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Title: Spam filter?
Post by: subcor on December 14, 2011, 03:37:38 pm: Hi!

Some random guy endlessly shouting in NCR gave me the idea that there should be some spam filter for chat messages. What I mean, there should be some time limit between two chat messages from the same player and that limit should be doubled(/tripled/whatever) when the chat message is the same.
I also suggest limiting the login retries per time interval. For example 1/5 secs.

Both of these should be client sided filters, for the sake of saving server resources for more useful things.
Title: Re: Spam filter?
Post by: runboy93 on December 14, 2011, 03:53:32 pm: 5 seconds sounds fine for me.
That will reduces spam greatly.
Title: Re: Spam filter?
Post by: Grommok on December 16, 2011, 06:19:17 pm: Quote from: subcor on December 14, 2011, 03:37:38 pm
What I mean, there should be some time limit between two chat messages from the same player and that limit should be doubled(/tripled/whatever) when the chat message is the same.
This doesnt add nothing. The adding of limit. Because if i type "Fuck off!" or "Fuck Off!" or "Fuck off!" are all different messenges with different characters. So, when i agree to this suggestion, i'm just saying that adding a higher limit if message is the same is pointless, because you can avoid it easily.
Title: Re: Spam filter?
Post by: subcor on December 17, 2011, 04:50:48 pm: Quote from: Grommok on December 16, 2011, 06:19:17 pm
This doesnt add nothing. The adding of limit. Because if i type "Fuck off!" or "Fuck Off!" or "Fuck off!" are all different messenges with different characters. So, when i agree to this suggestion, i'm just saying that adding a higher limit if message is the same is pointless, because you can avoid it easily.

I don't think it would be hard to program it to be non case sensitive. To think about it neither should be hard to program some comparison routine that would make avoiding this filter not worth cause the extra time needed for changing messages.
But then again, a simple spam filter would still be nice and probably sufficent enough.
Title: Re: Spam filter?
Post by: Swinglinered on December 18, 2011, 11:31:40 pm: Would the Wasteland have a magic noise filter?

Someone yelling in NCR would not be magically silenced, unless the guards beat him up.

Just suicide-burst the prick.
Title: Re: Spam filter?
Post by: Crazy on December 19, 2011, 01:17:37 am: Quote from: Swinglinered on December 18, 2011, 11:31:40 pm
Someone yelling in NCR would not be magically silenced, unless the guards beat him up.
Hey, that's actually a nice idea. If someone yell shit too much, guards beat the shit out of him!
Title: Re: Spam filter?
Post by: T-888 on December 19, 2011, 01:23:39 am: Quote from: Crazy on December 19, 2011, 01:17:37 am
Hey, that's actually a nice idea. If someone yell shit too much, guards beat the shit out of him!

Similar when your blocking pathways , you get some message " you better shut up " or something like that , if you don't then one guard leaves you with 0 hp :)
Title: Re: Spam filter?
Post by: Grommok on December 19, 2011, 02:43:35 am: Aint bad at all, i think devs should consider it for upcoming wipe.