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Configuring Your Scum Servers Message Of The Day

It is possible to set a message of the day (MOTD) for your Scum server and configure the interval at which it is sent in chat. These options are both set in your servers ServerSettings.ini file.

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1 Login to the Kinetic Panel and Stop your server.

2 Go to the File Manager.

Kinetic Panel File Manager

3 Navigate through the following file: SCUM > Saved > Config > Windows Server

4 Open the ServerSetting.ini file.

5 Locate the scum.MessageOfTheDay option and set your desired MOTD.

6 Save and Start your server to apply the changes.

Setting The MOTD Interval

1 Login to the Kinetic Panel and Stop your server.

2 Go to the File Manager

Kinetic Panel File Manager

3 Navigate through the following file: SCUM > Saved > Config > Windows Server

4 Open the ServerSetting.ini file.

5 Locate the scum.MessageOfTheDayCooldown option and set your desired value (in minutes).

6 Save and Start your server to apply the changes.

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