This guide will show you how to ban players from your VEIN server. In VEIN, there are two methods of banning players, the primary method is done through the in-game admin menu, the alternative method is a manual ban involving edits to your server's Game.ini configuration file.
Using the Admin Menu Recommended
The player you wish to ban must be online to use this banning method. Follow our manual banning steps below if necessary.
The easiest way to ban a player is through the in-game admin menu. You must be an admin to access this feature. If you haven't set up admin access yet, follow our adding admins guide first.
- 1Connect to your server as an Admin.
- 2Press
\to open the admin menu. - 3Select
Playersand choose the player you want to ban. - 4Click
Banon the target player.
Manually Banning Players
If the player you want to ban isn't online, you can also ban players by editing your server's Game.ini configuration file directly. For this, you will need the SteamID64 of the player you want to ban.
Locating a SteamID
If the player is offline, you can find their SteamID64 by using the File Manager, following these steps:
- 1Access the Game Host Bros Panel and select your VEIN server.
- 2In the sidebar, go to
File Manager. - 3Navigate to
Vein/Saved/Logsand openVein.log. - 4On your keyboard, press
CTRL + Fto search for the player's name. You will see something like:Name=TheNaughtyPlayer??ID=76561128104241123?when the player connected. - 5The number after
ID=is a SteamID64. Copy this for the next steps.
Banning the Player
- 1Access the Game Host Bros Panel and
Stopyour VEIN server. - 2In the sidebar, go to
File Manager. - 3Navigate to
/Vein/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/Game.iniand add the section[/Script/Vein.VeinGameStateBase]if it doesn't exist. - 4Add the player's SteamID64 to
BannedPlayers=and optionally add a reason toBannedReasons=. For multiple players, create a new line for each entry:[/Script/Vein.VeinGameStateBase] BannedPlayers=76543298106341634 BannedReasons=Cheating BannedPlayers=45661198106341623 (Create a new line with `BannedPlayers=` to add additional players) BannedReasons=Griefing BannedPlayers=12361198106341612 BannedReasons=Toxic behavior - 5Go to
ConsoleandStartyour server.