Call of Duty 5: Colored/Bad Nicknames
Colored names in CoD:WW? Well...sort of. A few folks have found a klugey way of getting the long sought after holy grail of CoD gamers: colored name tags! It is not a perfect solution by any means and it makes the colored name tags of CoD2 look like they were done with MS Word.
Note that the whole name is colored with the exception of the leading square bracket - and your clan tags are gone to boot.
Using Colored names
Configuration file technique
Head over to your config file, which is now located at:
C:\Documents and Settings\yourcomputername\Local Settings\Application Data\Activision\CoDWaWbeta\players\profiles\yourprofilename
assuming you have XP (for Vista...see here).
- First, make a backup copy of the file: config_mp.cfg
- Now, use Wordpad to edit the configuration. Find your clan tags in the configuration and modify it as follows:
seta clanName "^^##"
where # is a number from 0 to 9. Note that the number is repeated twice.
For example: seta clanName "^^00"
This will set everything to the right of the first square bracket in your name black.
- Color
- 0=Black
- 1=Red
- 2=green
- 3=yellow
- 4=blue
- 5=cyan
- 6=magenta
- 7=white
Beware, If you change your tags to "red", everyone on both teams might start shooting at you. This was obviously due to the fact that your tags are red for both the enemy and your team.
Console Technique
Another technique is make the changes in game. Do this by selecting the console:
/clanname ^^##
e.g.
/clanname ^^33
Blocking Colored/Badnames using PunkBuster
You must be running PunkBuster in order to kick for Colored/Bad name in COD:WW ;
Further information at PunkBuster's Online Admin Manual.
When wielded efficiently by an admin, PunkBuster can be a very effective tool. You can use it to keep your server clean of cheaters, hijackers, annoying individuals and rule violators. The IP and Badname banning facility is an excellent means of dealing with static IP users and entire clans if necessary.
PunkBuster Badname - Want to keep specific clan's, names or words out of your server? Need to ban an entire group? The PB Badname facility is an excellent alternative to the admin practice of having to GUID ban entire people when you need a quick solution. Whether that clan is in your server or you want to keep them out, the results are immediate.
To use the Badname feature, enter the following command:
- GOAA/Admin:
admin pb_sv_badname 0 NAME
- Webtool/PBCFG:
pb_sv_badname 0 NAME
- PB RCON:
pb_rcon pb_sv_badname 0 NAME
Replace name with the string of letters, and 0 with the warning time. Examples could include:
pb_sv_badname 0 {wTf}
pb_sv_badname 0 [eViL.
and do not have to be tags. You can use this tool to block people with swear words in their name, or websites. The method is the same,
pb_sv_badname 0 www.
Sources: Anticheat inc.
