Latency Manager

A Procon plugin for managing player latency on Battlefield game servers (BF3, BF4, BF Hardline).

Features

Country-Based Kicking

• Allow or disallow players from specific countries
• Uses PunkBuster player info for country detection
• Configurable kick message with %country% placeholder
• Option to ignore whitelist for country kicks
• Option to ignore player threshold for country kicks

Ping-Based Kicking

• Two methods: Instant kick or Average ping
• Average mode samples pings over time before deciding to kick
• Configurable ping limit, sample size, and minimum samples before kicking
• Option to kick players with no/missing ping data
• Configurable delay before checking for missing pings
• Configurable kick message with %ping% placeholder

General Settings

• Player count threshold before rules are enforced
• Player whitelist to exempt specific players
• In-game notifications (Yell or Say)
• Debug message logging
• Automatic plugin update notifications

Installation

1. Download the latest release from the Releases page
2. Extract CLatencyManager.cs to your Procon plugins directory under the appropriate game folder
3. Restart Procon or reload plugins
4. Configure settings through the Procon plugin interface

Configuration

All settings are configurable through the Procon plugin settings interface, organized into sections:

• Country Functions -- Enable/disable country kicking, select allowed/disallowed countries
• Ping Functions -- Enable/disable ping kicking, set limits and methods
• Settings -- Debug output, whitelist, player thresholds, in-game messages

License

GPLv3 -- see LICENSE for details.

Credits

• Zaeed (Matt Green) -- original author
• EBassie -- missing ping detection, whitelist/threshold bypass options