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Offline Stephen304

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My motd is blank!
« on: July 16, 2009, 10:56:39 AM »
I used to have a nice motd but now its just a scrollable black box. The box seems to scroll down to where it normally does but its just all black.
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Re: My motd is blank!
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2009, 12:13:42 PM »
Would be really helpful if you posted the contents of your motd.txt file.
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Re: My motd is blank!
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2009, 03:22:03 PM »
Ah ok here they are:

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<html>
<body bgcolor=#000000>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="width: 80%; margin: 0px auto; border: 10px solid #000000; background-color: #000000; padding: 10px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Tahoma; margin-top: 30px; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: left;">
<center><div style="font-size: 30px; font-family: impact; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 5px;"> Welcome To GDS!</div></center>

<br>
<h2>Rules</h2>
1. DON'T MESS WITH OTHER PLAYERS STUFF. If they want help, they'll ask! That goes for admins too!<br>
2. Don't spam props or text. You will be gimped/muted and possibly banned.<br>
3. Have fun.<br>

<div style="width: 100%; text-align: center; margin: 10px; font-weight: bold;">- The Admins</div>



<br>
<h2>Main Addons</h2>
ULX<br>
Simple Prop protection<br>
VMFLoader<br>
*Wire SVN<br>
*Phx 3 SVN<br>
Advanced Duplicator<br>
Weight STool<br>
Parenting<br>
Smart Weld<br>
Smart Snap<br>
Laser STool<br>
Toggleable Hoverball Tool<br>
Wire Facer<br>
Spacetechs Pet Mod<br>
<h2>Packs</h2>
*Wire Model Pack 1<br>
*Wire Models<br>
*Hammy's Prop Pack<br>
*MW Vehicles<br>
<h2>Other</h2>
*Shuriken<br>
Hoverboard<br>
Buddy Finder<br>
Antlion Thumper<br>
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<center>To reduce ERROR signs, I would highly suggest you get all the addons in this list that have a * beside it.</center>
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Addons list needs to be updated, will do soon.
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</div>
</div>

</body>
</html>
Edit: My motd magically fixed itself... i have no clue how.

Edit: Darn it broke again.

Edit: Nope its fixed again.
« Last Edit: July 16, 2009, 10:19:13 PM by Stephen304 »
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Re: My motd is blank!
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2009, 07:23:56 AM »
Okay this is getting annoying. I even changed my motd to a white background except i keep seeing just black as if the motd had a black background and no text. I dont get it.
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Re: My motd is blank!
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2009, 04:15:23 PM »
Have you tried loading it in a regular browser (IE, firefox)
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Re: My motd is blank!
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2009, 07:28:34 PM »
Are you also attempting to run another motd capable addon?
What file name are you editing?
 What is it's location?
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Re: My motd is blank!
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2009, 06:25:20 AM »
Thats a very nice to-do list of questions, but it seems that it has nothing to do with my game server after all -_-

I get it very often in other servers.

Any more questions?
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Re: My motd is blank!
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2009, 10:00:20 AM »
delete your lua cache
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Re: My motd is blank!
« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2009, 02:14:21 PM »
wheres that?
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Re: My motd is blank!
« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2009, 03:47:16 PM »
Quote from: Stephen304 on July 22, 2009, 06:25:20 AM
I get it very often in other servers.

Wait, you mean you see blank/no or dark text pages in MOTD when joining other servers not related to yours?
Then, your issue most likely lies in internet explorer someway, somehow.
Gmod uses Source html interpreter; which in turn uses a very dumbed down version of the Internet explorer on your local machine.
If something is wrong/different/quirky about your local machine internet explorer, this would also affect GMod or any other game that uses html motd within Source.
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Re: My motd is blank!
« Reply #10 on: July 22, 2009, 06:56:46 PM »
Oh... Soooo.... How would/should i fix it...?
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Re: My motd is blank!
« Reply #11 on: July 22, 2009, 07:01:13 PM »
Do you have IE installed? What version do you have?
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Re: My motd is blank!
« Reply #12 on: July 22, 2009, 07:13:24 PM »
Yes i have IE and its version 8.
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Re: My motd is blank!
« Reply #13 on: July 22, 2009, 07:22:19 PM »
Perhaps Source has problems with version 8.
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Re: My motd is blank!
« Reply #14 on: July 22, 2009, 07:32:03 PM »
Troubleshooting IE is difficult, no matter what version.
I've seen past posts at Facepunch, and a quick google found Steam forums, with people complaining of issues with 8; but not everyone has those issues. Hit or miss.
Many AntiVirus applications set a proxy for IE that may cause problems with other applications that use components of IE (such as Source games)
Many malware/virus appllications do the same.
Clean your Internet explorer cache, delete all the temp files, using the Tools:Options:delete files button within IE, and then find instructions on how to delete the files manually (as of V6, the files could still become corrupt..not sure about 7 and 8)
Tons of other things to try, google terms like "internet explorer" and clean or cache or corruption. "not loading pages"
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