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Subject: How to make a Server Message of Day FAQ
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So if you want make a server message of the day like a lot of people do here



1----First Enable Console on your Halo CE Target found when you right click you Halo CE Desktop Icon and click properties. In target it should look EXACTLY like this
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition\haloce.exe" -console

see a space from " you need that

2--- Now go to Notepad and write your server message. Make sure when you write the message that you dont skip lines becauze you only have 3 lines to write on.

3---Save the notepad as this file name here > motd.txt

4---Put that notepad writing in the folder C:<Program Files<Microsoft Games<Halo CE

5---Now start a server and do that console by pressing ` button which is below Esc

6---You should see in purple writng Halo(

7---Write sv_motd motd.txt

THERE YA Go and press F2

Your Welcome

  • 07.14.2004 12:21 PM PDT
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Very good! Exactly what I needed! I played around with it a bit and noticed that it let me do 4 lines. It is better to do 3-4 short lines than one long one since the sentences didn't wrap around to the window when you press F2.

Example:

This is better:

Welcome to my server!
Have fun and blow stuff up!
We'll also do some warthog tricks later.


than this:

Welcome to my server! Have fun and blow stuff up! We'll also do some warthog tricks later.

Also, I found you can place more than one TXT file in your Halo CE directory and use the "sv_motd FILENAME_GOES_HERE.txt" command and insert which TXT file name you want to use.

Thanks again kmg_0!

Could we get this made into a sticky?

[Edited on 7/14/2004 4:21:59 PM]

  • 07.14.2004 4:19 PM PDT
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Ah, Yes If only it was a sticky topic.

  • 07.15.2004 6:55 AM PDT
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Are you the moron on GameFAQs that goes by the name kmg0?

  • 07.15.2004 9:34 AM PDT
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Yes Iam.

  • 07.16.2004 11:00 PM PDT
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I'd probably put something like "I just saved a load of money on my car insurance by switching to Geico" for the Server Message of the Day.

  • 07.17.2004 1:23 AM PDT
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LOL!

  • 07.17.2004 8:21 AM PDT