Information

Full output of /ess version: https://pastebin.com/LY62U1hX

Server log: https://pastebin.com/iNR3gERq

EssentialsX config: https://pastebin.com/6MtZY0SR

Help request

Problem
When I change anything from "none", regular players are not able to see it. Players who are OP'd are able to see the join message. Leave message works fine for everyone.

What I have tried
Updating everything to latest version. (Paper, EssX, and the rest of my plugins)
Messing with PEX, changing the configs, permissions, giving people *, nothing works.

Screenshots
https://imgur.com/a/uyJ7mvf

Link to other post: #1773

I can't seem to reproduce this issue. Both custom join and leave messages show up for OPs and non-OPs on the following versions:

[13:45:25 INFO]: Server version: 1.14.4-R0.1-SNAPSHOT git-Paper-221 (MC: 1.14.4)
[13:45:25 INFO]: EssentialsX version: 2.17.1.19
[13:45:25 INFO]: Vault is not installed. Chat and permissions may not work.

Could you try disabling all of your other plugins and seeing if the issue still occurs with just EssentialsX installed?

Sorry for the month gap reply. I will try this when I can.

I'm experiencing the same issue on v2.17.1.45. 1.15.1 Paper-32

However, for me, not even OP's can see the login message.
Edit: The login message does display in the console but not in-game.

The only plugins enabled are:

• Essentials
• EssentialsSpawn
• Vault
• LuckPerms

Same issue here:

Server version: 1.14.4-R0.1-SNAPSHOT git-Paper-239 (MC: 1.14.4)
EssentialsX version: 2.17.1.50
LuckPerms version: 5.0.39
PlaceholderAPI version: 2.10.4
Vault version: 1.7.2-b107
EssentialsXChat version: 2.17.1.50
EssentialsXSpawn version: 2.17.1.50

Only Op's can see the join message, or people who have the '*' permission.

SOLUTION: add the permission "bukkit.broadcast.user" to the default group, because i have the permission "bukkit.*" to false.

After a bit of testing, it seems that for some users this may be caused by negating bukkit.* on an inherited group. Granting the permission bukkit.broadcast.user for the group should solve the issue for these users.

EssentialsX uses the broadcast system for join messages, but not for leave messages, which causes the discrepancy here.

@SirKillian and @mcgrenoa, could you please try the fix above and let us know if it solves your issue?

@Ant4rez @triagonal This fixed to issue completely! Thank you everyone for your help!

Closing this due to the solution being found (read above).