How do I configure custom loading messages in Rust?

Rust has a plugin that allows you to configure custom loading messages for your server. You can use this to detail changes you have made to your server, when the server map will reset, or even put in goofy messages to amuse your players.

Configuring Custom Loading Messages

Using Blacksmith’s Portal

1. Open the Blacksmith’s Portal
2. Go to Rust Plugins
3. If you receive a prompt saying that your server does not have Oxide, be sure to install it by clicking Install
4. Search for Loading Messages and install it
5. Restart your server to ensure that the plugin generates the files it needs
6. Go to Files and open the config file generated at /oxide/config
7. Here you can customize all the different loading messages on your server. If you want to create a new message, add in each message using the following as a template.

{

  "Icon name": "Bolt",
  "Message": "Win the game by not dying!"
},

Note that every message will need a , after the } with the exception of the last message

Self-Hosting/Other Providers

1. Go to the location where your Rust server is installed
2. Ensure Oxide is installed by following the guide here
3. Download Loading Messages
4. Move the LoadingMessages.cs file you downloaded to /oxide/plugins
5. Restart your server to ensure that the plugin generates the files it needs
6. Open the config file generated by the plugin at /oxide/config
7. Here you can customize all the different loading messages on your server. If you want to create a new message, add in each message using the following as a template.

{

  "Icon name": "Bolt",
  "Message": "Win the game by not dying!"
},

Note that every message will need a , after the } with the exception of the last message