MOTD Markdown Guide

The Mordhau Dedicated server no longer provides support for generic HTML pages to display content on the Message of the Day (MOTD) when joining a custom server. This change has been implemented due to security concerns.

As an alternative, basic Markdown support has been introduced. Users can now host Markdown files on any web server and specify the corresponding URL in the server's configuration file, specifically the Game.ini file, using the MOTDURL= parameter.

Game.ini Config

Check the article on the Server Configuration to identify where this config file might be located for your server. Your server host may provide a UI web panel to edit this particular file, or you may need to access your server via FTP or SSH to make changes to this file.

The MOTDURL= parameter must be put under the [/Script/Mordhau.MordhauGameMode] heading. The URL should be wrapped in quotes to ensure the server loads the correct URL.

Example:

[/Script/Mordhau.MordhauGameMode]
MOTDURL="https://<somewebsite.com>/<markdownfile.md>"

 

File Hosting

You can host a static markdown down on various online hosting platforms, providing it allows you to host a public file that can be accessed directly from the browser. If you are unfamiliar with hosting websites, here is an option to try.

GitHub

1. Go to https://github.com/ and log in or sign up for an account.
2. Create a new Repository (make sure to select that it is Public) and give it an appropriate name.
3. You can select to initialise the Repository with a README file, this file can be used as your MOTD markdown file.
4. If you do not wish to use the README.md as your MOTD file, create a new file inside that repository and give it the .md extension.
5. Click on the Markdown file (.md) you wish to use within the repository
6. At the top right, there should be a button labelled "Raw", click on that.
7. Copy and Paste the URL in your browser address bar
8. Use this URL for your MOTDURL, it should look like the following

MOTDURL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/<YourAccount>/<YourRepository>/main/README.md"

 

Example

Markdown

The following Markdown syntaxes are compatible and can be utilized:

# Heading level 1 **Bolded text**
## Heading level 2 **Bolded text**
### Heading level 3 **Bolded text**
#### Heading level 4 **Bolded text**

*H1 Example*
**H2 Example**
***H3 Example***

Example of **Bolded** text.
Example of *Italicized* text.

<a id="Hyperlink example - Mordhau Discord">https://discord.gg/mordhau</>

1. Numbered
2. List
3. Support
- Nested
- Bulleted
- List
- Support

**Standalone**
* Bulleted
* List
* Support

![Seymour](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/288528119525146635/8907466
48089722940/seymour-plush.jpg)

 

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