[Dragokas]

Description:

Show random MOTD picture on each round start.
Newly connected players will see the default motd.txt.
When you press "H" you should also see the default motd.txt.

Using:

- You should prepare picture1.jpg, picture2.jpg --- ... --- pictureX.jpg files
and upload them to your site (content-server), e.g.: http://your-site.com/folder/picture1.jpg

They should be directly accessible from the browser.
Ensure, pictures are not too big in size/disk space, better <= 300 KB.

Compatibility:

- L4D1.
- L4D2 - (untested)
- TF2 - (untested)
- CSGO - unsupported since Panorama update.

Commands:

sm_motd - (Root admin only) - Change MOTD screen and open it.

Settings (ConVars):

cfg/sourcemod/sm_motd_random.cfg

sm_motd_random_enable - def.: 1 - Enable plugin (1 - On / 0 - Off)
sm_motd_random_picture_address - def.: http://your-site.com/folder/picture{}.jpg - Web-address of pictures. {} will be replaced by number (1 ... N)
sm_motd_random_count - def.: 10 - Total count of pictures on FTP
sm_motd_random_selection_type - def.: 1 - How to select picture number: 0 - randomly, 1 - consistently
sm_motd_random_title - def.: Welcome - Title of MOTD
(TF2) dynamicmotd_big - def.: 0 - If enabled, uses a larger MOTD window (TF2-only!). 0 - Disabled (default), 1 - Enabled

Installation:

Copy smx to addons/sourcemod/plugins

Credits:

* Thanks to "p3tsin" for "String table MOTD replacer"
https://forums.alliedmods.net/showpo...3&postcount=12

* Thanks to "psychonic" for "Dynamic MotD Replacer"
https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=147193

Most of code is based on above works. So, most regards to that guys.

TODO:

- find a method to detect when string table finish caching the image.

Donate

Donates are very appreciated and welcomed for further inspiration, make me happy, and make next updates came out more often:
- Patreon (Paypal)
- BitCoin
- Ю.Money

[iGANGNAM]

Motd is gone since Panorama update on CS:GO, unless i'm wrong ;)

[Dragokas]

Ok, thanks for the info.

[Dragokas]

Updated.

1.1 (30-Aug-2019) - Fixed case with "double" motd show - Code logic is simplified - "motd" ConVar is set to "0" by default because it is handled by this plugin.

[Dragokas]

Updated.

1.2 (30-Aug-2019) - Fixed incorrect cvar name. 1.3 (24-Jan-2020) - Fixed KeyValues handles leak.

[ZBzibing]

There is still such a function, I myself implemented it with HTML script