The Message of the Day (or MOTD if you like a good acronym) is the message box that is presented in the Team Select and Squad/Loadout Select screen when in a server for Post Scriptum. This is often used to have a set of rules displayed, thank a player for joining the server, or just to provide relevant information for the day (for example, if the server is coming down for maintenance at a certain time, or the names of administrators, or a Discord server link). Additionally, these MOTD's for Post Scriptum can show your logo! How cool is that?!
How to...
Modifying the MOTD for a server is relatively simple. It is as simple as modifying the file MOTD.cfg within the PostScriptum/ServerConfig folder for your server. Changes to the MOTD.cfg file are not instant, and will require a server restart to take effect.
The MOTD.cfg supports a few different "special" formatting settings that are derived from the HTML programming language - primarily anchor text (or <a>)
When typing normally into the MOTD.cfg without any formatting, this wording will appear as white text, and will print exactly what you tell it to. There are some fancy things you can do in the MOTD - these are outlined below:
<Title1>Welcome to your Post Scriptum Server</>
<Heading1>This line is always visible and can be used to describe your server or your community</><Heading1>Server Rules:</>
<Yellow1>RULE #1 </> Here is your rule #1 description.
<Yellow1>RULE #2 </> Here is your rule #2 description.
<Yellow1>RULE #3 </> Here is your rule #3 description.
<Yellow1>RULE #4 </> Here is your rule #4 description.
<Yellow1>RULE #5 </> Here is your rule #5 description.
<Title1>This is Title1</>
<Heading1>This is Heading1</>
<Heading2>This is Heading2</>
<Green1>This is Green1</>
<Red1>This is Red1</>
<Yellow1>This is Yellow1</>
<Blue1>This is Blue1</>
So for example you can make your text Yellow, Green, Red or Blue by changing the anchor type, make text huge by setting it to Title1 or Heading1, etc etc. The world is your oyster!
Now in theory (untested) - If you wish to insert a link into the MOTD (such as for a website or discord link) you can use the following to make a clickable link. For example:
<a href="https://southnode.net">Click here to go to Southnode!</a>
The above would present the words "Click here to go to Southnode!" as a clickable link on the MOTD, that goes to https://southnode.net
The MOTD is scrollable but does have a horizontal character limit. The following is noted:
- The font in game is not monospaced, making this more than just a matter of counting straight characters. At best guess, the maximum characters in a line should be between 60-65 characters long.
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