Simple MOTD 🔗

A simple welcome screen mod with an option to grand privileges upon agreeing to the rules.

How to use 🔗

Mod displays a welcome screen with (rules, information, anything you like) to new players and asks them to accept (or decline) it.
Players who decline it are not granted privileges specified in the mod configuration.

To setup your own rules and list of privileges:

• Duplicate the rules.lua_example file in the root of the mod directory;
• Rename it to rules.lua;
• Adjust it to your liking;
• Remove privileges that you want to be granted by this mod from default_privs config option in your minetest.conf server configuration file.

The welcome screen can be accessed again by either using /rules chat command, or, if you have sfinv_buttons installed, it can be found at Inventory ("i")->More->Show Rules button.

Integration with other mods (API) 🔗

Mod provides one public function:

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simple_motd.show_rules(name):

- name, string, name of the player to show the welcome screen to.

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License And Credits 🔗

All code and assets in this repository are made by Fruitsnack, unless stated or implied otherwise in:

• "License And Credits" section in README (this section);
• Individual file headers;
• Git commit history;
• Merge requests and other means of contribution (i.e. by mailing patches).

Code and text files that are made by Fruitsnack are licensed under AGPL-3.0-only.
Full text of the license is available in LICENSE-AGPL-3.0-ONLY in this repository, or, alternatively, here.

Assets and media files that are made by Fruitsnack are licensed under CC-BY-SA-4.0.
Full text of the license is available in LICENSE-CC-BY-SA-4.0 in this repository, or, alternatively, here.

screenshot.png was made by Fruitsnack using Pixelify-Sans font by Stefie Justprince, licensed under OFL-1.1.
Full text of the license is available in LICENSE-OFL-1.1 in this repository, or, alternatively, here.

    Simple MOTD - Luanti welcome screen with an option to grant privileges
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