0002289)
ExHunter   
2014-09-06 23:49   
Please check if it will be fixed in the upcoming 1.6.8 beta.

And if other bugs related to voting occurs.