Click the Status button to load your instance's status page. This page is divided into a number of sections. The top of the page shows the same information shown for the server on the Instances page. In the top-right corner of this page is a refresh link that will reload the page with more current information.

Player History

If your game is supported by the Game-Monitor game tracking system your status page shows three images collected by Game-Monitor. The first one is an image designed for forum signatures that shows the current state of your server and a small chart with your server's player count history. Use the URL below this image for your forum signatures. The other two images are larger and more detailed versions of your server's player history and current state.

Player Information

Next, this page shows a quick rundown of the players on your server, showing the following information:

• Player name
• Player ID
• Ping time
• Score
• Team Affiliation

This information is gathered via rcon by Cortex when you load a status page. If your server doesn't support rcon then this table is hidden. Different game servers report different values to their status queries, so what is shown in this table will vary per game engine.

Player Management

If your game server can produce the player information list then it can also provide special actions to perform on those players. Depending on the game you can perform the following actions with your players.

• Kick them from the server. This option only displays if the server has an rcon kick command and has a unique way to identify players.
• Ban them from the server. Like kick, this option only displays if the server has an rcon ban command and has a unique way to identify players. Some servers have ban files which Cortex will also write the ban to. Cortex kicks your player from the server after banning him or her.
• Ping them from the server. Cortex's built in network functions can ping them directly from the server. This can be very useful when diagnosing lag. This option is only available for game servers that provide player IP addresses to its status command.
• Traceroute to them. Cortex's built in network functions can traceroute to them directly from the server. This can be very useful when diagnosing lag. This option is only available for game servers that provide player IP addresses to its status command.

There is no function in Cortex to unban users from the server. Some game servers have ban list files which you can edit in the instance's filebrowser. Other game servers only keep their ban information while they're running, so restarting your instance may remove all of its player bans.

Runtime Variables

The bottom of the status page gives a quick rundown of your server's current settings. Cortex gathers these values when the status page is loaded. This information is useful for diagnosing server functionality.