Code for triggering all players Created 11 years ago2013-02-21 17:26:34 UTC by Zhouy

Hey there, my first post here. Can't really find any active hl1 coding community, all sites like Wavelength seems dead unfortunately So thought this site would be the best bet.

Anyway, I'm making a mod where I want the "Half-Life" title to be visible for all players when a certain entity is triggered(the title that shows when you start a new hl game, c0a0, the tram map..). So I made a copy of trigger_relay and changed some code, it looks like this (only showing the 'Use' function as I guess this is the important part):

void CTriggerLogo::Use( CBaseEntity *pActivator, CBaseEntity *pCaller, USE_TYPE useType, float value )
{

gDisplayTitle = TRUE;

}

So when this entity gets triggered at my map, the title appears like I want to. Unfortunately, only for 1 player. My question here is what code do I need to make all players see the logo? I would guess something with for the code ( int i = 1; i <= gpGlobals->maxClients; i++ ) but I can't get it right when playing around with the codes. Thanks!

I don't remember exactly, but you can't use gDisplayTitle. The title is displayed by the client side so you have to tell every client to show it.

void CTriggerLogo::Use( CBaseEntity *pActivator, CBaseEntity *pCaller, USE_TYPE useType, float value )
{

MESSAGE_BEGIN( MSG_ONE, gmsgShowGameTitle, NULL, pActivator->pev );
WRITE_BYTE( 0 );
MESSAGE_END();

should show the message to the player who triggers your trigger entity, so if you simply have everyone trigger it everyone should see it.

Thanks for fast answer. Will try it and tell later if it worked

Edit: Did as you said, then I made a game_zone_player with both in- and outtarget triggered to the entity. It worked, thanks a bunch:)

Edit2: I found an easier way, without having to use the game_zone_player. Changed to this:

MESSAGE_BEGIN( MSG_ALL, gmsgShowGameTitle ); 
WRITE_BYTE( 0 );
MESSAGE_END();

Cheers!