Clean up MOTD code

functions.lua

@@ -32,62 +32,6 @@ function KickPlayer( PlayerName, Reason )
 
 end
 
-
-function ReturnColorFromChar(char)
-
-	-- Check if the char represents a color. Else return nil.
-	if char == "0" then
-		return cChatColor.Black
-	elseif char == "1" then
-		return cChatColor.Navy
-	elseif char == "2" then
-		return cChatColor.Green
-	elseif char == "3" then
-		return cChatColor.Blue
-	elseif char == "4" then
-		return cChatColor.Red
-	elseif char == "5" then
-		return cChatColor.Purple
-	elseif char == "6" then
-		return cChatColor.Gold
-	elseif char == "7" then
-		return cChatColor.LightGray
-	elseif char == "8" then
-		return cChatColor.Gray
-	elseif char == "9" then
-		return cChatColor.DarkPurple
-	elseif char == "a" then
-		return cChatColor.LightGreen
-	elseif char == "b" then
-		return cChatColor.LightBlue
-	elseif char == "c" then
-		return cChatColor.Rose
-	elseif char == "d" then
-		return cChatColor.LightPurple
-	elseif char == "e" then
-		return cChatColor.Yellow
-	elseif char == "f" then
-		return cChatColor.White
-	elseif char == "k" then
-		return cChatColor.Random
-	elseif char == "l" then
-		return cChatColor.Bold
-	elseif char == "m" then
-		return cChatColor.Strikethrough
-	elseif char == "n" then
-		return cChatColor.Underlined
-	elseif char == "o" then
-		return cChatColor.Italic
-	elseif char == "r" then
-		return cChatColor.Plain
-	end
-
-end
-
-
-
-
-
 -- Teleports a_SrcPlayer to a player named a_DstPlayerName; if a_TellDst is true, will send a notice to the destination player
 function TeleportToPlayer( a_SrcPlayer, a_DstPlayerName, a_TellDst )
 

main.lua

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ g_UsePrefixes = true
 
 
 -- Global variables
-Messages = {}
 WorldsSpawnProtect = {}
 WorldsWorldLimit = {}
 WorldsWorldDifficulty = {}
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ function Initialize(Plugin)
 	Plugin:AddWebTab("Ranks",           HandleRequest_Ranks)
 	Plugin:AddWebTab("Player Ranks",    HandleRequest_PlayerRanks)
 
-	LoadMotd()
+	LoadMOTD()
 
 	WEBLOGINFO("Core is initialized")
 	LOG("Initialised " .. Plugin:GetName() .. " v." .. Plugin:GetVersion())

motd.lua

@@ -1,40 +1,25 @@
-function HandleMOTDCommand( Split, Player )
-	ShowMOTDTo( Player )
-	return true
-end
-
-function LoadMotd()
+local MOTD = {}
 
+function LoadMOTD()
 	-- Check if the file 'motd.txt' exists, if not, create it with default content:
-	if (not cFile:IsFile("motd.txt")) then
-		CreateFile = io.open( "motd.txt", "w" )
-		CreateFile:write("@6Welcome to the Cuberite test server!\n@6http://www.cuberite.org/\n@6Type /help for all commands")
+	if not cFile:IsFile("motd.txt") then
+		CreateFile = io.open("motd.txt", "w")
+		CreateFile:write("@6Welcome to the Cuberite test server!\n@6https://cuberite.org/\n@6Type /help for all commands")
 		CreateFile:close()
 	end
 
-	for line in io.lines( "motd.txt" ) do
-		line = line:gsub("(@.)", 
-			function(a_Str)
-				local Char = a_Str:sub(2, 2)
-				if (Char == "@") then
-					-- If the input was "@@" then simply replace it with a single "@"
-					return "@"
-				end
-
-				local Color = ReturnColorFromChar(Char)
-				if (Color) then
-					return Color
-				end
-			end
-		)
-
-		table.insert(Messages, line)
+	for Line in io.lines("motd.txt") do
+		table.insert(MOTD, Line)
 	end
 end
 
-function ShowMOTDTo( Player )
-	for I=1, #Messages do
-		Player:SendMessage(Messages[I])
+function ShowMOTD(Player)
+	for i = 1, #MOTD do
+		Player:SendMessage(MOTD[i])
 	end
 end
 
+function HandleMOTDCommand(Split, Player)
+	ShowMOTD(Player)
+	return true
+end

playerjoin.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+function OnPlayerJoined(Player)
+	-- Send the MOTD to the player:
+	ShowMOTD(Player)
+
+	-- Add a message to the webadmin chat:
+	WEBLOGINFO(Player:GetName() .. " has joined the game")
+end