Fair Fight rules as sentences
If someone kills with a pistol from more than 150 m, flag them; if it happens 3 times in 30 minutes, kick them. Built from dropdowns. Export your fair-play settings and rules to a file and import them on another server.
tools v0.1.47
WARDOGS server manager & anti-cheat
Run WARDOGS community servers with Fair Fight rules you write as sentences, fair teams, shared bans and ClanStop global bans, VIP for seeders, Discord map voting and public server pages.
WARDOGS server manager at a glance
- Live connection
- WARDOGS' own RCON API, plus the kill feed the server posts, straight to the tool or through ClanStop's relay
- Bans
- Each server's own ban list, by SteamID64; shared lists across your servers
- Anti-cheat
- Fair Fight rules you build, built-in checks with evidence, and ClanStop global bans
- Safety
- Admins are never banned automatically; at most 3 automatic bans an hour
- Tested
- On a live Season 2 server: one evening there brought about 2,000 kills from 376 players
- Signed
- The tool is digitally signed by its publisher, so Windows can tell who made it and that it hasn't been changed
WARDOGS tools
What RCON Hub does for WARDOGS servers
Just tell my staff mode
Rules record what they would do before you let them act.
Check players as they join
When someone joins, a rule can look at their K/D and headshot rate on all your servers, or across every community that shares with ClanStop, then flag them, add them to the watch list or kick them. Rules also run when someone leaves (say, right after a warning) and at the end of each round, on the whole round's numbers.
Fair teams
Ratings, team strength and a balance plan. Stop players joining the bigger team, and keep teams even during a match by moving the latest joiners across; moves ask first when the round is almost over.
Shared ban lists
One list for all your servers, plus lists imported from BattleMetrics or Warcon CSV, turned on per server.
ClanStop global bans
Clear cheats confirmed by ClanStop keep a player off every server that enforces global bans, in every game.
VIP for seeders
Players who seed earn priority slots, kept in the servers' reserved slots.
Discord bot and map voting
/status, /players and /report for everyone, staff commands, and polls that pick the next map and mode. Posts and replies can be in any of 12 languages.
Public server page
Rules, teams, settings, the moderation log and appeals.
Player timeline
Time on each team, switches, who killed them and team kills.
Admin manager
Sub-admins with exactly the permissions and servers you choose; they never see your RCON password.
Match recaps and seeding posts
After each round, a Discord post with the winner, each team's score, the MVP and the top players. While the server seeds, a call for players with the join code, and a thank-you to the seeders once it fills. Each can go to its own channel.
ClanStop stats page
With the server listed and player stats shared, its ClanStop page shows the round being played, team by team, plus a leaderboard and each player's history. Match recaps link to it.
Under the hood
How RCON Hub connects to WARDOGS
WARDOGS servers are managed remotely through the game's own RCON API. The game server posts its kill feed: on Season 2 servers, Settings → Kill feed makes the exact lines to paste into ServerSettings.ini (older servers keep the one-click setup). When the tool has no public address, kills go through ClanStop's relay and the tool fetches them every few seconds, so no tunnel is needed.
Bans
Banning players on WARDOGS
Ban in all games
RCON Hub can ban one person on every server of every game you run, from one page. Here's how that ban reaches WARDOGS: Into each server's own ban list by SteamID64, alongside every other game.
ClanStop global bans (Fair-Fight)
On servers where you turn it on, a clear cheat confirmed by ClanStop keeps a player off every server that enforces global bans. A match kicks the player from that server right away; only ClanStop can make a ban global, after re-checking the evidence. How global bans work. How to set it up, step by step (English guide).
| Rule | When it matches | Repeats |
|---|---|---|
| Bolt-action rate | two bolt-action kills less than 0.65 s apart (no penetration) | 2, in different rounds |
| Bow rate | two compound-bow kills less than 0.33 s apart | 2 |
| Fire rate | kills faster than half the weapon's fastest rate | 2 |
| Kill beyond the map | a kill distance over 23 km | 1 |
| Killed while dead or goneall games | a kill more than 10 s after the killer died or left, or before they joined | 1 |
| Kill beyond the mapall games | a kill distance larger than the map's own diagonal | 1 |
| Dead attackerall games | hits or kills while logged dead | 1 |
Long-range pistol, SMG and rifle kills stay local flags until calibrated from real data. Every rule ships switched off until it's been checked on a live server.
Guides
WARDOGS guides
Step-by-step fixes for the problems WARDOGS server owners hit most.
- How to fix uneven teams on a WARDOGS server with automatic team balancePlayers stack the winning team and quit the losing one. RCON Hub's WARDOGS Manager balances teams by skill and keeps them even during a match. Read the guide
- How to kick high-ping players fairly on a WARDOGS serverLaggy players ruin WARDOGS matches. RCON Hub warns high-ping players privately, then kicks, and ignores lag spikes and players still loading in. Read the guide
- How to set player level limits and run a Low-Level WARDOGS serverSet a minimum and maximum player level on your WARDOGS server, run a Low-Level server for new players, and check Steam accounts as players join. Read the guide
- How to track WARDOGS player stats, K/D and leaderboardsTrack K/D, headshots and longest kills per WARDOGS player, with profiles, leaderboards and a public ClanStop stats page linked from match recaps. Read the guide
Every game
Plus what RCON Hub does for every game
- One sign-in, per-game accessGive each person a role per game and per server from one People page.
- Ban in all gamesBan one Steam64 id on every server of every game at once, and see how it went in each.
- Flags from every gameFair-fight flags, triggers, cheat signals and reports in one table.
- Rented serversNitrado, Pterodactyl panels like BisectHosting, or any host with FTP or SFTP, with the same screens as a server on your PC.
- Player profiles and leaderboardsModeration history, notes, watch list, seasons and per-wipe boards.
- ClanStop sharingList your server and share player data — off until you turn it on.
- Your languageEvery screen in 12 languages, and Discord posts in your community's language. What players read in game stays English.
WARDOGS server manager FAQ
Will Fair Fight ban my own admins?
No. Admins and whitelisted players are never banned automatically, and automatic bans are limited to 3 an hour.
Can I import ban lists from other communities?
Yes: BattleMetrics or Warcon CSV files, or our own JSON export. Each server chooses which lists it uses.
Does it support a VIP queue?
Yes, as priority: one list for all servers, written into each server's reserved slots so those players get in when it's full.
Can I test rules before they kick anyone?
Yes. In "Just tell my staff" mode rules only record what they would do.
Is there a free RCON tool for WARDOGS?
Yes. RCON Hub's WARDOGS tool is free for Windows: a live dashboard, players, kicks, bans, every game setting, fair teams and Fair Fight rules.
Can I share my fair-play settings with another server?
Yes. Export on the Fair-play rules page saves the detection settings, actions and rules to a file. Importing never turns automatic action on, and the file never holds your Discord webhook or any player.
Can my staff manage WARDOGS servers without the RCON password?
Yes. Sub-admins get exactly the permissions and servers you choose, and they never see your RCON password.
Is the WARDOGS server manager ready?
Yes. Its tools have been tested on a real WARDOGS server. Adding a rented server (Nitrado, a Pterodactyl panel or FTP) is still marked Preview until it has been fully tried on a real host. RCON Hub is beta software, so back up before big changes.
Where can I get help with the WARDOGS server manager?
Ask on ClanStop's Discord. Server owners and the RCON Hub team answer setup questions, bug reports and game requests there. The link is in the menu and at the bottom of every page.
Questions or problems?
Ask on ClanStop's Discord: support, ideas, game requests and ban appeals.
Other games RCON Hub manages
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Free for Windows 10 and 11, published by ClanStop. Beta software — back up your server's settings and world before changing anything.