Inactive [SEC] BigBrother 1.7.1: A Complete Griefer Logging + Rollback Package [531]

BigBrotherv1.7.1

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What is BigBrother?

BigBrother is a powerful weapon in the war against griefers, and this particular tool has the ability to log and rollback every individual change a griefer has done via a large, all-knowing database that logs every action a user has taken. It gives you the utilities to inspect the world around you and determine who made what change, so you can catch the griefer every time. You can go here for more information, but here's a few examples:

1. Log players' block destruction, placement, chats, commands, and so much more
2. When chests are destroyed, their contents are logged
3. Log blocks destroyed by TNT and Creeper Explosions and Fires
4. Inspect missing blocks, opened chests using a variety of tools
5. Rollback all changes to exactly as they were
6. Rollback by player, time, area, and block type

I want a full list of what it logs.

Okay. Here it goes:
Broken blocks, placed blocks, destroyed signs' text, teleportation, changes in chest contents, commands, chats, disconnects, logins (with IP address), opening doors, pushing buttons, lever switches, created signs' text, leaf decay, TNT explosions, Creeper explosions, miscellaneous explosions, the opening of chests, burnt blocks, and lava flow.
I'll admit, this list is pretty small (only 20 things). But with every update of BB, this list grows to allow you to log or not log anything you could want.

That's a nice list, but what can I really do with BB?

I'll give you a few scenarios in which BB can really come to the rescue.

1. Complete Grief Rollback: A griefer, meanieguy, comes and starts griefing away when your admins are away. And when I say grief, I mean grief. He gets his hands on buckets of lava, TNT, and goes to town. By the time an admin gets back on, meanieguy and half of your town is gone. The admin can quickly and easily identify that meanieguy was the crook using /bb here or the SuperSticks. After that, all he has to do is issue the command: /bb rollback meanieguy, and everything is back to normal. Flows of lava is cleaned up, TNT explosions have been fixed, welcome signs are back with their sometimes-odd text, chests are back with their original contents, and your users are happy
2. Specific Rollbacks: A couple of your (typically good) server members get a little carried away when making modifications to someone else's building. You don't want to rollback all their changes, but only in a particular area and within a certain period of time. You can just use: /bb rollback tw3dled3 tw3dledum t:1d5h r:20, and that will rollback just their changes, within a 20 block radius and within the past 1 days and 5 hours.
3. Building Identification: Ever stumble across a building that is either so good or so bad that you have to know whose it was? By using /bb stick 1, you'll get a stick that will let you identify who placed or modifed which blocks. /bb stick 2 will give you a log that will let you inspect "air", water, and lava blocks (basically things that aren't rightclick-able).
4. Creeper Rollbacks: Creepers are annoying for a two reasons: they kill you and they blow up your stuff. Thankfully, BigBrother can take care of reason 2. If a creeper blocks up the side of your building, you can quickly fix it by using /bb rollback Environment r:5. This will rollback any environmental changes within 5 blocks.
   

*With the current version of BigBrother, you may have to do more work to rollback TNT, burnt blocks, and lava. Currently, these are logged as "Environment" (as it's difficult to match these actions up to a specific player). So rolling back meanieguy and Environment with a good time argument will easily take care of this.

Hm, Okay. Where can I go to get more information?

You can hop on over to BigBrother's github repository.
There we have a wiki full of installation, troubleshooting, and command information; the full and bleeding edge source code; and an issue tracker to get your problems solved.

Video Tutorial

By Samkio.

Changelog

BigBrother v1.7.1
Released 16 Mar, 2011
- Built with CB 531.
- Fix for SQLite problem with (LIMIT)
- Fix for people using non-permissions plugin
- Initial table prefix support.

BigBrother v1.7
Released 13 Mar, 2011
- Updated + Compiled for CB 527, Permissions 2.5.3, GroupManager 1.0+
- Inserts into database are now (optionally) LOW_PRIORITY (thanks GpMidi!)
- Sanitizes names before sending to DB (helps w/ name hack)
- Logging of signs changed using the Mass Sign Hack (.eas)
- Rollback by Tick (greatly reduces lag during rollbacks, customizable # of blocks/tick)
- Threaded and cleaned up Cleansing (much faster, no lag).

- Options to restrict # of entries removed each cleansing

- Cleansing happens on a schedule

- '/bb version' and '/bb update'. version: tells you the version of BB you're running. update: tells you if there is an update. (These also work in the console: 'bb version' and 'bb update')
- Complete properties file change: BigBrother.properties + watching.properties -> BigBrother.yml. (it will auto-convert)
- Fix for broken bed logging
- Fix for cancelled onEntityExplodes
- Help support. View organized help w. '/help bb'- Auto-download of libraries is now optional
- Temporarily turned off threading of /bb here and SuperSticks
- Leaf Removal + Lava Flow defaulted to off
- /bb log : Alias for /bb stick 2
- A few other things...

BigBrother v1.6.3
Released 27 Feb, 2011
- Fix for removal of Bukkit's onPlayerCommand
- Command-logging fixed!
- SuperStick threading
- /bb here threading

BigBrother v1.6.2
Released 26 Feb, 2011
- "Fixed" SQLite problem with database locking during datablock sending.
- Fixed problem where it gives you sticks instead of proper item
- Fixed but where Chest Logs end in "-"
- Modified table schema to allow for longer chest logging.
- Better error reporting when unable to create connection.
- Extra Permissions check + better messaging
- Initial Threading: Less lag when logging blocks and rolling back.

BigBrother v1.6.1
Released 23 Feb, 2011
- "Fixed" SQLite problem with Cleansing
- Fixed IndexOutOfBoundsException when timeCleanse setting was set to "0s"

BigBrother v1.6
Released 23 Feb, 2011
- Multiworld support! Rolling back by radius will be limited to the world you're in. (All other rollbacks will still be universal)
- Database cleansing on startup by age or number of records. Look in bigbrother.properties for these settings.
- Initial On-demand cleansing. Using '/bb cleanse' (bb.admin.cleanse), it will invoke the cleansing under the settings you have. This will be built upon in upcoming updates.
- Initial Lava Flow logging + rollback. Those ugly lava flows will be quickly removed. (Logs to "Environment" for now)
- Sign creation text logging. Logs the text of signs when they build (in addition to destroy) signs
- Performance enhancements from Oni and N3X15 builds
- Player IP Logging on login (from Oni build) (can be turned off)
- Better '/bb help'
- No longer using the long, spammy constructor.
- Fix for the not logging of broken blocks.

BigBrother 1.5
Jan 30 - (CraftBukkit #186)
- Requires build #183 or higher
- Logging/Rollback of blocks burnt by fire, initially to player "Environment". (fire = action #19)
- Rollback confirmation if you're rolling back without a radius or time argument
- Customize what the stick is (check "stickItem" in BigBrother.properties)
- "History Log" - /bb stick 2 - Gives you a log to place and gives you the history there.
- SuperSticks will now supply you with the item they need.
- More permission separation between info, rollbacks, and watching (check the OP for more info)
- /bb stats gives you a few basic stats about BB
- Memory free'ing after sending blocks (thanks to Zenexer for that)
- Restores optionally restore fire blocks, default false (check restoreFire in BigBrother.properties)

BigBrother 1.4.3
Jan 25 - (CraftBukkit #135)
- All the updates from 1.4.2
- Different management of connections

BigBrother 1.4.2 (caused Conn. problems)
Jan 24 - (CraftBukkit #135)
- Removed annoying spam!
- If connection can't be established from the start, BB tells you and shutsdown (rather than keeping on warning)
- If connection fails in the middle of running the program, it's reset
- Better handling of problems when saving to the database
- Handling of data being too long
- Right-clicking stuff with super stick doesn't interact with them

BigBrother 1.4.1
Jan 24 - (CraftBukkit #135)
- Fixes internal client error with using just /bb

BigBrother 1.4
Jan 24 - (CraftBukkit #135)
- Better connection management for SQLite and MySQL
- Optional use of INNODB with MySQL
- Fixes 'y' out of bounds error with MySQL
- Creating Signs are now logged
- Moved settings + data into plugins/BigBrother
- Dependency downloader - Auto-Downloads SQLite and MySQL libraries into lib/ folder (thanks to Hidendra <3)
- SuperSticks! - Support for many different types of sticks for searching an area
- 'History Stick' - The first SuperStick, gives detailed history of a block
- Radius Rollback - Specify the radius around you to rollback (using r: )
- TNT/Creeper Logging - Log the blocks destroyed by TNT or creepers (for now logged as "Environment")
- Leaf Decay -Logs leaves that decay so you can roll your trees back (for now logged as "Environment")
- Flint+Steel logging
- Opening chests - No chest modification though, the right hooks aren't in place
- Destroying chests logging and rollback - If someone breaks your chest, roll them back and get all ur stuffs back

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