MOTD doesnt show

[Langston]

I had given up trying to fix the problem, but without fixing it, it has caused more problems. I need to know how to get it to work. I have edited the motd.txt with html to my likings. I just cannot get it to pop up when you enter the game. I go to the Admin Menu and press the motd button and still nothing pops up. Why is this?

[Langston]

Okay I found out that I need to update ulx via SVN. I have tortoise SVN. How do I go about updating it with my SVN program? What is the URL I need to put in it and password if there is one.

[Langston]

Sorry nevermind I fixed the problem. I am just retarded and don't read before I start asking for help.

[JamminR]

Thank you for the smile your post gave me Langston.
If only our other visitors were as diligent.

[Shadow]

I have the same problem. I would appreciate if someone could tell me what causes the problem, since I hate using SVN.

[JamminR]

I'm lazy, so I'll post my answer made from the Beast Build community forums when a member asked the same.

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If you're using 3.30 release, we released that right after Garry updated Gmod.
Garry left out a Source console variable named motdfile from the update.
We managed to release without noticing this.

If you're using official 3.30,
Next time you're on your server console, try typing

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lua_run CreateConVar( "motdfile", "motd.txt" )

This is the exact same command we use to create it in our latest SVN code to work around Garry's omision

[Megiddo]

He changed that fact after our release Jam.

[JamminR]

Ok. Thought it was before.
Either way, I blame Garry for most of our releases.
Seems every revision he makes, we have to make a new release.
This isn't due to bad coding on our part of course, but the fact Garry seems to like breaking compatibility with previous "Glua" functions constantly.