DayZ messages.xml Generator

Create a custom messages.xml for your DayZ server. Define server messages, welcome messages, and countdown timers.

About the messages.xml Tool

With this tool, you can easily and quickly create the messages.xml for your DayZ server. The messages.xml controls regular server messages, welcome messages on connect, and countdown timers for server restarts.

Available Placeholders:

#name – replaced with the server name
#port – replaced with the server port
#tmin – replaced with the remaining minutes in the countdown (only for countdown messages)

XML Preview

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<messages>
    <!-- Your generated XML will appear here -->
</messages>

Documentation

Settings

Delay: Delay in minutes after which the message is shown on connect (only if “Show on connect” is enabled)
Repeat: Interval in minutes at which the message is repeated
Deadline: Time in minutes after which the countdown ends
Show on connect: Message is shown when a player joins the server
Shutdown server: Server will shut down when the countdown reaches 0 (only with countdown enabled)

Example Configurations

Countdown to Server Restart

Deadline: 600 (10 hours)

Shutdown server: enabled

Text: #name will restart in #tmin minutes.

Displays countdown messages at 90, 60, 45, 30, 20, 15, 10, 5, 2, and 1 minute before restart.

Periodic Server Info

Repeat: 30 (every 30 minutes)

Text: Welcome to #name! Visit our Discord: discord.gg/example

Displays this message to all players every 30 minutes.

Welcome Message

Delay: 2 (2 minutes after connect)

Show on connect: enabled

Text: Welcome to #name! Have fun playing.

Displays this message to each newly connected player after 2 minutes.