[maqi]

Hey guys, so i almost finished my Deathrun Timer plugin, but one of the things that still has to be done i showing players the motd with the records. My records are kept in nVault.

First i wanted to make motd file on my server ( from what i get from the nvault ) and show that to the player, but then i read that there is a limit of 1563 chars ( if im not mistaken ) in a motd for cs. I think i need a bit more than that, especially with some decent css, we are not barbarians.

So what are my options here?
And i heard people mentioning external web servers and if so how would i get my data there so i can make a motd and show it, im kinda confused.
Any suggestions are welcome, allowing me to show a motd with records to a player.

And of course i know its possible because it exists on countless servers, but how are people achieving it.

Thanks in advance.

[E1_531G]

Yes, this is limit about ~1500 chars.
Look in War3FT Mod.
You can have external CSS file. (with any size?)
In motd (html code) you only link the css file.
But, i don't know if chars from external css file are counted in final motd message. Test it.

[maqi]

I dont think cs motd works that way. But even with that i still need more than 1.5k chars for the html only the biggest problem are table tags, those take up 1000 chars ok their own...

I couls always write some minimalist code but thats not the point.

[OciXCrom]

The limit is 1536 characters. This can probably be done by using an external database, aka saving the stats via sql or some other method and hosting the MOTD on a website.

[maqi]

Ill try downloading the records with php file from ftp, and linking to that page via motd.

[Hectik17]

There is a plugin somwere that let's you display HTML from a webpage

[klippy]

Originally Posted by Hectik17 There is a plugin somwere that let's you display HTML from a webpage

That's the simple part. The tougher part is transfering data between the game and web servers.

[maqi]

Originally Posted by KliPPy That's the simple part. The tougher part is transfering data between the game and web servers.

I found it ;)