In-game GUI's and Spawn menus Created 9 years ago2015-01-21 16:22:10 UTC by RollingBarrel

Ok. So...
I was wandering about making a multiplayer mod, and I thought, 'How would I add in GUI's, like in TF Classic?' So I looked around, but I couldn't find anything on it. When I say GUI, by the way, I don't mean the splash screen or HUD, but the box which lets you select a team in Team Fortress Classic- or what I really want is a GUI that lets you place entities IN-GAME. Like the Engineer class. I really want something like that which I can make, to spawn in entities of my choosing in GoldSrc. Any ideas?
Thanks. Oh, and by the way- this would be a Multiplayer/Singleplayer Half-Life mod I'm talking about, not a TF Classic mod or CS mod.

Thankyou!

Wish I could help, but I just like posting in the forums.
I do understand tough what you mean with GUI. GUI stands for "Graphical User Interface", while HUD is for "Heads Up Display".
GUIs are supposed to be interactive, while HUDs are supposed to show information. I guess you could have a look at the TF source code if you find it, otherwise, I believe there might be some example code you can expand on in the HL-SKD.

Thanks, but the SDK files turned up blank
Anymore help is still appreciated.
Thanks anyways!

That's quite a coding challenge. I know TWHL's chickenfist did something like this entity spawning system in Goldsource, but I'm not sure he's still around these days.

Unfortunately the documentation for HL Coding is... sparse... to say the least.

Bump! I'm glad some people still know the ways of old- if I knew how to code then perhaps I would experiment a bit, but as is... ^^
Oh well. I'm just curious. I had the main idea when I saw the constructions you can make in CS Zombies: Nexon in the Zombie shelter mode.
I've just discovered Go-Mod, a GoldSrc version of Garry's Mod; I was thinking of a spawn system like that too. By the way, if you haven't already seen it:
http://www.moddb.com/mods/go-mod
Thanks Archie-
Hey, I've had an idea! Maybe a dialogue box? Like the options in Skyrim or Fallout 3?
Food for thought.

I know there's impulse commands that spawn things.
If you get a handle on the SDK, do a check for those impulse commands and see what they do.

I'd also think you might want to make a 'weapon' that spawns something.
The guns trace a line within an accuracy cone. You could probably copy the pistol code, remove the accuracy cone, and instead of dealing damage or displaying a decal, run the impulse command at the line collision location.

Easier said than done of course, but selecting which entity to spawn would be as 'simple' as equipping a weapon.

Hmm, I like that idea! Maybe I should learn to code in C... but the idea of a spawn gun would probably be much better than a whole GUI- especially if I can utilize the HUD instead.

Right. The HUD exists already, you'd just need to make sprites for each weapon.