Helping New Players

[Biggs]

I don't see there being any difference between using the binds listed above or coding individual commands into the plug-in... you're going to keybind it anyways!

[JyKri]

I don't see there being any difference between using the binds listed above or coding individual commands into the plug-in... you're going to keybind it anyways!

 

Cept !molly takes care of any lag that happens under the other bind. or !cracker actually gives you a cracker rather than propane. So there is a difference. Though the system now is fine even if lag messes the intended buy sometimes.

[Sky]

You can relatively easily allow players to either buy items through menu navigation, or immediately on the spot.

 

Take the code below, for instance. you can type !buy to open the menu and navigate, or !buy rifle_ak47 to purchase an ak47 immediatly (if you have the points) or one of the other commands in the list.

 

public Commands_OnPluginStart()
{
RegConsoleCmd("up", Command_OpenMenu);
RegConsoleCmd("usepoints", Command_OpenMenu);
RegConsoleCmd("buy", Command_OpenMenu);
}
public Action:Command_OpenMenu(client, args)
{
// At some point, when the RPG Module is created, I'll update this section.
// Until then we'll just go ahead and fast-forward to the usepoints menu.
if (args < 1 || GetClientTeam(client) != TEAM_SURVIVORS)
{
 if (GetClientTeam(client) == TEAM_SURVIVORS) SendPanelToClient(Points_SurvivorMenu(client), client, Points_SurvivorMenu_Init, MENU_TIME_FOREVER);
 else if (GetClientTeam(client) == TEAM_INFECTED) SendPanelToClient(Points_InfectedMenu(client), client, Points_InfectedMenu_Init, MENU_TIME_FOREVER);
}
else
{
 decl String:CMD[128];
 GetCmdArg(1, CMD, sizeof(CMD));
 if (GetClientTeam(client) == 2)
 {
  ItemName[client] = CMD;
  if (StrEqual(CMD, "help"))
  {
   PrintToChat(client, "%s - \x01Commands have been printed to your console.", INFO_GENERAL);
   PrintToConsole(client, "rifle_ak47 , rifle_m60 , grenade_launcher , chainsaw");	  // purchase item = 0;
   PrintToConsole(client, "bloat_ammo , blind_ammo , slowmo_ammo , beanbag_ammo , spatial_ammo");  // purchase item = 1;
   PrintToConsole(client, "health , adrenaline , first_aid_kit , pain_pills");	   // purchase item = 2;
   PrintToConsole(client, "molotov , vomitjar , pipe_bomb");		   // purchase item = 3;
  }
  else if (StrEqual(CMD, "rifle_ak47") || StrEqual(CMD, "rifle_m60") || StrEqual(CMD, "grenade_launcher") || StrEqual(CMD, "chainsaw")) PurchaseItem[client] = 0;
  else if (StrEqual(CMD, "bloat_ammo") || StrEqual(CMD, "blind_ammo") || StrEqual(CMD, "slowmo_ammo") || StrEqual(CMD, "beanbag_ammo") || StrEqual(CMD, "spatial_ammo")) PurchaseItem[client] = 1;
  else if (StrEqual(CMD, "health") || StrEqual(CMD, "adrenaline") || StrEqual(CMD, "first_aid_kit") || StrEqual(CMD, "pain_pills")) PurchaseItem[client] = 2;
  else if (StrEqual(CMD, "molotov") || StrEqual(CMD, "vomitjar") || StrEqual(CMD, "pipe_bomb")) PurchaseItem[client] = 3;
  if (!StrEqual(CMD, "help")) SurvivorPurchaseFunc(client);
 }
}
}

[Cinkadeus]

If they use C or C++ syntax, I can look into it. That's what I do.

[Sky]

Unfortunately, plugins are written in a variant of the pawn language. Eventually, the new language that's being written, Knight, will take over (not sure when, exactly)

 

That, above, is an excerpt from one version of a buy plugin I wrote.

There are many ways to do it (and several ways that are better for representing strings than that) but it's just a quick sample.