MOTD causing client lock-up

[Maximina]

Game center owner here, thanking you guys at Ulysses for all you do!

Now, for my problem:

I've got a fairly fresh dedicated SRCDS going, with everything up to date.
Ulib and ULX are the only mods added at this point.

As soon as the user gets to the MOTD window, their client hard-locks. The window stays black, and no text is seen inside it. They still have a mouse cursor, but nothing is responsive. The process has to be ended to get out. This occurs with the default motd.txt, and continues to occur regardless of how I alter/simplify it.

I can disable MOTD and everything runs just fine, but if a user tries to get to it via the menu or ulx command, they get the same result.

I've tested this on 5 machines, and so far they all get the same problem. Each machine has a completely fresh Gmod 10 installation.

server located at cc.servegame.com

I'm sure I've just overlooked some mundane detail, but my searches haven't revealed the answer to me thus far.

Please lend me some assistance.

[Megiddo]

I've noticed that the MOTD window has become less responsive lately as well (though I've never noticed it crashing clients). It might be that VALVe released an update that changed the way usermessages function...

Anyways, nothing you can do about it config- or lua-wise, so I'd recommend just disabling it. You can add "ulx motd" to the allows for group "none" and it will block all users from it.

[Maximina]

Thanks, I ended up starting from scratch with the server and reinstalling ulib+ulx, and now it's working just fine. Ulib wasn't creating users.txt or groups.txt, and I think for some reason that was causing the issue. I must have fubar'd the installation somehow.

I have one other question though. I'm obviously new to ULX, what prop defender and spam preventer mod/addon/plugin would you recommend that plays well with ulx?

[Megiddo]

Thanks, I ended up starting from scratch with the server and reinstalling ulib+ulx, and now it's working just fine. Ulib wasn't creating users.txt or groups.txt, and I think for some reason that was causing the issue. I must have fubar'd the installation somehow.

I have one other question though. I'm obviously new to ULX, what prop defender and spam preventer mod/addon/plugin would you recommend that plays well with ulx?

They all work well with ULX (as far as I've heard), so choose your own poison.

[Maximina]

Thanks again...

I tried adding links to mods in my MOTD, and as soon as a link is clicked, the client locks up.

I just went over to your server, and noticed that your links aren't working either. They don't lock my client, unless I click ulyssesmod.net on the 404 pages.

So, it does seem like Valve has changed something.

See, I was trying to use an iframe before, which redirected to a small forum output... If clicking a link causes a crash, it would make sense that using an iframe would do the same.

[Megiddo]

Oops! The MOTD links actually do work on my server, I just have a complex setup so only players in the server can use those links... I forgot to stick some configs back in, that's why you were getting a 403 error.

[Maximina]

Oops! The MOTD links actually do work on my server, I just have a complex setup so only players in the server can use those links... I forgot to stick some configs back in, that's why you were getting a 403 error.

I see...

Well, may I ask exactly how you have your links written then?

Using typical html for me is causing crashes.

i.e.
linky

[Megiddo]

Just using normal a href=...