I'm totally new to this LUA thing and have tried today to get it to my server. 

LESM - folder uploaded and config made as described in the wiki to server.cfg And lua_status thru rcon was ok.

I've also read about 3 times the wiki regarding installation and setup. lol

But, I can't figure out how to edit the settings, to get the things enabled that I need. 

Cant't even register my profile on server.

*=====DATABASE READY FOR USE
10:32:11 Lua 5.3 API: Loading LuaESMod.lua
10:32:11 [LESM] Initializing...
10:32:11 [LESM] Loading Config.json
10:32:11 [LESM] Your config does not exist, we will create a new one for you
10:32:11 [Error] FileHandler:Save ERROR silent/silent/LESM/save/Config.json: No such file or directory
10:32:11 [LESM] Configuration loaded.
10:32:11 [LESM] Loading Logger
10:32:11 [LESM] Loading saved files...
10:32:11 [Error] FileHandler:Save ERROR silent/silent/LESM/save/Maps.json: No such file or directory
10:32:11 [Error] FileHandler:Save ERROR silent/silent/LESM/extra/FieldNames.json: No such file or directory
10:32:11 [Error] FileHandler:Save ERROR silent/silent/LESM/extra/ClientFieldNames.json: No such file or directory
10:32:11 [Error] FileHandler:Save ERROR silent/silent/LESM/extra/Weapons.json: No such file or directory
10:32:11 [Error] FileHandler:Save ERROR silent/silent/LESM/extra/Classes.json: No such file or directory
10:32:11 [Error] FileHandler:Save ERROR silent/silent/LESM/extra/Countries.json: No such file or directory
10:32:11 [Error] FileHandler:Save ERROR silent/silent/LESM/save/Grammar.json: No such file or directory
10:32:11 [Error] FileHandler:Save ERROR silent/silent/LESM/save/SwearFilter.json: No such file or directory
10:32:11 [Error] FileHandler:Save ERROR silent/silent/LESM/save/Rules.json: No such file or directory
10:32:11 [Error] FileHandler:Save ERROR silent/silent/LESM/save/Banners.json: No such file or directory
10:32:11 [Error] FileHandler:Save ERROR silent/silent/LESM/save/Colors.json: No such file or directory
10:32:11 [Error] FileHandler:Save ERROR silent/silent/LESM/save/Cvars.json: No such file or directory
10:32:11 [Error] FileHandler:Save ERROR silent/silent/LESM/save/Entities.json: No such file or directory
10:32:11 [Error] No users found in file
10:32:11 [Error] FileHandler:Save ERROR silent/silent/LESM/save/RegularUserData.json: No such file or directory
10:32:11 [LESM] Loading mail database...
10:32:11 [Error] FileHandler:Save ERROR silent/silent/LESM/save/Mail.json: No such file or directory
10:32:11 [LESM] Loading Commands
10:32:11 [Error] FileHandler:Save ERROR silent/silent/LESM/save/Commands.json: No such file or directory
10:32:11 [LESM] Loaded 75 commands
10:32:11 [Error] FileHandler:Save ERROR silent/silent/LESM/save/Commands.json: No such file or directory
10:32:11 [LESM] Loading constants
10:32:11 [LESM] Loading entity data
10:32:11 [LESM] Adding runframe routines
10:32:11 [LESM] Loading sha1
10:32:13 [LESM] Loaded sha1 in 1812ms
10:32:13 [Error] FileHandler:Save ERROR silent/silent/LESM/save/Sounds.json: No such file or directory
10:32:13 [Error] FileHandler:Save ERROR silent/silent/LESM/save/Blacklist.json: No such file or directory
10:32:13 [LESM] Registering modname...
10:32:13 [LESM] Lua Enhanced Server Module v2.7.5c
10:32:13 [LESM] Done initializing in 2633ms 

Anyone could give me a helping hand here, would be much appriciated.

Thanks

Ray

I am kind of working on the next version a little more lately since silent 0.9.0 is out and it has lua 5.3.

I kind of already had a developmental build on a separate branch because et legacy runs lua 5.3 as well.

So I just went #YOLO and am going to work on making it a main release.

I still have to go and test a lot of stuff.

I went and wrote up a make shift change log of what is currently in the new release.

Seperated many functions into seperate classes to make a little more sense.
config-option-add: "AutoLevel.Message" Customizable message when reaching autolevel rank
	<xp> is the xp they reached to get the new level
	<newlevel> is the level they were promoted to
config-option-add: "AutoLevel.Location" Location for AutoLevel.Message

New guid validator will validate a guid before allowing a player to do any client commands or anything else.
	This vary's between mods the three main mods supported:
	etpro: It will wait until the etpro guid is active ususally takes about 2 seconds after connect.
	silent: Waits until silent guid is available to be read, takes less than a second.
	legacy-mod: Waits until cl_guid is avaiable to be read, takes less than a second.
		I think* if client's arent using the etlegacy client and they do not have pb enabled, then they may not be able to join.
	Other mods untested.

Started work on a kill spree/multi kill system.

config-option-add: "Profile.GreetingsFormat" and "Profile.FarewellFormat" so you can customize how the messages display
	<message> is the user's custom message (They can customize their message with things as well)
config-option-add: "ConnectPrint.Message" and "ConnectPrint.MessageBots" message format for the connect print(replaes the like 6 values before)
Completely re did connect / greeting / farewell messages
	They now work with the message replace system:
	(Bots and Humans)
		<players> Total players on server
		<axisplayers> Total players on axis
		<alliesplayers> Total players on allies
		<specplayers> Total players on spectator
		<playingplayers> Total players on axis + allies
	(Bots only)
		<bots> Total bots on server
		<axisbots> Total bots on axis
		<alliesbots> Total bots on allies
		<specbots> Total bots on spectator
		<playingbots> Total bots on axis + allies
	(Humans only)
		<clients> Total clients on server
		<axisclients> Total clients on axis
		<alliesclients> Total clients on allies
		<specclients> Total clients on spectator
		<playingclients> Total clients on axis + allies
	<c1> Color.Primary
	<c2> Color.Secondary
	<c3> Color.Tertiary
	<cvar(cvarname)> Get server cvar value
		Example: <cvar(sv_hostname)> would be replaced by the value of sv_hostname (Your server name)
	(Client specific - Meaning the message has to have an associated client, like deathprint,connectprint,farewell,greeting,motd and most others)
		<clientname> Name with colors
		<clientcleanname> Name without colors
		<clientcountry> GeoIP Country name
		<etkeyguid> ...
		<shortetkeyguid> Last 8 letters of etkey guid
		<silentguid> ...
		<shortsilentguid> Last 8 letters of silent guid
		<etproguid> ...
		<shortetproguidguid> Last 8 letters of etproguid guid
		<ip> Full client ip
		<ip1>,<ip2>,<ip3>,<ip4> each section of the ip
		<clientclass> Class title
		<clientclassnum> Class number
		<clientteam> Team titles
		<clientteamnum> Team number
		<clientnum> Current client slot number
		<clientversion> Client ET Version
		<clientprotocol> Client protocol (ET 2.55,ET 2.60b, etc..)
		<clientping> ping on the server
		<cliententity(fieldname)> Advanced entity get
			(http://mygamingtalk.com/wiki/Silent_Lua#gentity_get)
			Example: <cliententity(sess.kstreak)> would output the current client's kill streak.
		<clientuserkey(key)> Output a key value
			Client has to be logged in for this to work.
			Example: "My real name is <clientuserkey(realname)>" would output something like "My real name is bob"

Added message of the day
	Can use replace text above

Worked on xpsave a little more, needs more testing though to verify it works on lua 5.3

Added the ability to use one of 3 distance units.
	units: is the ET(quake3) game units
	imperial: is feet and inches
	meters:
	Users have the option to choose server default or one of the 3
	Server can set the default to any of the 3

Added max rows user options
Added ability to configure if you want the server to lookup your console width.
	Server has an option for how often it checks (if at all)
config-option-add: "Profile.AutoWidth" Time between checking r_mode,r_customwidth on silent mod
	if 0 then it will not check

Removed scandirectory, will now warn when no Commands.json is found


config-option-add: "DeathPrint.Global" if true would spam deathprints to everyone after each death, not recommended
config-option-add: "DeathPrint.Message" format for death print message
	<killername> name of killer
	<teamkilled> "killed" or "teamkilled"

config-option-add: "Distance.Measurement" 
	0 quake units
	1 imperial
	2 metric
config-option-add: "Distance.ImperialFeet" message format for the feet
	<feet> = # of feet
config-option-add: "Distance.ImperialInches" message format for the inches
	<inches> = # of inches
config-option-add: "Distance.Metric" message format for metric units
	<metres>
config-option-change: "FreezeStart" and "FreezeStartTime" are just "FreezeStart" if 0 or lower then won't activate
config-option-add: "ConMaxChars" Number of characters that will output in server console per line.
	Useful for rcon and stuff

Lots of small changes to commands
Entire lua has a error wrapper around it now
	Which means errors will not be caught and logged to /fs_homepath/fs_game/LESM_Errors.log
	Errors still will cause problems, it will just be easier to identify them this way.
added /prune rud time <days> command for auth
	Will delete all RegularUserDataUser's that have not played in the past <days> days.

Basically was able to get ingame and do commands with no errors now.

Haven't tested all the features, but I don't think I will run into anything too surprising now, possibily a few things that will not be fully functional.

But I am pretty excited for the future

I have answered this question usually with: Everything can be toggled on and off some where. Whether that be Config.json or disabling commands in Commands.json. There are very few things that are not configurable, or at least able to disable. And if there was ever something I missed (Sometimes I do miss some features because I am so used to them being enabled) just to ask me and I can probably make it able to disable / enable.

However recently a proposed idea would be to make a drag and drop features into a folder like LESM/plugins/

This would also allow people to use my Lua as a sort of API to make their own plugins which I find really cool.

It sounds good, and I really kind of like the idea of it, I just don't know how to approach the idea yet, if it is possible (for me) to do..

This however proposes a problem, instead of having to configure one thing you would then have to configure each individual plugin.

It would also require a sort of rewrite of the entire code, which would probably take some time.

So what do you think should be done? Should I just continue what I am doing?

Setting MOTD...

Everyone wants to stay somewhat anonymous in the games and instead of going to forums to talk things over it would be cool to be able to send messages to other players in a small text and then when the player comes in to play later...sound plays "you've got mail" and read the messages from other Admin or Players. I know there are tons of clients out there for communicating but this would a neat feature! Just Downloaded your LUA and will test on my homeserver.

I use to love !seen in Jaymod

Bluemax