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{{deprecated|Removed in Spring 95.0. See {{sourcelink|file=cont/examples/Widgets/game_messages.lua}} for a possible replacement.}}

==Location==
<code>messages.lua</code> is a file in the <code>Gamedata/</code> directory of a Spring Game.

==Purpose==
This file defines what messages are shown when a player dies.

==Source==
The engine source code which parses the data from this file is viewable here:

* {{sourcelink|file=rts/Game/Messages.cpp}}

==Details==
In the message string <code>%i</code> is replaced with the player's team number and <code>%s</code> is replaced with the player's name.

==Example==
===Single Message===
Example taken from Air Raid:

<code><pre>
return {
"Player %i(%s) is down!"
}
</pre></code>

===Multiple Messages===
Example taken from [http://code.google.com/p/zero-k/ zeroK]. One message is picked from the list at random.

<code><pre>
local messages = {
[ [[Team%i(%s) is no more]] ] = {
"Team%i (%s) has been obliterated",
"Team%i (%s) has been liquidated",
"Team%i (%s) has been eradicated",
"Team%i (%s) has been terminated",
"Team%i (%s) has bowed out",
"Team%i (%s) has gone to a better place",
"Team%i (%s) beheld Satan as he fell from heaven LIKE LIGHTNING!",
"Team%i (%s) is out of existence",
...
},
}
return messages
</pre></code>

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