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How to view the MOTD in CS 1.6

Type motd in the server console to print the message of the day that players see when they join.

motd

Prints the server's message of the day to the console.

motd

Examples

motd

Print the current message of the day.

What it does

Shows the text that players see in the message of the day window when they join, read from the file named by motdfile, usually motd.txt. Use it to check the current MOTD without opening the file.

Good to know

  • The MOTD file can be plain text or HTML.

Run it on your server

On a SLASHPLAY server, type it in the Console tab of the server page; the reply shows right under it. A value set there lasts until the server restarts. To keep it, add the line to cstrike/server.cfg. New to this? Start a CS 1.6 server first.

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