The motd is now loaded from a file in the root dir called motd.txt. You can easily edit the modt and add colors to it.

git-svn-id: http://mc-server.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@1647 0a769ca7-a7f5-676a-18bf-c427514a06d6

MCServer/Plugins/Core/main.lua

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ PLUGIN = {}	-- Reference to own plugin object
 BannedPlayersIni = {}
 WhiteListIni = {}
 BackCoords = {}
+Messages = {}
 LimitWorldsCuboid = {}
 
 
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ function Initialize(Plugin)
 	Plugin:AddWebTab("Permissions",     HandleRequest_Permissions);
 	Plugin:AddWebTab("Manage Plugins",  HandleRequest_ManagePlugins);
 	
+	LoadMotd()
 	LOG( "Initialized " .. Plugin:GetName() .. " v." .. Plugin:GetVersion() )
 	return true
 end

MCServer/Plugins/Core/motd.lua

@@ -3,8 +3,86 @@ function HandleMOTDCommand( Split, Player )
 	return true
 end
 
+function LoadMotd()
+	local File = io.open("motd.txt", "r")
+	if not File then
+		CreateFile = io.open("motd.txt", "w")
+		CreateFile:write("@6Welcome to the MCServer test server!\n@6http://www.mc-server.org/\n@6Type /help for all commands")
+		CreateFile:close()
+	else
+		File:close()
+	end
+	local Lines = 0
+	for _ in io.lines'motd.txt' do
+	  Lines = Lines + 1
+	end
+	for line in io.lines("motd.txt") do
+		Split = StringSplit( line, " " )
+		local TempMessage = ""
+		for i=1, #Split do
+			if string.find( Split[i], "@" ) ~= nil then
+				local TempWord = ""
+				for I=1, string.len(Split[i]) do	
+					if string.sub( Split[i], I, I ) == "@" then
+						local Color, Char = ReturnColor( string.sub( Split[i], I + 1, I + 1 ), 0 )
+						TempWord = TempWord .. Color
+						StopNextChar = true
+					else
+						if StopNextChar ~= true then
+							TempWord = TempWord .. string.sub( Split[i], I, I )							
+						end
+						StopNextChar = false
+					end
+				end
+				TempMessage = TempMessage .. TempWord .. " "
+			else
+				TempMessage = TempMessage .. Split[i] .. " "
+			end
+		end
+		Messages[#Messages + 1] = TempMessage
+	end
+end
+
 function ShowMOTDTo( Player )
-	Player:SendMessage( cChatColor.Gold .. "Welcome to the MCServer test server!" );
-	Player:SendMessage( cChatColor.Gold .. "http://www.mcserver.org/" );
-	Player:SendMessage( cChatColor.Gold .. "Type /help for all commands" );
+	for I=1, #Messages do
+		Player:SendMessage(Messages[I])
+	end
+end
+
+function ReturnColor( Split, char )
+	if string.sub( Split, char + 1, char + 1 ) == "0" then
+		return cChatColor.Black, 0
+	elseif string.sub( Split, char + 1, char + 1 ) == "1" then
+		return cChatColor.Navy, 1
+	elseif string.sub( Split, char + 1, char + 1 ) == "2" then
+		return cChatColor.Green, 2
+	elseif string.sub( Split, char + 1, char + 1 ) == "3" then
+		return cChatColor.Blue, 3
+	elseif string.sub( Split, char + 1, char + 1 ) == "4" then
+		return cChatColor.Red, 4
+	elseif string.sub( Split, char + 1, char + 1 ) == "5" then
+		return cChatColor.Purple, 5
+	elseif string.sub( Split, char + 1, char + 1 ) == "6" then
+		return cChatColor.Gold, 6
+	elseif string.sub( Split, char + 1, char + 1 ) == "7" then
+		return cChatColor.LightGray, 7
+	elseif string.sub( Split, char + 1, char + 1 ) == "8" then
+		return cChatColor.Gray, 8
+	elseif string.sub( Split, char + 1, char + 1 ) == "9" then
+		return cChatColor.DarkPurple, 9
+	elseif string.sub( Split, char + 1, char + 1 ) == "a" then
+		return cChatColor.LightGreen, "a"
+	elseif string.sub( Split, char + 1, char + 1 ) == "b" then
+		return cChatColor.LightBlue, "b"
+	elseif string.sub( Split, char + 1, char + 1 ) == "c" then
+		return cChatColor.Rose, "c"
+	elseif string.sub( Split, char + 1, char + 1 ) == "d" then
+		return cChatColor.LightPurple, "d"
+	elseif string.sub( Split, char + 1, char + 1 ) == "e" then
+		return cChatColor.Yellow, "e"
+	elseif string.sub( Split, char + 1, char + 1 ) == "f" then
+		return cChatColor.White, "f"
+	else
+		return ""
+	end
 end