Ok so I thought id try add a blank line to space out the message between my server name and the rest of the message , but when trying to launch the server as its loading it just closes down
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<messages>
<message> <delay>0.5</delay> <onconnect>1</onconnect> <text>Welcome to the 8bitgamers.co.uk Dayz Vanilla Server </text> </message> <message> <delay>0.5</delay> <onconnect>1</onconnect> <text> </text> </message>
<message>
<delay>0.5</delay> <onconnect>1</onconnect> <text>Please check our forums for rules</text> </message>
<message>
<delay>0.5</delay> <onconnect>1</onconnect> <text>Join our discord https://discord.me/8bitgamers</text> </message>
<message>
<delay>0.5</delay> <onconnect>1</onconnect> <text>"-name Playername" in dayz launch options to set name</text> </message>
</messages>