ETAdmin mod
ETAdmin is not really a mod in the sense that it's just a program, that runs in the background of the server. It reads the events in the log file of the server and sends its commands through rcon to the server. It cannot stand alone without any other mod (e.g. etmain, etpub, etpro) but it's used in conjunction with mods.
What can it do? There is a very big list of features for this "mod" but the ones that stand out are:
- admin functions: if you have etpro or etmain running on your server then you know that administrating the server (i.e. shuffle, put players in teams, restart etc) is a bit of a pain. With etadmin you can assign different admin commands to different levels and then assign these levels to your chosen ones. e.g. assign putting players in teams to level 3 and assign level 3 to player XYZ.
- weapon/classes limitations:you can easily limit the number of players that can take a specific class in a team or define the number of players that need to be on the server in order for a specific weapon to be active e.g:
- panzer not available when less than x players are connected
- no sniper weapon allowed (garant or FG42) if less than x players are connected
- not more than x medics in a team
- fun features: multikill/monstekill announcements with sounds
- uneven teams announcements and/or autoaction: avoid having unbalanced teams (in terms of players) by either announcing that the teams are unbalanced or by doing auto-shuffle when this happens (or both). Typically, you can announced unbalanced teams 2-3 teams and if teams are not balanced ETAdmin will do a shuffle.
Full feature list here
Installation on the Server
Players don't need to do anything….they just enjoy the features. If you are renting a game server then it's better to ask your game server provider to install it for you (I don't think you have the choice to install it yourself anyway). If you have your own server then if you are running Linux the installation will be much easier than if you are running Windows 
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