[INFO] LoginMessage v0.8.1 - Custom messages for login, command, death events and more! [1.2.5-R2.0]

@xZise hey so this got rather confusing for a login message plugin.

I'm trying to just simply use the message.txt file but it's not working as stated. Doing the following for login message for example.
(lg)first line
(lg)second line
(lg)third line
It only displays the first line.

Edit: NVM, I've switched to using the YML. Seems to be working, though it's a little temperamental, sometimes it displays the full login message, sometimes only the first line.

Yeah, multiple lines are pretty buggy right now...I wish I knew why. I've got most minor bugs fixed, but there is still that one.

As a possible fix, instead of having us use multiple lines to put the text in, could you add a code for a new line? Equivalent to a line break in HTML so it would all be on one line for reading in the YML file, but it would display across however many lines we chose for it?

Originally LoginMessage did have something like that, where you typed @ for a new line, but later I removed it because you could type the Enter key and it would simply create a new line there.

I think that the way it is now is much better, you'll see after I release the bug fixes. However, I'll add it in a later version of you really, really want it.

P.S. Just wanted to remind you all that if you are having trouble with YML, help is on the way. My friend @mathmaniac43 is currently working on a Windows-based GUI tool that should make it much more user-friendly to create and edit messages. I'll work on a Mac and Linux version after I finish the bug fix, then with a little more polishing and comment-adding, I'll release the source.

Source code please XD

Fabian

I'm happy to leave it as is, I was just offering a suggestion to get it working more reliably, but if you're saying it does with the bug fixes then no need to change it haha. I've reverted to the previous version just now, simply because part of our login message it a list of currently online members and without it showing up reliably people are logging in and thinking no one else is on. Shall keep checking for the update.

I love the way you have 0.7 set up; the configuration makes it extremely versatile. Sadly, right now it has too many bugs for it to be useful to me :< but I'll be using 0.6 and watching this thread!

It's coming...soon... XD

Got it. I'll keep you updated!

Yes, quite disappointing because I thought it worked well when I published it...but it was all a lie...

I fixed a few minor bugs (Permissions not being optional, pri not working, hopefully Mac filesystem dust in zip file as well) and a major one (all command messages get shown when one command is typed). I also added in -pri, which I believe works but shouldn't be hard to test with the help of my good friend and tester @[user]mathmaniac43[/user]. As for what I still need to fix; the multiline issue and the "pr"/"sf" in the %ol code only showing the first online users' prefix/suffix. Oh, and I will be revising the documentation and splitting it up into groups. That way, for example; if you know YML, you can skip what you already know.

If there are any bugs or features I am missing, please, anyone, let me know! I'll soon be ready for the release and be giving it out early to a few people (ask if you want to be one of them) so they can see if any bugs still exist.

"pri not working" I hope means you fixed the issues like I had with trying to get a separate broadcast message and login message working with 0.7
Thanks!

What issues did you have, exactly? Some people told me that pri was acting like pri or wasn't working at all, so I rewrote the code and all seems to be working. If you had a different issue, I'll have to work on that then!

Oh, and if you're talking about creating a broadcast message without letting the player logging in (or, the "pri" player) receive the message, that's what -pri will be for.

Please Upload again, The Link is dead

Hi, I'm responding to your post just because @Tahkeh probably won't be up for the next 4 or more hours

I tested the link, and it appears to work for me. If it still doesn't work for you, try copying and pasting this link directly into your browser: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15380324/BukkitPlugins/LoginMessage.zip

Good luck!

After installing Towny Advanced 0.74.0-dev. The %group variable shows only default group for all users instead of the the actual group they belong to.

CB 1043
LoginMessage 0.6_5

Three hours, thank you very much

The link might be broken whenever Dropbox is down. I'll switch to a Github download when I put up LM's source.

Sure this is Towny's fault? Removing it fixes the problem?

Dropbox does this thing where it randomly just breaks and you have to retry 3 or 4 times before it works. Not terribly reliable ._.

Yeah... Github is going to be much better. I think I might have the source shortly after v0.7_1, which BTW, is close to being finished. I think I fixed the multiline bug!

Removing either plugin fixes the problem. I would prefer if the plugins play nice with each other. They ofcourse claim its your fault.

Another problem is that whenever LoginMessage is loaded, it creates duplicate entries in Permissions 3.1.6 users.yml file. If any colors, prefixes, titles, ranks, groups, towns or any other modification to your displayname(?) is used by any other plugin, like Towny or AdminCmd then they will be written to the file. So as you change anything really you create extra entries.. and soon a single user can have 10+ user records, all with diffrent group permissions which ofcourse confuses the crap out of other plugins.

Example:

Code:

    Tahkeh:
        groups:
        - Admin
        permissions: []
    &fTahkeh:
        groups:
        - Guest
        permissions: []
    &6[whatever]&fTahkeh:
        groups:
        - Guest
        permissions: []

Towny guys says you should stop using Displayname when handling users and instead use Name

Oh, I just looked over some of my Permissions-related code, and I noticed some getDisplayName methods instead of getName. Don't know what possessed me to do that, but nice catch Towny guys. XD

Also good that you caught that now, because I'm about to release v0.7_1! I'll be sending it out to people to test, and if all goes well, I'll release it. While they test it, I'll be rewriting the documentation. Since you were the one with this odd problem, do you want to test the new version too?

@Tahkeh
Yes, im a beast for testing

Awesome, thanks! You, along with some other people, should all get a group conversation invite sometime this morning (considering it's now 2AM). If you're running Windows, you'll be able to get a sneak peek at @[user]mathmaniac43[/user]'s new program that helps you create messages!

PEOPLE OF LOGINMESSAGE, I HAVE NEWS. Today, I have finished (I think) the pre-release version of LMI, the LoginMessage Interface program (for Windows). =D When @Tahkeh distributes the pre-release version of LoginMessage to a select group of testers, he will probably distribute LMI with it, and have the testers test both of them. This will reduce the number of bugs and other horrible things that the plugin and LMI cause you to experience. Any questions, feel free to ask me with an @mention! Cheers!

i will test it because i want to get loginmessage back on my server

Oh, I'm sorry, I think I invited 5 people already, and I don't know if I can invite anymore. @mathmaniac43 might be able to invite you though, because I gave everyone permission to invite other people. If he can't, then I'll just send you a separate conversation.

on cb 1060 i get lag spikes whenever someone joins..

Fixed in the update I'm working on, to be released sometime likely before Monday.

Hey everyone, I just wanted to take a time-out to stop by and thank all my loyal users and talk a bit!

It was November that LoginMessage was first released in hMod, and January that it was ported to Bukkit. LoginMessage was literally my first–and still only–Java program!

LoginMessage started out small–can you believe that, at first release, it spat out two static lines to the player who logged in? As LoginMessage grew, so did my programming knowledge. Albeit the only thing in Java I've ever written, with everything I've learned through the development of this plugin, I can make so many things!

You all are the creative backbone of this plugin itself, and I just want to thank you so much!

I think the newest version of LoginMessage (v. 0.7) messes up when having SuperPerms Bridge (v. 1.2).
When player joins, it gives NullPointerExcepton (more in the server log).
I tested it on a perfectly clean server, with a clear map, and CommandBook's MOTD works on it out-of-the-box.
Server log:
http://pastebin.com/JGzjAv3b
Is this by any chance getting fixed in this upcoming update?

Well...not quite. But in the update after that. I want to release v0.7.1 ASAP since it's almost been 4 weeks from buggy v0.7! It's actually going to be released quite soon, like tonight or tomorrow.

In the update that complies with the new Bukkit-Permissions, I'll have a separate node–"permissions"–and in that you define permissions that you create in a new permissions.yml file in the LoginMessage folder. That way you don't need groups to use it, but you can still make it act like that if you have a group plugin like PermissionsBukkit. Example:

In messages.yml:

Code:

messages:
    login:
        motd:
            receivers:
                groups: []
                users: []
                permissions: [loginmessage.default]
            triggers:
                groups: [pub]
                users: []
            cooldown: 0
            delay: 500
            message:
                - 'Welcome, %nm!'
                - 'Players online: %ol%&%&n:&f:&f'

In permissions.yml (NOT the default one Bukkit creates, this is a new file in the LoginMessage folder):

Code:

loginmessage.default

And in PermissionsBukkit's config.yml:

Code:

groups:
    default:
        permissions:
            permissions.build: false
            loginmessage.default: true

For anyone interested in the LoginMessage Interface for Windows (LMI or LMIW):

@Tahkeh is coming out with LM's update soon, and from what I've helped him with and tested, it's working better than ever, and with a considerable amount of customization! I've been trying to keep LMIW up to speed with LM, and it's very close, but there are a few minor tweaks that I need to finish. I'll make sure @Tahkeh gets it out there ASAP though, I promise.

Great, looks very promising to me! If I understood properly, using the new Permission we'll have tha ability to easily cofigure login/quit/whatever messages for specific players? Cool!
I'm looking very forward to it. ^^