Motd (Metamod:Source) - Revision history

BAILOPAN: Motd (SourceMM) moved to Motd (Metamod:Source)

2007-10-06T04:56:59Z

Motd (SourceMM) moved to Motd (Metamod:Source)

BAILOPAN at 04:56, 6 October 2007

2007-10-06T04:56:50Z

L. Duke: /* Message of the Day (MOTD) */

2006-03-25T02:20:17Z

‎Message of the Day (MOTD)

SeLfkiLL: /* Displaying Your Info in the MOTD Panel */

2006-03-24T22:14:51Z

‎Displaying Your Info in the MOTD Panel

SeLfkiLL: /* Showing a MOTD Panel */

2006-03-24T22:13:54Z

‎Showing a MOTD Panel

L. Duke: /* Using TYPE_INDEX to Send More Than 255 Characters */

2006-03-21T21:26:46Z

‎Using TYPE_INDEX to Send More Than 255 Characters

L. Duke: /* Using TYPE_INDEX to Send More Than 255 Characters */

2006-03-21T21:26:32Z

‎Using TYPE_INDEX to Send More Than 255 Characters

L. Duke: /* Showing a MOTD Panel */

2006-03-21T21:19:06Z

‎Showing a MOTD Panel

L. Duke: /* Showing a MOTD Panel */

2006-03-21T21:18:06Z

‎Showing a MOTD Panel

L. Duke: /* Displaying Your Info in the MOTD Panel */

2006-03-21T20:59:08Z

‎Displaying Your Info in the MOTD Panel

← Older revision		Revision as of 04:56, 6 October 2007
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−	[[Category:~~Documentation (SourceMM)~~]]	+	[[Category:Metamod:Source Development]]
	== Message of the Day (MOTD) ==		== Message of the Day (MOTD) ==

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 [[Category:Documentation (SourceMM)]]
 == Message of the Day (MOTD) ==
 === Showing a MOTD Panel ===

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 For example:
 To show a website
-<pre>ShowMOTD( pEdict, "http://www.yahoo.com", "Yahoo.com !", 2, "" )</pre>
+<pre>ShowMOTD( pEdict, "http://www.yahoo.com", "Yahoo.com !", TYPE_URL, NULL )</pre>
 To show some text
-<pre>ShowMOTD( pEdict, "Some Text", "A Title", 0, "" )</pre>
+<pre>ShowMOTD( pEdict, "Some Text", "A Title", TYPE_TEXT, NULL )</pre>
 == Using TYPE_INDEX to Send More Than 255 Characters ==

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 Then add this to your project:
 <cpp>
-void ShowMOTD(edict_t *pEdict, const char* lpcMsg, const char* lpcTitle, int iType, const char* lpcCmd)
+void ShowMOTD(int index, char *title, char *msg, int type, char *cmd) {
+    bf_write *buffer;
-    KeyValues* kv = new KeyValues("data");
+    MRecipientFilter filter;
-    kv->SetString("msg", lpcMsg);      // use this stringtable entry
+    filter.AddRecipient(index);
-    if(lpcCmd && *lpcCmd)
+    buffer = engine->UserMessageBegin(&filter, mVGUIMenu);
+    buffer->WriteString("info");
-      kv->SetString("cmd", lpcCmd);// exec this command if panel closed
+    buffer->WriteByte(1);
-    ShowViewPortPanel(pEdict, "info", true, kv);
+    if(cmd != NULL)
-    kv->deleteThis();
+    buffer->WriteString("title");
+   buffer->WriteString(title);
-// called from ShowMOTD
+   buffer->WriteString("type");
-void ShowViewPortPanel(edict_t* pEdict, const char* name, bool bShow, KeyValues* data)
+   switch(type) {
+      case TYPE_TEXT:
-	bf_write *netmsg; // our network message object
+         buffer->WriteString("0"); //TYPE_TEXT = 0, just display this plain text
-    MRecipientFilter recipient_filter; // the corresponding recipient filter
+         break;
-   int count = 0;
+      case TYPE_INDEX:
-   KeyValues *subkey = NULL;
+         buffer->WriteString("1"); //TYPE_INDEX, lookup text & title in stringtable
-   if(data)
+      case TYPE_URL:
+         buffer->WriteString("2"); //TYPE_URL, show this URL
-      subkey = data->GetFirstSubKey();
+          break;
-       subkey = data->GetFirstSubKey(); // reset
+       case TYPE_FILE:
+    }
-      netmsg->WriteString (subkey->GetName()); // the HUD message itself
+   buffer->WriteString("msg");
-       netmsg->WriteString (subkey->GetString()); // the HUD message itself
+   buffer->WriteString(msg); // msg must not be greater than 192 characters
-       subkey = subkey->GetNextKey();
+    }
-// lookup index for user messages
+    engine->MessageEnd();
-int UserMessageIndex(const char *messageName)
+    return ;
 }</cpp>
 === Displaying Your Info in the MOTD Panel ===

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 <cpp>	char msg[4096];
 	// copy your info into msg
-	// if you add any html tags, your msg will be formatted as html (for example <b>bold text</b>
+	// if you add any html tags, your msg will be formatted as html (for example <b>bold text</b>)
 	INetworkStringTable *pInfoPanel = m_NetworkStringtable->FindTable("InfoPanel");

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 <cpp>mVGUIMenu = UserMessageIndex("VGUIMenu");</cpp>
 <cpp>
 void ShowMOTD(edict_t *pEdict, const char* lpcMsg, const char* lpcTitle, int iType, const char* lpcCmd)

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     KeyValues* kv = new KeyValues("data");
     kv->SetString("title", lpcTitle);   // info panel title
-    if ( iType == 1 )
+    char Type[8];
-      kv->SetString("type", "1");         // show userdata from stringtable entry
+    Q_snprintf(Type, sizeof(Type), "%d", iType);
+    kv->SetString("type", Type);
-    else if ( iType == 2 )
+                               //   TYPE_TEXT = 0,   // just display this plain text
                                //   TYPE_INDEX,      // lookup text & title in stringtable
                                //   TYPE_URL,      // show this URL
                                //   TYPE_FILE,      // show this local file
     kv->SetString("msg", lpcMsg);      // use this stringtable entry