PlayerDB.txt

File PlayerDB.txt is used by fCraft to store persistent player information. Each line in the file (after the header) represents one player record.

Formatting

Numbers

All numbers are nonnegative integers, written out with decimal digits. Empty string or any invalid value is interpreted as 0.

Dates

Dates are saved as number of seconds since UTC Unix Epoch. Value of "0", empty string, or any invalid value is interpreted as "never" (represented internally as DateTime.MinValue).

Time spans

Time spans are stored as number of seconds. They cannot be negative. Empty string or any invalid value is interpreted as 0.

IP Addresses

IPs are serialized in dotted decimal notation (e.g. "192.168.1.1"). Only IPv4 addresses are used — no IPv6. Empty string, any invalid value, or "255.255.255.255" are interpreted as "unknown" address.

Strings

Strings are encoded as ASCII. Escaped characters are , (comma), \n (new line), and \r (carriage return) — they are replaced with \xFF, \xFE, and \xFD respectively. There is no practical limit on string length, aside from .NET's internal 1-billion-character limit. Parsing strings ends at the nearest non-escaped comma.

Enums

Enumerations are represented by one character or digit. Interpretation of empty strings and invalid values varies field-to-field. See the table below for specifics.

Header

First line of PlayerDB.txt is the header. It starts with two numbers:

• MaxID

Next available player ID number. In practice the value is not used, since the server re-computes the number (by finding highest used ID) every time it loads PlayerDB.

• FormatVersion

PlayerDB file format version. fCraft 0.600 and later releases use version 5. This article describes only this current format.

The rest of the header line describes the row format. For example:

7383 5 fCraft PlayerDB | Row format: Name,IPAddress,Rank,RankChangeDate,RankChangedBy,Banned,BanDate,BannedBy,UnbanDate,UnbannedBy,BanReason,UnbanReason,LastFailedLoginDate,LastFailedLoginIP,UNUSED,FirstLoginDate,LastLoginDate,TotalTime,BlocksBuilt,BlocksDeleted,TimesVisited,MessagesWritten,UNUSED,UNUSED,PreviousRank,RankChangeReason,TimesKicked,TimesKickedOthers,TimesBannedOthers,ID,RankChangeType,LastKickDate,LastSeen,BlocksDrawn,LastKickBy,LastKickReason,BannedUntil,IsFrozen,FrozenBy,FrozenOn,MutedUntil,MutedBy,Password,IsOnline,BandwidthUseMode,IsHidden,LastModified,DisplayedName,AccountType,Email

Columns

Each row after the header represents one player record. Fields are comma-separated. Note that column numbers in this table start with 1, not 0.

Order	Name	Data Type	Purpose	Remarks
1	Name	String	Player's account name.	Invalid values cause whole record to be skipped. Regex used to verify validity: ^([a-zA-Z0-9._]{2,16}|[a-zA-Z0-9._]{1,15}@\d*)$
2	LastIP	IPAddress	For offline players, last IP used to successfully log in. For online players, current IP.	May be blank ("none") for players whose records were imported.
3	Rank	String	Player's current rank.	Full rank name. Saved as "RankName#UUID", where UUID is rank's alphanumeric universally unique identifier. fCraft always saves ranks in this "full" format, but it can read rank name without ID as well. If parsing fails, default rank is assigned to player. Rank name is case-insensitive, but UUID is case-sensitive. String not escaped.
4	RankChangeDate	DateTime	Date of the most recent promotion/demotion.	Defaults to "never" for players who have never been ranked.
5	RankChangedBy	String	Name of the player or entity who most recently promoted/demoted this player.	Not necessarily a valid player name. May be blank. Escaped.
6	BanStatus	Enum	Player's current BanStatus: Banned, NotBanned, or Exempt.	One or zero characters long. b = player is currently banned. x = player is exempt from all bans. Any other value = neither banned nor exempt.
7	BanDate	DateTime	Date of most recent ban.	Defaults to "never" for players who have never been banned.
8	BannedBy	String	Name of the player or entity who most recently banned this player.	Only read if BanDate was set. May be blank. Not necessarily a valid player name. Escaped.
9	UnbanDate	DateTime	Date of most recent unban.	Defaults to "never" for players who have never been unbanned.
10	UnbannedBy	String	Name of the player or entity who most recently unbanned this player.	Only read if UnbanDate was set. May be blank. Not necessarily a valid player name. Escaped.
11	BanReason	String	Reason given for the most recent ban.	Only read if BanDate was set. May be blank. Escaped.
12	UnbanReason	String	Reason given for the most recent unban.	Only read if UnbanDate was set. May be blank. Escaped.
13	LastFailedLoginDate	DateTime	Date of most recent failed attempt to log in.
14	LastFailedLoginIP	IPAddress	IP from which player most recently tried (and failed) to log in.
15			No longer in use. Skip.
16	FirstLoginDate	DateTime	First time the player ever attempted to log in.	May be "never" for players whose records were imported.
17	LastLoginDate	DateTime	Most recent time the player successfully logged in.	May be "never" for players whose records were imported.
18	TotalTime	TimeSpan	Total amount of time the player spent on this server.	May be 0 for players whose records were imported.
19	BlocksBuilt	Int32	Total number of blocks manually built or painted by the player.
20	BlocksDeleted	Int32	Total number of blocks manually deleted by the player.
21	TimesVisited	Int32	Number of sessions/logins.	May be 0 for players whose records were imported.
22	MessagesWritten	Int32	Total number of chat messages written.
23			No longer in use by fCraft. Skip.	Used by 800craft (fCraft mod) for "PromoCount"
24			No longer in use by fCraft. Skip.	Used by 800craft (fCraft mod) for "TitleName"
25	PreviousRank	String	Player's previous rank.	Same parsing rules as the "Rank" column.
26	RankChangeReason	String	Reason given for the most recent promotion/demotion.	May be blank. Escaped.
27	TimesKicked	Int32	Number of times that this player has been manually kicked.
28	TimesKickedOthers	Int32	Number of kicks issues by this player.
29	TimesBannedOthers	Int32	Number of bans issued by this player.
30	ID	Int32	Player's unique numeric ID. Issued on first join.	IDs 0-255 are reserved. Player IDs start with 256. If anyone's ID in file is below 256, a new one is assigned on-load.
31	RankChangeType	Enum	Type of the most recent promotion/demotion.	One digit long. 0 = Default (never been promoted or demoted) 1 = Promoted (manually by another player or by console) 2 = Demoted (manually by another player or by console) 3 = AutoPromoted (e.g. by AutoRank) 4 = AutoDemoted (e.g. by AutoRank) If blank or unrecognized value is given, either "Default", "Promoted", or "Demoted" is chosen based on values of Rank and PreviousRank.
32	LastKickDate	DateTime	Date of the most recent kick.
33	LastSeen	DateTime	Last time the player has been seen online. Last logout date for offline players; current time for online players.	May be "never" if player has never been online.
34	BlocksDrawn	Int64	Total number of blocks modified using draw and copy/paste commands.
35	LastKickBy	String	Name of the player or entity who most recently kicked this player.	May be blank. Not necessarily a valid player name. Escaped.
36	LastKickReason	String	Reason given for the most recent kick.	May be blank. Escaped.
37	BannedUntil	DateTime	Reserved for future use (temp bans).	Currently unused.
38	IsFrozen	Enum	Whether this player is currently frozen.	One or zero characters long. f = this player is frozen. Any other value = not frozen.
39	FrozenBy	String	Name of the player or entity who most recently froze this player.	May be blank. Not necessarily a valid player name. Escaped.
40	FrozenOn	DateTime	Date of the most recent freezing of this player.	May be "never" if this player has never been frozen.
41	MutedUntil	DateTime	Date until which the player is muted.	If the date is "never" or is in the past, player is NOT muted.
42	MutedBy	String	Name of the player or entity who most recently froze this player.	May be blank. Not necessarily a valid player name. Escaped.
43	Password	String	Reserved for future use (IRC or account passwords).	Currently unused.
44	IsOnline	Enum	Whether this player is currently online.	One or zero characters long. o = this player was online at the time PlayerDB was saved. Any other value = player was offline. Hidden players who may appear offline in-game are still shown as "online" in this column.
45	BandwidthUseMode	Enum	Player's custom bandwidth use mode.	Zero or one digit long. 0 = Use server default 1 = VeryLow 2 = Low 3 = Normal 4 = High 5 = VeryHigh See BandwidthUseMode config key documentation for a detailed explanation of the options.

All columns prior to this are mandatory. 46^th and later columns are "optional", in the sense that current version of fCraft is able to read files without them, for compatibility reasons. These columns have been added in fCraft versions 0.600 and later.

Order	Name	Data Type	Purpose	Remarks
46	IsHidden	Enum	Whether the player is currently hidden.	One or zero characters long. h = this player is hidden. Any other value = player is not hidden.
47	LastModified	DateTime	Time of most recent modification of this record's fields.
48	DisplayedName	String	Replaces Name when printing name in chat.	May be blank (meaning "use normal Name"). Escaped.
49	AccountType	Enum	Minecraft.net account type (paid/free/unknown).	One or zero characters long. 1 = Free minecraft.net account (may some day be upgraded to "Paid"). 2 = Paid minecraft.net account. Any other value = Unknown account type (could be free or paid).
50	Email	String	For Mojang accounts, player's email address.	Blank for all regular accounts. Escaped.