Migration needed. Refactored the config.configValue model into server.ServerConfig (that's what the config model were used for anyway). The new model can handle arbitrary data structures through pickle. Run ./manage.py migrate to sync your database with the new setup.

Moved Connect screens (the text screen first seen when connecting) away from the database and into a module in gamesrc/world. This module allows for conveniently adding new connect screens on the fly. More than one screen in the given module will mean a random screen is used.

src/server/migrations/0001_rename_config_table_to_server_table.py

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+# encoding: utf-8
+import datetime
+from south.db import db
+from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
+from django.db import models, utils
+import pickle
+
+class Migration(SchemaMigration):
+
+    def forwards(self, orm):
+        try:
+            db.rename_table("config_configvalue", "server_serverconfig")    
+            for conf in orm.ServerConfig.objects.all():
+                conf.db_value = pickle.dumps(conf.db_value)
+                conf.save()
+        except utils.DatabaseError:
+            # this will happen if we start db from scratch (the config
+            # app will then already be gone and no data is to be transferred)
+            # So instead of renaming the old we instead have to manually create the new model.
+            # Adding model 'ServerConfig' 
+            db.create_table('server_serverconfig', (
+                    ('id', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.AutoField')(primary_key=True)),
+                    ('db_key', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(unique=True, max_length=64)),
+                    ('db_value', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.TextField')(blank=True)),
+                    ))
+            db.send_create_signal('server', ['ServerConfig'])
+            
+    def backwards(self, orm):
+        raise RuntimeError("This migration cannot be reversed.")
+
+    models = {
+        'config.configvalue': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'ConfigValue'},
+            'db_key': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '100'}),
+            'db_value': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'})
+        },
+        'server.serverconfig': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'ServerConfig'},
+            'db_key': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '64'}),
+            'db_value': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'})
+        }
+    }
+
+    complete_apps = ['config', 'server']