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  • MOTD support?

    From Marisag@21:1/5 to All on Wed Nov 28 06:00:34 2018
    Is there a way to display the "message of the day" when someone connects? Would like to show a banner and post news they should see at the time they log in...

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  • From Gerd Flaig@21:1/5 to Marisag on Thu Nov 29 14:18:36 2018
    "Marisag" <marisag@amigacity.xyz.remove-iu2-this> writes:

    Is there a way to display the "message of the day" when someone connects? Would
    like to show a banner and post news they should see at the time they log in...

    I think the file "motd" in the game state directory should help there.

    Goodbyte, Gerd.
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  • From Marisag@21:1/5 to All on Thu Nov 29 14:56:58 2018
    To: Gerd Flaig
    Re: Re: MOTD support?
    By: Gerd Flaig to rec.games.empire on Thu Nov 29 2018 14:18:36

    I think the file "motd" in the game state directory should help there.


    Thanks! I'll give that a try!

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  • From Marisag@21:1/5 to All on Thu Nov 29 20:04:10 2018
    To: Gerd Flaig
    Re: Re: MOTD support?
    By: Marisag to Gerd Flaig on Thu Nov 29 2018 14:56:58

    I think the file "motd" in the game state directory should help there.


    Thanks! I'll give that a try!

    Ok I tried that in every directory under my intstallation i could think of, but it never displayed any file. I tried restarting the server process after each change as well. Any ideas?

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  • From Gerd Flaig@21:1/5 to Marisag on Fri Nov 30 19:26:20 2018
    "Marisag" <marisag@amigacity.xyz.remove-suz-this> writes:

    To: Gerd Flaig
    Re: Re: MOTD support?
    By: Marisag to Gerd Flaig on Thu Nov 29 2018 14:56:58

    I think the file "motd" in the game state directory should help there.


    Thanks! I'll give that a try!

    Ok I tried that in every directory under my intstallation i could think of, but
    it never displayed any file. I tried restarting the server process after each change as well. Any ideas?

    looks like it needs to be in telegram format. I ended up writing a
    telegram and copying the result out of the "tel" folder into motd.

    [rummages in source]

    Aha! There's a deity command to set the motd.

    [0:640] Command : turn motd
    Enter a new message of the day.
    Enter telegram for The World
    undo last line with ~u, print with ~p, abort with ~q, end with .
    1024 left: Hello Players! Remember to have fun!
    987 left: .

    [...]

    % ~/bin/empire
    Country name? 1
    Your name?


    -=O=-
    Hello Players! Remember to have fun!

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  • From Marisag@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 30 19:40:18 2018
    To: Gerd Flaig
    Re: Re: MOTD support?
    By: Gerd Flaig to rec.games.empire on Fri Nov 30 2018 19:26:20

    Aha! There's a deity command to set the motd.

    [0:640] Command : turn motd

    Great, thx!

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