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    From CloudDancer@21:3/226 to All on Mon Jan 26 18:26:31 2026
    It's me, your regular echo spammer today ...

    What is the best way to display random (or maybe even in sequence) ANSI screens to users post login? <-- two questions in one, both interest me

    Is there a plugin or a convention on file naming in /text/ that auto shows up?

    I would love to show a new ANSI for the networks we are part of (fsxNet, Fido, Agoranet, etc.) ... And maybe some ads to other BBS's (Pharcyde, etc.).

    Thanks in advance!

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    * Origin: -= bbs.silfenpath.com | Columbus, Ohio (USA) =- (21:3/226)
  • From zarniwoop@21:3/185 to CloudDancer on Tue Jan 27 13:25:45 2026
    What is the best way to display random (or maybe even in sequence) ANSI screens to users post login? <-- two questions in one, both interest me

    I'm not a guru on this by any means - I'm in the same boat as you as to relearning things and putting them into pratice for Mystic (I'm from the days of the Amiga! - which I'm actually looking at bringing my old BBS back online, albeit from scratch :/)

    Anyhoo, how to display screens after they log in - I'd suspect prelogin is your friend (under menu editor). Insert before the (GO) action and make the new action a (GD) Display a file action. There are options you put into the Data field for the name, etc: https://wiki.mysticbbs.com/doku.php?id=menu_commands

    Hope this helps - or is right!

    Z

    ... Don't feed the Bugblatter Beast. Especially after midnight.

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    * Origin: Megadodo - Mostly Harmless, Marginally Functional (21:3/185)
  • From fusion@21:1/616 to CloudDancer on Mon Jan 26 21:45:26 2026
    On 26 Jan 2026, CloudDancer said the following...

    What is the best way to display random (or maybe even in sequence) ANSI screens to users post login? <-- two questions in one, both interest me

    my prelogin menu has directly after the ".. has logged into node .." line:

    (GD) Display a file random

    and in your \mystic\themes\xx\text folder if you create the files

    random.0.ans
    random.1.ans
    random.2.ans

    etc

    it should pick one out from those randomly on it's own

    note that i dump non-ansi users so it never happens, but should you also want to include people who don't have ansi support you would also need at least a random.asc file to fill in for that case.

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  • From CloudDancer@21:3/226 to zarniwoop on Tue Jan 27 01:06:05 2026
    zarniwoop,

    Anyhoo, how to display screens after they log in - I'd suspect prelogin
    is your friend (under menu editor). Insert before the (GO) action and
    make the new action a (GD) Display a file action. There are options you

    Tnx... I think someone answered right after you on how to do random stuff, as there is built-in capability, but I appreciate your help as well :)

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    CloudDancer
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    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: -= bbs.silfenpath.com | Columbus, Ohio (USA) =- (21:3/226)
  • From CloudDancer@21:3/226 to fusion on Tue Jan 27 01:06:45 2026
    fusion,

    my prelogin menu has directly after the ".. has logged into node .."
    line:
    (GD) Display a file random
    and in your \mystic\themes\xx\text folder if you create the files random.0.ans
    random.1.ans

    Thank you! That's exactly what I was looking for!

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    CloudDancer
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    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: -= bbs.silfenpath.com | Columbus, Ohio (USA) =- (21:3/226)