Change 'Server Closed' to something else?

On my server it automatically restarts to fix the lag when its lagging. Of course we don't know when it will lag so the restarts are unexpected.

It always says Server Closed scaring players away.

Is there a way to change this to whatever I want, example: Server Restarting... Please join in 1 minute.

 

As far as I know there isnt a way to configure that message right now unless a plugin does it.

 

Create a command that kicks all players first with a message then restarts. Have your auto restart system use that command instead of stop for handling restarts.

 

Well, it's not a restart plugin, it happens randomly. It says CONSOLE: Stopping server, but saves right before it stops.

 

is it something your host offers?If so tell them to add the feature mbaxter talked about in it.

 

I would hate something like that personally. There is no point in restarting like that unless it is a sustained lag.

 

I do have something like that, but that only restarts the server if it can't reach it for a certain amount of time.

 

I used some code in 1.2.5 to do this but it no longer works, I am still looking for a way to change the kick message on shutdown.

Basically what I did before 1.3 is to add a shutdown hook to the runtime on startup, inside the shutdown hook all it did was kick the players with the custom message

 

1.3 added server closed because before it would error uld kick you off with

 

Read my posts... I said this twice. I don't restart it. It does it automatically...

 

Lol, Server Closed sounds like such a strange stop message. It makes you think it's down forever or something.

 

thats exactly what I think. Which is why I want to change.

 

RPGCraft

To answer your question, no, there is no way to change the stop message natively in CB.

 

Wrong.

Hook onto PlayerKickEvent and overwrite the message.

 

On a spontanious reboot?

 

If the server shuts down spontaneously, the users will get a socket exception. If it is a planned shutdown, they will get Server closed.

 

That was my point... nothing can tell when a server is lagging because it has soemthing wrong versus lagging just because.

 

Please Tell me The Plugin Or How You Change it!

 

I have sent a PR to Bukkit which adds native support to this, you don't even need a plugin to change it just change Bukkit.yml. It even supports colors.

Please vote for this if you would like to see this added
https://bukkit.atlassian.net/browse/BUKKIT-3031

 

How do

How do I install this?
Thanks

 

You can't install this yet, if you would like that added to CraftBukkit then you can click the vote button and it might be added.

 

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Search Server Messages or similar in Bukkit DEV and you should be able to find a plugin that changes the server closed message, I know essentials changes it to Server is Restarting

 

Couldn't find the plugin and also I tried Essentials but it didn't seem to change it, it doesn't have any config for it either.