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.gitignore

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-.idea
+.idea/
+build/

config/Config.go

@@ -4,13 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
 	"github.com/patrickmn/go-cache"
+	"log"
 	"os"
-
-	_ "embed"
 )
 
-// go:embed default.toml
-var defaultConfig string
+var DefaultConfig string
 
 var GlobalCache *cache.Cache
 
@@ -54,14 +52,18 @@ func ReadConfig() Config {
 			fmt.Println("Error creating config file: config.toml")
 			panic(er2)
 		}
-		_, er3 := file.WriteString(defaultConfig)
+		_, er3 := file.WriteString(DefaultConfig)
 		if er3 != nil {
 			panic(er3.Error())
 		}
+		file.Sync()
 		er4 := file.Close()
 		if er4 != nil {
 			panic(er4.Error())
 		}
+		log.Println("Created config file: config.toml, please fill in your token and other values")
+		log.Println(DefaultConfig)
+		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 	_, er2 := toml.DecodeFile("config.toml", &conf)
 	if er2 != nil {

config/PrettyGameNames.go

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ var PrettyGameNames = make(map[string]string)
 // GetGameNames fetches the game display names from the gamedig GitHub repo
 func GetGameNames() {
 	cacheItem, exists := GlobalCache.Get("PrettyGameNames")
-	if !exists {
+	if exists {
 		PrettyGameNames = cacheItem.(map[string]string)
 		return
 	}

config/default.toml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     hostname = "127.0.0.1"
     game = "tf2"
     port = 27015
-    colour = "#CF7336"
+    colour = 0xCF7336
     country = "???"
     public_hostname = "tf2.example.com"
     public_port = 27015

discord/ServerStatus.go

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func RefreshServerStatus(s *discordgo.Session) {
 			isOnline = true
 		}
 		c, er2 := s.ChannelMessages(server.ChannelID, 20, "", "", "")
-		if er2 == nil {
+		if er2 != nil {
 			log.Println("Failed to get messages: ", er2)
 		}
 		for _, i2 := range c {

gogsm.go

@@ -10,10 +10,17 @@ import (
 	"os/signal"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
+
+	_ "embed"
 )
 
+//go:embed config/default.toml
+var defaultConfig string
+
 func main() {
 
+	config.DefaultConfig = defaultConfig
+
 	config.GlobalCache = cache.New(5*time.Minute, 10*time.Minute)
 
 	conf := config.ReadConfig()
@@ -38,6 +45,8 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	}()
 
+	discord.RefreshServerStatus(s)
+
 	// Clean exit on ctrl+c
 	fmt.Println("Bot is now running.  Press CTRL-C to exit.")
 	sc := make(chan os.Signal, 1)