Tutorial for LVL5 Apprentices

[Magi]

Hey gals and fellas been thinking of doing something like this for a while now. Just a simple guide for applicants who are new to admin commands. It might help unexperienced peeps or some that are hesitant on utilizing tools given in dire situations when encountering events on our servers when there are not many other admins online. Below is a list of some commands that applicants will have which can help you get started. 

 

SCORES

 

One thing to keep in mind is keeping track of scores. Scores are a key factor to getting recognized when applying or during an applicant phase.

Push tab to see scores between both teams 

 

 

 

 

Scores are one variable to consider when balancing teams. You should also take into consideration the number of players on each team and if a team is making progress in a map (are they stuck at a single objective for a large portion of the map). Moving yourself to a team that needs it is ideal but sometimes it's not enough. 

 

A simple command to get things straighten as well is the teams command.

 

For Silent/NQ: Type in the chat or console "!teams1" or "!teams2" - this will call out to even teams!!

 

Jaymod does not have the !teams command - so feel free to use the public chat requesting teams to be balanced. You can also bind a specific key to use a voice command to encourage other players to move. Example "/bind 1 vsay Move Balance Teams! "

 

For applicants encountering troubled players here is a procedure to get in the habit of taking action.

 

• /Players – Displays a list of players on the server with their team, ID, name and connection settings such as rate and max packets.

 

type /players in the console to see a list of players in the server.

to get to console push ` (the tilda key most commonly found under the Esc button) on your keyboard to bring up console

 

 

After typing /players you will then see a list of ID's that will distinguish each player in said sever, For Example.

 

 

This is probably one of the most useful console commands starting out when learning to be and becoming an admin. The basis for most admin command you utilize will be attributed to /Players

 

Additionally, you can use !listplayers - which will bring up a list of players in the console, their player #s, and other useful information!

 

**ADMIN COMMANDS**

 

Some useful admin commands for lvl5 applicants that you can utilize to your advantage if trouble pops up when you're all alone and need to take action.

 

!afk (Silent specific)

!warn

!kick

 

!AFK

Say a player is AFK in spawn just standing around or in spawn, lets use cloud9 for example,

- type in the console/chat !afk ID# (the player's number can be found using !listplayers). After 30 seconds of not moving the player will be put into spec.

 

Example

!afk 24 Cloud8 are you AFK? please confirm - you have 30 seconds to reply!

 

!Warn

Say the player is causing trouble?

- type in the console/chat !warn ID# (reason). You have to have a reason in order for your warn to stick.

 

Example 

!warn 24 stop whining or !warn 24 Trolling

 

Say the warn needed to be Removed? !dewarn ID# (only remove a warn if it was accidently placed). For jaymod, be sure to type out all previous warns for a specific player - previous warns can be found in the top content of your console after typing !listplayers. 

 

Example

!dewarn 24 

1 warn found for Cloud9 

reason: stop whining (by: person)

!dewarn 24 1

 

 

!Kick

Say you needed to Kick a player?  Of all the Things on heaven and earth the player is mouthing slurs and just being a nuisance. 

- type in the console/chat !Kick ID# (you need a reason to kick the player)

 

Example

!Kick 24 take a break

 

**note you can only warn, dewarn or kick someone the same level as you or below it does not work for a level that is above you**

 

 

As Always whenever you encounter a troubled player, whether insulting or trolling or just being a pain in the ass.. screenshot screenshot screenshot. always have you're proof!

If things are going too fast during an encounter take a deep breath and push ` to open up the console. You will be able to see previous messages, chats and logs, the console knows all!

once you find your proof you can type /autoscreenshot and hit enter. et will save a screenshot in your Silent/Jaymod/NQ folder.

Screenshots

A screenshot takes a picture of what you’re seeing on screen. By default these are stored in the Screenshots folder of their respective mod. By default F11 will take a screenshot. Below are some other ways of taking some with examples.

• /Autoscreenshot – This functions the same as F11 and saves a jpeg file with a name like ‘2011-01-26-161741-et_beach.jpg. The format is: YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS-Mapname.jpg.
• /Screenshotjpeg TestFolder/TestSS – Saves a jpeg image named TestSS in \Wolfenstein – Enemy Territory\Mod\Screenshots\TestFolder. If no name is given it’ll be saved as shot0000, shot0001 etc.
• /screenshot Test – Saves a .tga file named Test in the screenshots folder. If no name is given it’ll be saved as shot0000, shot0001 etc.

 

 

You should also capture text proof from the console using /condump for proof

 

Say you need a log of the recent chat and or player? type in the Console /condump 

 

Example

 

/condump [name of file you want to save]

 

This will dump the last logged chat text into a notepad or wordpad file that you will be able to find in your silent/jaymod/NQ folder under .txt as the file name you inserted.

 

Example: /condump cloud9

File name: cloud9.txt

Condumps

A condump saves all text that is currently visible in the console directly into a file. This is very useful for copying stuff like finger information over to the forums. If you add ‘.txt’ to the end of the condump name, the file will become a txt file and can be opened with Notepad. By default a condump is saved in the base mod folder of the server you are playing on. For instance, if you’re playing on Jay1, the condump is saved in the Jaymod folder (\Wolfenstein – Enemy Territory\Jaymod). You can change this by putting the name of a folder and a forward slash before the name of your file, examples are given below.

• /Condump Jay1/ETPlayerA.txt – Saves a txt file named ETPlayerA in a folder called Jay1 (\Wolfenstein – Enemy Territory\Jaymod\Jay1).

 

 

Taking a demo/video: 

Say you need to Follow a player or record info?

- type in console type /Follow ID# (you will then be following said player)

 

Example

 

 

/Follow 24

Then type in the console /record

to start recording demo

after what you needed is done type /stoprecord

to end demo

 

You will find your demos in you ET folder under the specific mod you are playing on. For example /silent/demos

 

 

Demos

A demo is a .dm_84 file (or .dm_82 for ET 2.55) that saves the movement of all players that are on the server when you’re recording. You can press F12 to start a demo or use one of the commands below.

• /Autorecord – This functions the same as F12 and records a demo with a name like '2011-01-26-161741-et_beach.dm_84'. The format is: YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS-Mapname.dm_84.
• /Record TestDemo – Records a demo with the name TestDemo. You’ll find this in the demos folder of the mod you are playing on at the time of recording.
• /Demo TestDemo – Opens a demo with the name TestDemo. You must choose the right mod when you launch ET to view it. Make sure you don’t use this instead of the Record command or you’ll disconnect from the server.

 

 

 

As always don't be afraid to take action and step in. We're all in this together. this guide is just to help you get started, talk to fellow members don't be afraid to reach out to higher level's if you have questions. and remember the golden rule. 

Our Golden Rule

Sometimes you can solve a situation with ease, but you may find that you’ll need to use certain commands when dealing with troublemakers. With that in mind, remember this: If a problem can be resolved with a verbal warning, why use any commands? If a problem can be resolved with a warning command, why mute? If it can be resolved with a mute, why kick? If an issue can be resolved with a kick, why ban?

We encourage our admins to try to speak with people before issuing commands, especially if they aren't repeat offenders. Everyone can sometimes get lost in the moment or have bad days with things happening in real life, so on many occasions establishing contact with the person to reason with them is the better solution and also helps develop a mutual respect. This also ensures nobody's ego gets hurt as commands like !warn, !mute, !kick which can be seen by everyone can often agitate the player more - especially if they believe its unjust and extreme, so we always try to use them as a last resort.

 

 

 

 

Edited December 18, 2025 by mraw435
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[noob1]

Speaking for myself who is probably the newest person to this, really appreciate you putting this together Magi! I had no idea about condumps so that's a good piece of information to keep in mind vs scrolling up in console to get screenshots.

[Armagedonyx]

Thanks for the help Magi, I hope that you'll do the same for Jaymod too soon as I rarely play on Silent Mod.

[Wheet]

This is a great writeup!  I have compiled and extracted the main points and commands into a text file which I printed for quick reference.

[Snuffs99]

Nice tutorial.

 

Only thing i can see that needs altering is the "Scores" section.

Pressing tab tells you very little about the scores other than the overall team score and player numbers, this does not give an accurate picture. Using \scores in console tells you a much bigger story balance wise.

When looking at scores don't just assume kills per team is the key, peeps should take into account attacking teams progress, damage given/received etc, You can have an attacking team with great engies who can help progress the map forwards but those same engies may have a very high negative KD ratio because they are doing their jobs etc so should look at \scores in console for a better overall picture of team balance.

 

Other than that great job.

 

Oh also other than the admin commands the tutorial as is should be good for jaymod and NQ too.

 

List of admin commands for the various mods, admin structure etc and other rules etc can be found on FA's wiki page

 

https://fearless-assassins.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

 

Edited January 27, 2023 by Snuffs99

[Nancy]

Its great tutorial, only one thing gets my eyes bleeding: its photographing your monitor.

whats happen to /Autoscreenshot cmd?

Dear @Magi, pls fix it!

 

ps you can send me all ss, and I will merge it

Edited February 27, 2023 by Nancy

[oliveirapt]

For those whos start learning its a bit confusing so many things to do one thing just put one thing that is the best for all to do it

[Caipirinha]

/BUMP

 

@Leemur @SEpI @Sean

 

Here is a tutorial for Apprentices (level 5).

 

You guys will be able to do the Quiz once your profile is set as Apprentice.

 

Good luck!

 

Caipi

 

 

 

Edited December 14, 2025 by Caipirinha

[Springfield-]

On 2/27/2023 at 3:31 AM, Nancy said:

Its great tutorial, only one thing gets my eyes bleeding: its photographing your monitor.

whats happen to /Autoscreenshot cmd?

Dear @Magi, pls fix it!

 

ps you can send me all ss, and I will merge it

Yep, the screenshot in etlegacy is a little bit buggy for me , I need to use a screenrecorder 😄

[Magi]

Ive been wanting to update this tutorial if someone can help me 😅 it's been over due. 

[Cocanation]

13 hours ago, Springfield- said:

Yep, the screenshot in etlegacy is a little bit buggy for me , I need to use a screenrecorder

Could you make a post with the issue you're having here? 
https://fearless-assassins.com/forums/forum/11-et-support/

 

 

[Springfield-]

5 hours ago, Cocanation said:

Could you make a post with the issue you're having here? 
https://fearless-assassins.com/forums/forum/11-et-support/

 

 

Nevermind. I just noticed pressing F11 doesn't take the screenshot, if console is open, I need to type screenshot on console 😆

When F11 was working with console open, it just woundn't display things, no text.

[RedBaird]

5 minutes ago, Springfield- said:

When F11 was working with console open,

 

I don't know about ETL, but with ET 2.6b, you can open a small console by pressing ctrl+~ and then doing /autoscreenshot, which will copy the screen into the ScreenShots folder.  This image is from Jay#2.  It can be helpful "sometimes". 

 

 

Doing alt + ~ will open the whole console and you can then do an /autoscreenshot, but that is less useful, I would guess.  The image is not searchable for text like a /condump would be.