[HOW-TO] Multiline and multicolored MOTD

[Graloth]

So, having read the multicolored tutorial on Minecraftforum (Tutorial: Create Multicolored MOTD's! - Minecraft Forums)

How to make a line-break in your MOTD:
Simple use @ and it will be replaced with a line-break.
Quite simple, i found the solution by asking google, but you don't have to do that

How to use multiple colors in your MOTD:
If you want more info, i highly suggest going to the thread on Minecraftforum.net, the link is above at the start of the post. All credit goes to TheCheeseman there.

NOTE: colors are a bit differently colored in the actual game, this is the closest i could get them with the forum colors available!

&0 = BLACK
&1 = DARK BLUE
&2 = DARK GREEN
&3 = DARK TEAL
&4 = DARK RED
&5 = PURPLE
&6 = GOLD (NOTE: forum colors didn't have this, real color is darker!!!)
&7 = GREY
&8 = DARK GREY
&9 = BLUE
&a = BRIGHT GREEN
&b = TEAL
&c = RED
&d = PINK
&e = YELLOW
&f = WHITE

HOWEVER for it to work on Multiplay you need to replace the &-symbol with the §-symbol, then the colors will work.

Here is an image with the proper ingame colors, i found this on Minecraft Wiki (Classic Server Protocol - Minecraft Wiki):


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If you want a quick copy/paste MOTD so you can test if it all works for you, there is one:

§aWelcome to Minecraft!@§cHello.§e Build§d something§a fairly§b epic!

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Hopefully this little how-to will help those of you who haven't been able to figure it out, or simply too lazy to even try :P
I will update the post with links and images once i've gotten the correct about of posts for the permissions to use those.

[Ninja Hair]

Line breaks! I just added loads of spacings in and kept logging in and out to test.

Thanks!

[K]

Thanks Graloth thats great info, sticked

[Graloth]

Originally Posted by K

Thanks Graloth thats great info, sticked

You're welcome hopefully many more will find this useful and since I use it myself, if anything changes I will make sure to update it

[Graloth]

Updated with links and an image

[sloef202]

Doesn't even work for now.

[Graloth]

Works fine for me, can you paste your MOTD code here, then i'll have a look

[AdamR]

Line breaks in the the MOTD line in server.properties works fine, but I noticed that in motd.txt or rules.txt it does not -- also if these files are too long, clients crash when doing /motd or /rules.

Also gold is available on these forums Mixed opinion on whether it is gold or orange.

[sloef202]

&8Welcome to &5Thatz-Gaming! &8Remember to read the &cRULES &8at spawn!


I pasted this with the § sign in my server.properties under the line; MOTD=

It was there standard, however, ingame it shows up as:

?8Welcome to ?5Thatz-Gaming! etc.

[niettevolgen]

§8 Welcome to §5 Thatz-Gaming! §8 Remember to read the §c RULES §8 at spawn!
Try this one.

[Schokobecher]

€:
nvm this post

[Graloth]

Originally Posted by sloef202

&8Welcome to &5Thatz-Gaming! &8Remember to read the &cRULES &8at spawn!


I pasted this with the § sign in my server.properties under the line; MOTD=

It was there standard, however, ingame it shows up as:

?8Welcome to ?5Thatz-Gaming! etc.

There is a bug if the server lags when showing the MOTD, because the coloring is rendered on the client, if the MOTD lags (don't know how exactly) the client will just show the text and not the colors, not sure this is what is happening to you, but it might be. did you replace all & with §? it sounds odd that it doesn't work for you, i've just copy/pasted yours and did the changes i mentioned in the first post, and it works fine (niettevolgen posted the same one i tried)

[sloef202]

I did it in server.properties. Can that be the problem?

[Wahrheit]

Using the non-ASCII with the current hmod update broke my server.

Visit the forums at &4Summaxr.com &bfor updates, contests and more! &2@VIP &bbenefits are available for contributors, @contact an &cadministrator &bfor details! @Join the &7Steam &bgroup if you haven't yet! @Invite your friends for rewards and more fun! (disablepimu)

[Wahrheit]

Note: The code that broke it was including a color code before a linebreak.

[x venom iii]

thanks, this is really helpfull

[Eddieflat]

Awesome! Been looking for these codes for a long time <3

[jackstaa21]

just posted

motd=* &5 Welcome To The&b Slap&5 -&b Gaming&5 Server! @&1* Visit &b Http://Slap-Gaming.com/Minecraft &1 For Server Rules && Info!! *


in my server.properties file,
restarted server, and nothing. it doesnt come up. just displays the actual &b &1 etc.

ideas?

[jsidell]

Originally Posted by jackstaa21

just posted

motd=* &5 Welcome To The&b Slap&5 -&b Gaming&5 Server! @&1* Visit &b [it won't let me post urls yet ] &1 For Server Rules && Info!! *


in my server.properties file,
restarted server, and nothing. it doesnt come up. just displays the actual &b &1 etc.

ideas?

Try this:
motd=* §5Welcome To The §bSlap §5- §bGaming §5Server!@§1* Visit §b[it won't let me post urls yet ] §1For Server Rules && Info!! *

Here's what mine looks like and it works:
motd=§e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~@§eWelcome to the Lost Coast!@§dSpawn Contest: best area will become main spawn!@§dSecond & Third place get warps to them!@§aVIP group is fixed and kits have been updated!@§cType /help for commands list.@§e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thanks for the info in this thread btw. That stupid escape character § what the hell is that about? They could at least choose one that exists on the keyboard !@#$%^&*?\

[cerebralcow]

I cant get the first line with color to break for some reason. this is my code. the line doesnt break after the first §

motd=Welcome to Nation Zero! @say /help for a list of available commands. @sign up at our forums at Nation Zero or you will not get put on the whitelist. §c@ I will be turning the whitelist on §2April 4th

I've changed the order of the lines, I've changed the order of the symbols, nothing works. all of the other line breaks work everytime.


also, is there a command to change the MOTD? restarting the server everytime is a real pain.

[Seconius]

The thread have helped me a lot, still I get some problems... :S

My MOtD is= §2Welcome to the.... so on and so forth.

I do get the colored text, but there is a grey questionmark in front of the entire motd.

Why is that? And how do I fix it?

Thank you!

NVM!

I tried to use these codes (http ://i.imgur.com/Hdfwe.png | remove the space after http I can not poste links yes..) instead and it worked perfectly fine!
To get a gold/orange text I used: \u00A76Welcome to the Snowblock Server!
And everything is done in the settings tab No need to mess around with the .properties