Bukkit

Current Version: 2.3.3
Recommended Build: 1317

About

What is this?
Yes, this is yet another MOTD-Plugin. What makes it different from all the other plugins? Every rank can now have a different MOTD, and you can replace some words in the motd file with variables as described further down. For this to work, you need Permission 3.1.6 by TheYeti.

Features:

• A different MOTD for every rank
• Variables
• Set the MOTD ingame
  
  

Variables, Commands and Examples

Variables:

• %(Number between 0 - 15)% - The color according to the Bukkit color codes
• %online% - A comma separated list of online players
• %admin% - A comma separated list of online admins/ops
• %name% - The name of the player
• %mode% - The player mode (Survival or creative)
• %rank% - The rank of the player
• %time% - Server local time
• %news% - Text read from a news.txt file
• %n% - Newline

The news file supports all the variables, too, though you don't need to put in the %n% newline seperators in anymore - Simply pressing "enter" is enough

Commands:

• /motd - Displays MOTD
• /motd set [Rank] [Message] - Sets the MOTD for the specified rank - motd.admin.set
• /motd set Default [Message] - Sets the default MOTD - if it does not find the group in the properties file, it should return this MOTD instead

Remember, you can also edit the properties file yourself. The syntax for that is [Group] = [Message]. Save it and you are done.

Examples:

News file:

Some random
%1%multiline
news here, %name%

Ingame:

/motd set Admin %4%Welcome, %name%. Servertime is %time% and the following users are online right now: %6%%n% %online% %n%%8% News: %n% %news%

(Note that this might be too long to type ingame)
Will produce the following output if Derp logs in as an admin:

Welcome, Derp. Servertime is 13:00 and the following users are online right now:
Derp, Herpaderp123, TehUberHerp
News:
Some random
multiline
news here, Derp

In the motd.properties file

Default = Welcome, %name%. Your rank is %rank%.%n%Online admins: %admin% %n%Online players: %online% %n% %news%

Will produce the following output is anyone who isn't an admin logs on:

Welcome, DerpGam3r. Your rank is TheGame.
Online admins: Derp
Online players: Derp,DerpGam3r, Herpaderp123, TehUberHerp
Some random
multiline
news here, DerpGam3r

FAQ

Q: I get the following error:

 Could not pass event PLAYER_JOIN to MOTD
 java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: com.nijiko.permissions.PermissionHandler.getPrimaryGroup(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/String;
 ...

A: Please make sure that you are using TheYetis permissions plugin, it is the only one supported for now.

Q: Will there ever be support for other permission systems?
A: Yes, when I figure out how to get the groups with other plugins.

Misc

Changelog:
Version 2.3.3:

• Updated to RB 1317
• Updated to latest Permissions version

Version 2.2.3:

• Updated to RB 1240

Version 2.1.3:

• Updated to RB 1185
• Added %mode% - displays if player uses creative or survival mode

Version 1.1.2:

• Fixed exception when no admin was online
• Changed a mistake in the versioning
• Other fixes

Version 1.1.1:

• Updated to RB 1060

Version 1.0.1:

• Fixed bug that would throw an exception when not enough arguments were passed for /motd set
• Should give a warning if it does not detect a permissions plugin. There might be some problems with an outdated version, though
• Set default MOTD with /motd set Default [Message]

Version 1.0.0

• Initial release

Contact and Bug Reports:
Create a ticket here, write a post in the forum thread or contact me on IRC: irc://irc.esper.net:6667/arcticraft