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Server Armory - Identification and personalization

Public.cfg contains all the settings you may use to give your server a unique identification in in-game browsers and to personalize the various server messages.

OSP offers far more options to give your server a distinct look. Here Red describes what every setting does and where during game play players will encounter these messages. It pays to put some effort in dressing up your server because it makes it look more professional, which may attract more players.

Picture - Screenshot from the game Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Basic identification.
 
seta sv_hostname "yourservernamehere" Sets the server name.
This will set the name of your server, which is going to show up in in-game browsers.
seta g_motd "yoursimplemotdhere" Sets the simple motd.
In OSP the simple message of the day can be found on a single line across the bottom of the map loading screen.
Public info.
 
sets administrator "yournamehere" Sets the administrator's name.
This is the administrators name that is going to show up if people take a look at server info. Notice that public info settings use "sets" rather than "seta".
sets clan "yourclanhere" Sets the administrator's clan name.
This is the clan name that is going to show up if people take a look at server info.
sets email "your@email.here" Sets the administrators' e-mail address.
This is the e-mail address that is going to show up if people take a look at server info.
sets url "yourclanurlhere" Sets the administrator's clan website address.
This is the website address that is going to show up if people take a look at server info.
sets irc "yourclanirchere" Sets the administrator's clan IRC channel.
This is the IRC channel that is going to show up if people take a look at server info.
sets connection "LAN" Sets the connection used by the server.
This is the connection type that is going to show up if people take a look at server info.
sets username "NotForYouToKnow" Block out your computername.
This will prevent your computername from showing up in the server information. This is done for security reasons.
Message of the day.
 
seta server_motd0 "line one" Sets line one of elaborate motd.
The elaborate message of the day can be found just above the simple motd. It allows for more lines to convey your message.
seta server_motd1 "line two" Sets line two one of elaborate motd.
This is line two...
seta server_motd2 "line three" Sets line three one of elaborate motd.
This is line three...
seta server_motd3 "line four" Sets line four one of elaborate motd.
This is line four...
seta server_motd4 "line five" Sets line five one of elaborate motd.
This is line five...
seta server_motd5 "line six" Sets line six one of elaborate motd.
This is line six...
seta server_motd6 "line seven" Sets line seven one of elaborate motd.
This is line seven...
seta server_motd7 "line eight" Sets line eight one of elaborate motd.
This is line eight...
Master servers.
 
seta sv_master1 "wolfmaster.idsoftware.com" Built in masterserver.
These settings tell your server which master servers to contact. This one is built into the game.
seta sv_master2 "master.gamespy.com:27900" Second masterserver.
This is the second master server...
seta sv_master3 "master0.gamespy.com" Third masterserver.
This is the third master server...
seta sv_master4 "clanservers.net" Fourth masterserver.
This is the fourth master server...
seta sv_master5 "" Fifth masterserver.
This is the fifth master server...
Author. Richard van Kooten, a.k.a. RedTop.
Latest update. July 9th, 2003.
Changes to settings. Improved public info by using "sets" instead of "seta".
Changes to text. Improved explanation of public info.