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Quick Start Setup

Quick Tips & Facts you may not know

  1. RealMotd loads messages dynamically, which means you don't need to reload server each time you change motd.txt file.
  2. RealMotd uses directory and file structure to tell which MOTD is for which player. No extra registration needed. Just create text files.

Choose your mode

Decide which mode you need. There are 3 options: DAILY,SINGLE,RANDOM.

Daily

Use daily if you need different MOTD for few special days or a lot of special days. There is also option to have special days for only few players.

Single

Use single if you don't need daily-specific MOTD. This will make MOTD equal for every days, but not for all players.

Random

Use random if you don't care which message will be displayed. Messages can be customized for groups of players.

Write some messages

RealMotd uses file/directory structure to tell which MOTD goes to which player. This is described HERE.

Use-cases

These use-cases cover brief setup to create MOTD in different situations

A) Global MOTD for whole server:

  1. Set group-specific and world-specific to false
  2. Set mode to SINGLE
  3. Create file /plugins/RealMotd/messages/motd.txt

B) Special MOTD for 26th September:

  1. Set group-specific and world-specific to false
  2. Set mode to DAILY
  3. Create /plugins/RealMotd/messages/motd.txt and write usual MOTD there.
  4. Create /plugins/RealMotd/messages/motd_9_26.txt and write MOTD for 26th September there. (you can create more days like this)

C) Random MOTD every day:

  1. Set group-specific and world-specific to false
  2. Set mode to RANDOM
  3. Create some text files in /plugins/RealMotd/messages/ - please note that these files must all end with .txt suffix.

D) Specific message for group called "admins" in world "survival_a":

  1. Set group-specific and world-specific to true
  2. Set mode to SINGLE
  3. Create file /plugins/RealMotd/groups.yml
  4. Copy this example into groups.yml and change it as you wish: 
groups:
  admins:          #  name of your group
    members:     # Every group has to contain a list called members.
      - admin1     # change these to usernames
      - admin2     # change these to usernames
      - admin3     # change these to usernames
  1. Create directory /plugins/RealMotd/messages/admins/
  2. Create directory /plugins/RealMotd/messages/admins/survival_a
  3. Create file /plugins/RealMotd/messages/admins/survival_a/motd.txt
  4. Write your MOTD for admins there

These are all use cases I can think of. You can obviously think of more. If you still need help setting up MOTD on your server, don't be shy to ask in comments section (on the main project page)