How To Ban Players On Your VEIN Server

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 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.

1. 1
   Connect to your server as an Admin.
2. 2
   Press \ to open the admin menu.
3. 3
   Select Players and choose the player you want to ban.
4. 4
   Click Ban on 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 in your server files by following these steps:

1. 1
   Log in to Bropanel and select your VEIN server.
2. 2
   In the sidebar, go to Files.
3. 3
   Navigate to Vein/Saved/Logs and open Vein.log.
4. 4
   On your keyboard, press CTRL + F to search for the player's name. You will see something like: Name=TheNaughtyPlayer??ID=76561128104241123? when the player connected.
5. 5
   The number after ID= is a SteamID64. Copy this for the next steps.

Banning the Player

1. 1
   Log in to Bropanel and Stop your VEIN server.
2. 2
   In the sidebar, go to Files.
3. 3
   Open /Vein/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/Game.ini and add the section [/Script/Vein.VeinGameStateBase] if it doesn't exist.
4. 4
   Add the player's SteamID64 to BannedPlayers= and optionally add a reason to BannedReasons=. 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
   

5. 5
   Start your server.