"Message of the day" ...

[Cortexian]

If you guys need somewere to host your text files for usage, contact me I can get them up, like so:

http://68.147.211.67/halopc-motd_106.txt

or an idea here, would it be possible to create a program that automaticaly downloads a replacement Strings.dll and replaces the default one when there is an update? You could then host the modded txt file on a web site, create w/e ads and stuff you want, give the auto downloader to people who want it, and there ya go, spiffy new messages for the community. You could put map updates or news on Halo 2 Vista, ads for clans mb?

For my clan I posted a download to a modded Strings.dll, they download it, I update the motd every now and then, we win :P

[TheGhost]

Just make everyone's Strings.dll point to the same spot, like http://www.h2vista.net/motd/haloce_motd.txt, and we will update it there. If someone could change the Strings.dll to point there and then contact me on AIM we could distribute the new file. Also, make sure you replace the URL in the newest Strings.dll with the compatibility fix: http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?pg=3&fid=959

[n00b1n8R]

so do we actually expect the whole comunity to use this?

has any body tried asking bungie to let us use that page to make MOTD things? (i don't really see why they wouldn't. it would take an employee 5 seconds to proof read it)

n00b out

[Timo]

I get a message telling me haloce.exe is corrupt when I use that .dll ghost :x (I have a 256mb card, and SP2 too, very odd). Here's the strings.dll that comes with halo, with the URL changed: http://files.filefront.com/Stringsra.../fileinfo.html

[DaneO'Roo]

I seriously hopeKP get's back to you. Would be awesome, if the opening message for Halo PC was Halo CE, cuz alot of people don't notice it.

[Cortexian]

Yea, after thinking about it more and how it works, you wouldn't need an auto downloader unless you were changing the URL all the time.

I have this setup for my clan right now, I have clan updates and stuff on it.

[Limited]

Right now I think we should use h2vista.net's hosting (no offence freelancer)

as long as some one regularly updates the .txt to say things such as new maps out and other CE information (rather than just "hai itz me hereLolz")

[Cortexian]

Right now I think we should use h2vista.net's hosting (no offence freelancer)

as long as some one regularly updates the .txt to say things such as new maps out and other CE information (rather than just "hai itz me hereLolz")

I'm doing this for my clan, if the community in general wants to use H2V, I don't care.

[Pooky]

Right now I think we should use h2vista.net's hosting (no offence freelancer)

as long as some one regularly updates the .txt to say things such as new maps out and other CE information (rather than just "hai itz me hereLolz")

Then we might actually get people playing custom maps

[Corgy]

Does the motd have to be a fixed length (It'd explain the large amount of spaces)? You should write some sort of web interface to update the motd (obviously only admins would be able to do it), and make it automatically add the spaces, etc. Probably not worth the effort.