AutoMessage

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What is AutoMessage?

AutoMessage is an easy to use chat scheduler plugin. It is a plugin perfect for server admins who would like to announce broadcasts at configurable intervals. The plugin features a rich in-game config editor as well as the ability to edit the config from the disk. The plugin is designed to be very lightweight and cause no impact on server resources! The plugin is updated within days of new releases to ensure complete up-to-date server compatibility! Check out the plugin review here!

Features:

Fully configurable configuration!
Rich in-game config editor!
Quick and painless reloading!
Option to randomize broadcasts!
Color code support!!
Run commands in your messages!

Installation:

Just drag and drop into your plugins folder then restart or reload your server! Simple!

Usage and Information:

This plugin utilises Hidendra's plugin metrics system, which means that the following information is collected and sent to mcstats.org:

A unique identifier
The server's version of Java
Whether the server is in offline or online mode
The plugin's version
The server's version
The OS version/name and architecture
The core count for the CPU
The number of players online
The Metrics version Opting out of this service can be done by editing plugins/Plugin Metrics/config.yml and changing opt-out to true.

This plugin features an update command which will check if you are running the latest build and download the update to the plugin folder if it not currently installed. You are required to trigger the command manually and you must restart or reload the server for changes to take effect.

Thanks to my donators!

TheFarmerNL from Minevival.com

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GodsDead

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#950 Posted Feb 17, 2014

Automessage is very specific on formatting and breaks any messages if the YML is not correct, which is why im having trouble figuring out this error in the log: What is the problem here?

[19:50:38] [Server thread/WARN]: [AutoMessage] Task #32 for AutoMessage v2.4.0 generated an exception
java.util.MissingFormatArgumentException: Format specifier ' o'
at java.util.Formatter.format(Formatter.java:2487) ~[?:1.7.0_03]
at java.util.Formatter.format(Formatter.java:2423) ~[?:1.7.0_03]
at java.lang.String.format(String.java:2845) ~[?:1.7.0_03]
at com.TeamNovus.AutoMessage.Models.Message.getFormattedMessage(Message.java:20) ~[?:?]
at com.TeamNovus.AutoMessage.Models.Message.getMessages(Message.java:58) ~[?:?]
at com.TeamNovus.AutoMessage.Models.MessageList.broadcastTo(MessageList.java:155) ~[?:?]
at com.TeamNovus.AutoMessage.Tasks.BroadcastTask.run(BroadcastTask.java:30) ~[?:?]
at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_7_R1.scheduler.CraftTask.run(CraftTask.java:53) ~[craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-1.7.2-R0.2-b2974jnks]
at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_7_R1.scheduler.CraftScheduler.mainThreadHeartbeat(CraftScheduler.java:345) [craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-1.7.2-R0.2-b2974jnks]
at net.minecraft.server.v1_7_R1.MinecraftServer.u(MinecraftServer.java:587) [craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-1.7.2-R0.2-b2974jnks]
at net.minecraft.server.v1_7_R1.DedicatedServer.u(DedicatedServer.java:250) [craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-1.7.2-R0.2-b2974jnks]
at net.minecraft.server.v1_7_R1.MinecraftServer.t(MinecraftServer.java:545) [craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-1.7.2-R0.2-b2974jnks]
at net.minecraft.server.v1_7_R1.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:457) [craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-1.7.2-R0.2-b2974jnks]
at net.minecraft.server.v1_7_R1.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:617) [craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-1.7.2-R0.2-b2974jnks]

I think its for this line, I have escaped the extra " ' " marks to pass them into the text.

    - '''ave a face full o'' me boot ye jelly boned thumb suckin'' crud bucket !': []

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Posted Feb 17, 2014
So after testing many plugins and having their new line feature fail, I came across this one. I actually like this one, except for the fact that when I create a new line the return symbol shows up. Is there any way to prevent this? Am I just being stupid?

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Posted Feb 14, 2014
Excuse me, but on a server, it keeps spamming Message 1, Message 2. Etc..... and it is doing it to everyone but op...

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Posted Feb 13, 2014
Any plans for symbol support? I could help out with coding them if you want.

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Posted Feb 13, 2014
You should add the option to use /tellraw, because links can be hidden behind text with it, which is so likely! The update isn't that hard, just use player.sendRawMessage()!

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Posted Feb 12, 2014
For some reason only OP's can see the messages anyway to fix this?

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Posted Feb 12, 2014
Hey!

I love your plugin!

But, is it no longer possible to use %n in the prefix and suffix? They output as %n in the announcements.

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Posted Feb 8, 2014
Does AutoMessage do world specific?

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Posted Feb 2, 2014
@geekyservers

That is not possible.

@Huffmanbrandon

Thanks!

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Posted Feb 2, 2014
Great plugin, out of all of the other auto broadcasters this one is by far the most lenient and user-friendly. Thank you! :D

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Posted Feb 1, 2014
Is it possible to make the [AutoMsg] messages to show up in a different window... or perhaps, it's own ticker location? So that it the AutoMessages don't fill up the already congested chat window?

But make it only as an option, as I'm sure some people want it in the chat window. But for us that don't, a way to have the messages show up in a different location would be amaziiiiiing!

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Posted Jan 28, 2014
I would prefer using the old config. It was so much more easier to understand. The whole [] thing and the %n (which doesn't work at the end/start of the suffix or prefix) is very confusing. I liked the old config so much more better. If you do plan on keeping this config, the only thing I would suggest is changing how the lines are split up, perhaps something like this?

Broadcast1 - Your first line here - Second line here - Third line here (and so on)

You could use this for many different broadcasts, I dunno, just a suggestion :P

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Posted Jan 27, 2014
Why do we need to have : [] at the end of our message?

I've used this plugin for since 2012 and never had this :L and I keep forgetting to put it in and causes it to error, then I have to start over again urhg:(

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Posted Jan 27, 2014
@ELCHILEN0

Okay, tnx

Now I encountered a new problem... I had finished the config, and then it reset it self...

This is all that is left; http://puu.sh/6Abfo.png

Am I just really bad at this or is it something wrong? Tryied to delete the AutoMessage folder to check if it would create a new config. In which it didn't.

Pls, help Ateir

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Posted Jan 26, 2014
@xAteirx

Give yourself the permission automessage.receive.NAME-OF-LIST. Replace NAME-OF-LIST with well the name of the list.

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Posted Jan 26, 2014
Any additional plugins required?

Hi, I know this isn't the way to ask for help on problems, but this one seems a bit to great for that. I've innstalled AM, and by using /plugins it says it is installed correctly, but no messages are being posted in the chat. Not even the test messages, and, yes, everything in the config is enabled (picture of the config; http://puu.sh/6z9w1.png)

Is any additional plugins required or something?

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Posted Jan 25, 2014
From some of the latest comments I have been wondering if it might be better to instead of the new argument system that seems to confuse everyone I could adopt the Minecraft JSON messaging system? This would allow better support for both plaintext messages and other formatting messages. Tell me what you think.

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Posted Jan 21, 2014
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But can I do "/am broadcast Hey! The &6Event&r tonight starts in &lone hour!" ?

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Posted Jan 21, 2014
Can it support UNcode language？ For example, Chinese

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Posted Jan 20, 2014
I'm wondering, is it intentional that "new line" is not parsed in the suffix? For general case, I have no use of the suffix, but for the instance I do have use, I'd like the suffix to always start on a newline.

This is an example of a direct attempt:
suffix: '%nThis is a test suffix.'

Which is (on v2.4.0) resulting in
A sample automessage%nThis is a test suffix.

Though not in bold, just emphasizing the part shown as a result of the prefix setting.

Out of testing shenanigans, I tried setting color, resetting color and adding a space before the %n, but it's still being read as-is.

The %n is being translated properly on the actual message though and for now, I've resorted to the suffixed message being a multi-line with the last line containing the new line. (sorry if that's a mental mouthful)

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