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Philipp Bolte edited this page Oct 21, 2018 · 3 revisions

Frequently asked questions

In the console

  • "I get this message: Plugin ServerlistMOTD created a profile with 'HoverText' as an UUID.": Your HoverText normally contains a list of players. SMOTD clears that and creates a fake player with your text as its name. This message is nothing to worry about.

  • "I get this message: [ServerlistMOTD] The author of this plugin (Strumswell) has misconfigured their Auto Update system [ServerlistMOTD] File versions should follow the format 'PluginName vVERSION' [ServerlistMOTD] Please notify the author of this error.": I dropped the support of the auto updater feature and therefore you will get this message in older versions of ServerlistMOTD. This doesn't influence the functionality but I would advice you to install the newest version of ServerlistMOTD.

In the serverlist

  • "The connection bars turn red in the serverlist with VersionText on.": Have you ever seen when your server is outdated in the serverlist and displays some text near the signal bars? SMOTD simulates this and changes the text. This is just a cosmetical change and doesn't influence the functionality of your server.
  • "%player% or %randomplayer% return <unknown>": You see this when ServerlistMOTD is looking up a users name that isn't cached by the server. (usercache.json, playerdata in world) This problem fixes itself as soon as the player joins again and gets cached.

Ingame

  • "ServerlistMOTD is red in the plugin list and doesn't work!": Most of the time, you don't use 'world' as the standard world name and forgot to put in your actual world name in the ServerlistMOTD config.yml. Please update the the 'World' tag in 'TimeVariable' and 'WeatherVariable' to your current world name. As of version X-2019-10-19 the plugin automatically does that work for you. Just check if its the world you want to use for %weather% and %time%.

In the config

  • "What is Regulars and Newbies?": Players are categorized in those two groups in the list. Regular players are known by their ip while newbies are not. This way you can set different motds for new and old players. If you want the same motd across the board, just reuse the same motd in both sections. Be aware: you can't use some variables like %player% or %money% in the newbies section! Check this wiki page for all available variables: click

Misc

  • "Why IP logging?": ServerlistMOTD saves a users UUID and IP address to recognize to player in the serverlist. This enables us to do some neat tricks like getting a users name (%player%) or its account balance (%money%). The logging is necessary as Minecraft doesn't send the users name on pinging the server. The collected data is stored inside the IP_UUID.dat file inside the ServerlistMOTD folder.
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