Write your own Game Server Information panel

Replace the standard sessions panel with your own wording and layout, while the player count, join code and status keep updating by themselves.

5 minutesAdmins (Administrator)

If you want the sessions panel to read exactly like your old "Game Server Information" message, write it yourself with /session layout. You type the whole message once, with placeholders like {players} where the live numbers go. County Control fills them in and keeps that message up to date.

Before you start

Do Post a live sessions panel first, so a live panel exists.
You need the Administrator permission.
Use the slash command. The editor is a pop-up form, and pop-ups only open from slash commands.

Steps

1. Open the editor

Type /session layout.

You see: a pop-up called "Your session panel" with a big text box. The first time, it already holds a starter layout you can edit:

## {server}
Welcome! Sessions are announced in this channel. Grab {role} to be pinged when one starts.
---
### In-Game Status
> **Status:** {status}
> **Server Owner:** {owner}
> **Players:** {players}/{max}
> **Staff:** {staff}
> **Queue:** {queue}
> **Join Code:** {codelink}
-# Last updated {updated}

2. Write your message

Change the text however you like. Keep the words in curly brackets where you want live values. A line with only --- on it becomes a divider line. Normal Discord formatting works: ## for a big heading, **bold**, > for a quote bar, -# for small grey text.

3. Save it

Press Submit.

You see: a private preview of your panel filled with example numbers (12/32 players, code ABC123), and "Saved." under it. Your live panel switches over within a few seconds.

4. Check the live panel

Go to your sessions channel.

You see: your own wording, with the real player count and join code. The Start session and Session Role buttons stay under it.

Make it yours

Placeholder	Becomes
`{server}`	your ER:LC server name
`{owner}`	the ER:LC server owner
`{status}`	Online or Offline
`{players}` / `{max}`	players in-game and the player cap
`{staff}`	staff in-game
`{queue}`	players waiting in the queue
`{code}`	the join code as text
`{codelink}`	the join code as a link that opens the game
`{role}`	the session ping role
`{elapsed}`	how long the session has been running
`{peak}`	the most players this session
`{updated}`	"Last updated" time, shown in each reader's own time zone

Edit it again: run /session layout again. Your current text is already in the box.
See it without changing anything: /session layout action:Preview.
Hide the buttons under your layout: /session elements part:Buttons under your own layout on:False.
Add a banner image on top: /session banner slot:Live session panel.
Go back to the standard panel: /session layout action:Turn off.

If something goes wrong

"The editor opens from the slash command." You typed t!session layout. Use /session layout.
A placeholder shows as text, like {player}. It is misspelled. Copy it from the table above.
The end of my message is cut off. A panel can hold about 3,800 characters once the placeholders are filled in. Shorten it.
Nothing changed in my sessions channel. No live panel was posted yet. Run /sessions.
I want the old panel back. /session layout action:Turn off.