Official:Starter guide to admin tools

Note: This page is moderated and can be referenced in ooc issues, such as ban appeals, complaints, reports, etc. This may not apply to the pages this page links to.

This is a quick guide intended for new administrators. It does not cover everything you need to know but just the basics. Also note that the specific verbs and options from this guide will change over time as tools change, but overall this is what the main tools look like:

Admin Tabs

On becoming an administrator, you will be presented with a variety of tabs that are not shown to a regular player. These tabs include MC, Admin, Debug, Fun, Mentor, Prefs - Admin, Server, and Special Verbs. Through these tabs you will have multiple tools that will assist you in tickets, bus, or anything else you might need to do as an administrator.

Here's an overview:

Here's whats in every tab:

Click to expand to see every Admin tab

MC

Admin

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Admin PM - PMs a user and opens an Adminhelp if they are not an Administrator
Adminhelp - starts a new Adminhelp
Adminnotice - shows all active Admin notices
Adminverbs (Hide All) - hides all special admin verbs
Adminverbs (Hide Most) - hides all non-critical admin verbs
Adminwho - shows all admins currently on the server
Aghost - ghosts you from your character
Banning Panel - opens the Banning Panel
Call Shuttle - forces a shuttle call
Cancel Shuttle - force recalls the Emergency Shuttle
Check AI Laws - shows all AI laws
Check Antagonists - shows the antagonists and current roundtype
Create Antagonist - creates new antagonists (ERT, Wizard, Clock Cult, etc..)
Deadmin - removes your admin tabs and deadmins you from the round
Delay Shuttle - delays the shuttle arrival time
Delete - deletes a mob/object/turf
Discord Manipulation - looks up a discord account ID or Ckey
Fix Air - fixes the air in a location
Game Panel - create object/mob/turf or force round type
Get Current Logs - shows all logs for the current round
Get Key - teleports a certain Ckey to you
Get Law History - shows the law history for all silicon
Get Mob - teleports a certain Mob to you
Get Server Logs - shows all logs for every round
Investigate - allows you to isolate certain logs for the round (supermatter, atmos, etc..)
Invisimin - makes you invisible if you are a mob other than observer
Jump to Area - jumps you to a certain area (Centcomm, Bridge, etc..)
Jump to Coordinate - allows you to jump to certain coordinates
Jump to Key - allows you to jump to a certain Ckey
Jump to Mob - allows you to jump to a certain Mob
Jump to Turf - allows you to jump to a certain Turf
Link Discord Account - allows you to link your Discord account to the server
Manage Job Slots - allows you to manage the open job slots for the current round
Pick Random Player - chooses a random player (can be set to living/non-living, antag/non-antag)
Player Panel - opens the Player Panel for all clients
Player Playtime - shows the playtime for all connected players
Reload Admins - reloads the admin permissions and all administrators online
Reset Telecomms Scripts - resets Telecomms Scripts to their default state
Secrets - opens the Secrets panel
Show Borg Panel - shows all active cyborgs and their laws/allegiance
Show Player Panel - shows the player panel for a certain mob
Show Tip - sends a tip to the server
Shuttle Manipulator - allows you to customize all shuttles (emergency, ferry, etc..) with uploaded or preset templates
Stealth Mode - removes you from the Adminwho menu, hides your name in tickets, and makes your ghost invisible
Sticky Ban Panel - allows you to apply a sticky ban to a player
Toggle Admin AI Interact - allows you to interact with computers, fire alarms, etc.. as an observer
Toggle Combo HUD - activates a combined version of the antag HUD, engineering HUD, etc..
Unbanning Panel - opens the panel to unban players

Fun

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Access Newscaster Network - allows you to send and block news channels as Central Command Officer
Add Custom AI Law - allows you to add a custom AI law
Begin Nerf War - starts a Nerf war and gives everyone Nerf guns
Config/Launch Supplypod - allows you to customize and send launchpods to the station
Force AI Vox - allows you to do an AI Vox message at a lower or higher pitch
Gibself - gibs your mob
Load Away Mission - allows you to load an away mission Z-level (WARNING: Possibly crashes the server)
Make Everyone Random - literally makes everyone random
Mass Zombie Cure - cures all zombies in existence
Mass Zombie Infection - starts a mass zombie infection
Play Global Sound - allows you to play a sound (local file or Youtube) to the entire server
Play Internet Sound - allows you to play a Youtube video (sound only) to the server
Play Local Sound - allows you to play a sound local to your position
Polymorph All - uses the polymorph spell on all players
Reset Player OOC Color - resets all players OOC color
Revive All - revives everyone if they are in their body
Run Weather - starts a ashstorm on Lavaland
Select equipment - allows you to spawn a preset loadout to a carbon mob
Set Player OOC Color - allows you to set a player's OOC color
Set Round End Sound - allows you to set the round end sound
Smite - allows you to smite a player (fireball, brain trauma, etc..)
Toggle Nuke - turns the Nuke on
Trigger Event - allows you to force trigger a random event
Unleash Floor Cluwne - spawns a floor cluwne

Mentor

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Mentorhelp - Allows you to start a new Mentorhelp
Mentorwho - Shows all online mentors
Msay - Allows you to communicate in Mentor chat
Show Memos - Shows all active mentor notices
Show Mentor Tickets - Shows all mentor tickets for the round
Show Mentors - Shows all mentors

Prefs - Admin

Server

Special

Secrets panel

Accessed by typing the verb 'secrets' or by clicking the 'secrets' button under the Admin tab.

This panel is used to check the specifics of the current round. The first section is the most important one as it has links to panels which show who antagonists are, AI laws + law changes, the manifest, game mode, etc. The rest of the list are events which you can trigger. At the end of the secrets panel there is a link to the admin log, available to full game admins. This shows a log of what buttons were pressed and who pressed them so don't muck around with these buttons - It's all logged.

What Each Button Does

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General Secrets:

Admin Log - shows the actions that every admin in the round has performed (both IC actions and admin buttons)
Mentor Log - shows the actions of every mentor in the round
Admin List - shows the list of every single admin in the game (including not in the round)

Admin Secrets:

Cure all diseases currently in existence - does what the name says
Bombing List - shows every bomb that has gone off (naturally or by a player) in the round
Show last 0 signalers - would show every remote signaler that has been triggered in the round
Show last 2 law changes - would show every law change that occurred in the round
Show AI laws - does what the name says
Show Game Mode - does what the name says
Show Crew Manifest - does what the name says
List DNA (Blood) - shows the DNA and blood type for every player
List Fingerprints - shows the fingerprint IDs for every player
Enable/Disable CTF - enables or disables the CTF arena above Central Command
Reset Thunderdome to default state - Resets the Thunderdome to roundstart structure
Rename Station Name - can override the station charter and rename the station
Reset Station Name - can override the station charter and reset the station name
Set Night Shift Mode - toggles Night Shift Mode on and off

Shuttles:

Move Ferry - moves the Central Command ferry to and from the station.
Toggle Arrivals Ferry - moves the Arrivals Shuttle to and from hyperspace
Move Mining Shuttle - moves the Mining Shuttle to and from Lavaland
Move Labor Shuttle - moves the Labor Shuttle to and from the Lavaland Camp

Fun Secrets:

Trigger a Virus Outbreak - triggers a virus outbreak of your choosing (advanced/simple disease) and with optional crew alert
Turn all humans into monkeys - Literally turns all humans into monkeys
Chinese Cartoons - makes everything kawaii (don't click this)
Change the species of all humans - changes the species of all humans to your choosing
Makes all areas powered - overrides the APCs and powers all areas
Makes all areas unpowered - overrides the APCs and makes all areas lose power
Power all SMES - all SMES gain max charge
Triple AI mode - use in lobby, makes there be three AIs
Everyone is the traitor - makes everyone a traitor
There can only be one! - activates Highlander mode
There can only be one! (40-second delay) - activates Highlander mode that will start 40 seconds after clicking the button
Makes all players retarded - gives all players brain trauma
Egalitarian Station Mode - unlocks every door except Secure Command areas (Bridge, Vault, etc..)
Anarcho-Capitalist Station Mode - activates the Anarcho-Capitalist Non-Aggression Protocol
Break all lights - breaks all the lights
Fix all lights - fixes all the lights
The floor is lava! - makes the floor lava, similar to the Wizard random event
Flip client movement directions - does nothing
Randomize client movement directions - does nothing
Set each movement direction manually - does nothing
Reset movement directions to default - does nothing

Security Level Elevated:

Change all maintenance doors to engie/brig access only - does what the name says
Change all maintenance doors to brig access only - does what the name says
Remove cap on security officers - unlimited security officers can arrive at the station

Player panel

Possible ways to access the Player Panel:

Typing Player-Panel into chat
Right clicking a player and selecting Player Panel
Using the Player Panel button under the 'Admin' tab
A variety of other unused ways of accessing the panel

Contains a list of players with information about them. Most useful for finding players. There is one player panel available with the ability to select a player, access their traitor panel, freeze them, mute them, and a variety of other options.

Banning Panel

The Banning Panel allows you to ban or kick a player from the game. It can be customized from a temporary to permanent ban, antagonist or server ban. The Banning Panel allows you to ban either a CKey, IP, or CID. You can ban from job or antagonist positions as well. Using the BAN option on a player's Player Panel will automatically fill out the Key and IP portion of the Banning Panel.

View variables

Accessed by right clicking an item and selecting 'view variables'

Contains the interface for viewing and editing variables of objects and mobs and such. You can break the game entirely with this panel so take your time and learn what you can and what you mustn't edit! Use the search function to quickly access variables - it searches by both variable name and value.

The panel also includes an 'extended options' drop down for the object you have selected. These are things that just don't fit in the right click menu due to it becoming cluttered.

One interesting variable is called "ckey," short for "canonical key." It typically only shows up in mobs that a player can control, but isn't necessarily limited to such things. Altering this variable isn't recommended, but if you choose to do so, be aware that it has a number of functions.

Deleting the variable can serve to kick the player out of the game, at which point they can re-enter without fuss or muss. Changing the variable to someone else's BYOND key will put that BYOND user in control of the mob. In that way, one can assign a player to be a monkey for a while, or create a body-switching scenario by abusing the "lastkey" variable.

Adminhelps and prayers

Adminhelps arrive when players need help (they are OOC). Prayers when they pray (they are IC). The format is:

Click on the username to send them a PM
Click on the ? to see a short summary about the player
PP = Player panel
VV = View variables
SM = Subtle message
FLW = Follow player
TP = Traitor panel
LOGS = Mob/Client logs
SMITE = Smite player (BSA, brain trauma, fireball, etc..)
REJT = Reject Adminhelp
IC = Mark as IC
RSLVE = Resolve Adminhelp
WIKI = Mark as Wiki Issue
BUG = Mark as Github Issue
MHELP = Mark as Mentor Help
JMP = Jump to (makes you a ghost before jumping)
CA = Check antagonist (shortcut to the secret panel 'check antagonist' link)
SC = Spawn cookie

Traitor panel

Accessed by right clicking a mob, selecting "Show Player Panel" then clicking the "Traitor Panel" option in their Player Panel.

Allows you to:

Assign them a round position (Roboticist, Captain, Clown, etc..)
Assign them a Faction or Antagonist role (Traitor, Ninja, etc..)
Give them a traitor or nuclear uplink
Edit their IC memory
Edit their common commands

Game panel

This is a simple panel that allows you to spawn certain objects, turfs, or mobs. Additionally, you can set the game mode or the secret game mode before the round begins.

Important verbs

These are the first verbs you should get to know. There are many more but these will always be important.

asay - admin channel talk (OOC)
dsay - dead channel talk (OOC)
Aghost - makes you a ghost and returns you into your character.
adminwho - check which admins are connected.
deadmin - if you wish to play a round as a non-admin, use this. If needed, you can regain your powers with the re-admin verb.
jump-to-mob/key/area/coordinate - makes you jump to the location. Does not make you a ghost before jumping!
jump-to-turf - best used if you right click a turf to jump to it.
player-panel - shows the player panel as explained above.
secrets - shows the secrets panel as explained above.
toggle-adminhelp-sound - plays a sound when an adminhelp arrives so you can tab out of the game.
toggle-hear-deatchat - toggles whether you hear deadchat.
toggle-hear-radio - toggles whether you hear the radio (useful when dealing with many adminhelps at once with a chatty radio - in other words often).
ghost-ears - toggles whether you hear all mobs as a ghost or just the ones in range.