Logging DM Actions

[Jibekn]

Is there any plugin floating around that allows one to log some of the DM client actions? mainly creating items, giving exp etc, things that could be a sign of a 'bad dm' ?

[ShaDoOoW]

no, but it was already requested
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[Ryuujin]

You could just use the NWScript "WriteTimeStampedLogEntry" on particularly worrysome DM commands. That's what I do on administrative commands that have a high damage potential used wrongly.

[Disco]

I think he wants to log the usual subjects: XP, level, and gold pimping.

My advise: if you suspect it happens in your DM team you'll have to do a brutal clean-up. Just fire anyone remotely smelly. Corrupt DMs are about the worst you can have on your server.

[ShaDoOoW]

[Fireboar]

[Timear]

It still would be nice for some statistics, e.g. how many XPs are donated per day on your server.

[Ne0nx3r0]

For XP, I had thought about keeping a variable on one of their pc data items updated everytime they kill something, so you could have stats on how much of their XP was from killing and how much from RP... As a side effect, you'd probably notice if someone had 40,000XP from RP and 5,000 from killing.

[Disco]

That's actually a neat idea.

[virusman]

Yes, I wrote such system 3 years ago - it was checking the difference between previous and current XP vaules, subtracting the XP gained from killing and XP lost in a resurrection/raise dead. Every difference over 100 XP was then logged in a table along with the names of DMs in the same area.

[RamaDeveloper]

I maintain a table called tblCharacterDataHistory which has a GMT/game-time audit trail of each character's vitals (AreaID, XYZ, abilities, HP, AC, XP, HD, Align etc etc) that is added to at key points, end of combat, resting, area transitions etc. Acquires, Unaqcuires and all my placeables and doors and triggers etc. report into the database too and this applies to creatures, DM and PCs alike so I've a pretty comprehensive record of everything that goes on.

My little world is still very much in development so I don't do anything much with the data presently apart from track characters on a custom DM map with the XYZs but the idea is that a nightly job picks out large changes in things that don't normally and adds each as a priority entry of a specific type in the main event log and have it generate a report of these and other notables for human review, the audit trail can then be used to determine who else, player or DM, was online and nearby at the time and what they were up to.
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[Asparius]

Maybe one can modify old Talus Listener to log DM actions ? It will not be perfect solution, but I guess much easier than searching for hook all Dm commands. Specific values to listen can be easily found by plain sniffer.

Unfortunately I don't have enough knowledge to do it alone (I am only begineer in C++ ...)

And I strongly disagree with Disco and Shadoow opinion. First, quite often people that appear trusted are in fact not. Second, most of the servers I know suffer from lack of DM presence. It is impossible to "fire everyone that is not proven clear" without effectively crippling DM watch over the server.
Third (maybe somewhat personal) - I realy hate the idea of throwing someone out just because he is suspected . That open way to actions of player groups against a chosen DM ("lets say in unison, he will be suspected then - and fired") etc.

In my opinion, the only way to control DM honesty is at least log as much of their actions as is possible.