NidToolbox: Server News module

 

NEW - if you would like to have your server logo appear in the notifications area in messages that come from NidToolbox. Please join my Discord and post them in #server-logos channel.

Create displayable Server News, containing most recent updates to your server.

Support is provided as well as suggestions are accepted on my Discord here

 

Functionality

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• This simple module allows server admins to list recent Server News on date-by-date basis.
• Two window types available: Modern and Legacy.
• Can use text tokens to personalise the message and provide current data!
• News can be then displayed by the players in a pop-up window in game via a command.
• It is possible to set the module to display the news automatically on login, and with set delay. For instant display, set delay to 1.
• Module can be reloaded at any time, without the need of a server restart. Both message and configs are then loaded from the files.
• Module is fully customizable, indcluding colors, formatting and font size.
• Title of the window can be set as well, it accepts all currently available in game colors and formatting.
• It is possible to set everything via the in-game commands but, for best results: edit both News Message and config file in the text editor, for the ease of use of all the available formatting tags.

 

Requirements

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As any module of NidToolbox set, it requires nid-core version 1.0.3+ module, available in the main forum thread: here

 

Installation

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1. Unpack .zip archive
2. Copy Eco.Nid.News.dll to Mods\NidToolbox\Modules
3. Configuration files will be created after first run and are located in \Configs\Mods\NidToolbox

 

Text Tokens

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Modules that use textual files or send data, can now take advantage of the text tokens.

These allow for message customization and a way to provide current server data.

All of the data is read directly from the server, from already available sources, with the exception to USERSPEAKONLINE and USERSPEAKONLINEDATE these two are counted from the moment of installing NidToolbox and can be set manually via respective commands.

Text of Hello, will replaced with the current viewing user intercatable name.

<pre>//User related</pre> <pre> // returns interactable player name (string). // returns interactable player name with their server roles (string). NOTE: This respects showInUI setting for ChatTags!

//Admins and active users // players in Active demographic (integer). // most the Active demographic ever had (integer). // most users online (integer) // when the online peak users occurred (string) i.e. 12-May-2024 16:24 // users online currently (integer).

//Age related // how long was the world up in format XX days and YY hours (string). // how long was the world up in format XX days rounded up (string).

//Sea levels // total change in sea level in meters (integer). // change in sea level in last 24 hours in meters (integer).

//CO2 levels // total change in CO2 levels in PPM (integer). // change in CO2 emissions in last 24 hours in PPM (integer). // change in CO2 emissions in total only from pollution emitters in PPM (integer). // change in CO2 emissions from animals in PPM (integer). // CO2 removed by plants in PPM (integer). // Total CO2 present (integer).

//Temperature // total change in temperature levels in degrees of units that server follows. (integer). // change in temperature in last 24 hours in degrees of units that server follows (integer). // average global temperature in degrees of units that server follows (integer).