How to Kick and Ban Players on Your Soldat 2 Server

On a Soldat 2 server you remove players exclusively through the in-game console. There is no file-based ban list.

Note

You need admin rights to use these commands. See Add Admin.

Use the commands in the game

1. Open the console
   Press Alt + ~ in the game.

2. Log in as admin
   If you are not already stored permanently as admin through your PlayFab ID, log in with the RCON password:

   rcon YourRconPassword

3. Find the player ID
   Kick and ban work with the player ID, not with the name. The following command lists the IDs:

   rcon listplayers

4. Run the command
   Run the command you need with the ID you found:

   rcon kick 2

Kick a player

rcon kick <id>

The player is disconnected from the server and can generally rejoin.

With a reason:

rcon kick 2 "Chat spam"

Important

The reason has to be wrapped in quotation marks. Without them the command is not parsed correctly.

Kick all players

rcon kickall

You can add a reason here as well:

rcon kickall "Server is restarting"

Ban a player

rcon ban <id>

The player is thrown off the server immediately and cannot reconnect for a couple of days.

Warning

A ban in Soldat 2 is temporary. It expires by itself after a couple of days – the exact duration is not documented and cannot be configured.

No unban available

Soldat 2 has no unban command and does not create a ban list file you could edit. A ban that has been issued therefore cannot be lifted early – you can only wait for it to expire. Use ban deliberately and prefer kick for short-term disruptions.

Move a player to a team

If a player is only messing up the team balance, you do not have to remove them:

rcon setteam <id> <team>

rcon setteam 2 1

Note

Moving a player into a team manually disables autobalance for the running match. It applies again after the next map change.

Commands at a glance

Command	Description
rcon listplayers	Show all players with their IDs
rcon kick <id>	Disconnect a player from the server
rcon kick <id> "<reason>"	Disconnect a player with a reason
rcon kickall	Disconnect all players from the server
rcon kickall "<reason>"	Disconnect all players with a reason
rcon ban <id>	Ban a player for a couple of days
rcon setteam <id> <team>	Move a player into a team
rcon say "<text>"	Send a message to everyone, e.g. as a warning

Tip

If you want to keep your server permanently limited to certain people, a game password is more reliable than individual bans. You set the password in the dashboard.

Note

Commands are not case sensitive. Pressing Tab shows the available commands in the console.