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anyone able to make a script that can auto-block a user when they send x amount of nudges in a defined duration to prevent annoyances?

Nudgeback has a simple way of detecting nudges.

If you use this with a timer and a counter you can easily do this.

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Originally posted by Ezra
Nudgeback has a simple way of detecting nudges.

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that's the only way...

In fact, you actually can't protect yourself totally for floods like this since scripts have a lag. When the nudges are send in a extreme fast way, your script has not the time to react on time (in fact, the functions will only be executed after Messenger and Plus! are done processing everything). So to protect you totally you probably need to have an external program which disregards the nudge messages on protocol level.

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Originally posted by Ezra
If you use this with a timer and a counter you can easily do this.

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define easy It's actually not that easy or strait forward to code something like this properly. A lot of checks need to be done (more than I imagined too)... see attached Nudge Flood Protection script (and especially the comments in the script itself)

to alter the flood protection you need to edit four variables in the script:

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var floodCount = 10;    // max amount of nudges allowed in the time period
var floodTime = 10000;  // period for floodchecking, in milliseconds
var blockTime = 20000;  // period the contact is being blocked, in milliseconds
                        // (-1 = indefinitely time, aka: contacts will not be unblocked automatically)
var blockMessage = true // true = contact will be notified that he is being blocked
                        // false = contact will not be notified

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UPDATE (version 1.1):
- added option to show or not show the message
- when blockTime is -1 (indefinitely) the message will not show the blocktime (was very stupid bug)





previous downloads (version 1.0): 49

im confused looking at it

it isnt working...

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Originally posted by sno
im confused looking at it

it isnt working...

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if you tell exactly what isn't working I maybe can help you...


PS: the script works fine as-is though...

Works here, thanks Cookie.

Only if I culd have used it when everyone was using the MSNM7.0 'busy bug'

user sends 5 nudges in under 5,000 miliseconds
it did not block them, nothing happened...

please read what has been posted


It doesn't block the contact because:

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
to alter the flood protection you need to edit three variables in the script:

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var floodCount = 10;    // max amount of nudges allowed in the time period
var floodTime = 10000;  // period for floodchecking, in milliseconds
var blockTime = 20000;  // period the contact is being block, in milliseconds
                        // (-1 = unlimited time, aka: contacts will not be unblocked automatically)

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As you can see the default is 10 nudges within 10 seconds and the contact will be blocked for 20 seconds.

Therefore, 5 nudges in 5 seconds is allowed (by default)...

Also:

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
When the nudges are send in a extreme fast way, your script has not the time to react on time (in fact, the functions will only be executed after Messenger and Plus! are done processing everything).

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well 1. the contact sent 10 nudges to make sure
2. i waited atleast 1 min for it to block, it didnt.
3. u didnt need to quote, i already read it and did take note and changed the variables to my liking whihc was 5 nudges in less than 10 secs. and a block for 10mins.

I'm sorry but there are no bugs in the script. It works as it supposed to be.

2) You don't need to 'wait' for the block, if the flood protection is triggered the contact is blocked immediatly (if a block time has been set).

3) in future try to post immediatly what didn't worked and what you exactly did. People aren't mind readers ....