[alandarev]

I want to make a plugin which displays indicators of player's health bar on top of their head for teammates.
I have been thinking of doing it next way:
create few 2d sprites with coloured bars:
[======]
[==== ]
[= ]
Create TempEffect of this sprite on top of person's head depending on his current health and send it to all teammates.
Everything seems fine except one thing, if person moves, the bar stays behind, can I somehow attach it or is there a more correct solution?

[blaacky]

Perhaps AcceptEntityInput may work. I know it can be used to remove an entity that is attached to another so maybe it can be used to add one as well.

SetParent
SetParentAttachment
SetParentAttachmentMaintainOffset

those are commands that you can use with AcceptEntityInput

[Oshizu]

Originally Posted by blaacky Perhaps AcceptEntityInput may work. I know it can be used to remove an entity that is attached to another so maybe it can be used to add one as well. SetParent SetParentAttachment SetParentAttachmentMaintainOffset those are commands that you can use with AcceptEntityInput

It would work if creator of thread game is not TF2. In TF2 you would need to teleport sprite over player each frame

[alandarev]

Thank you for the reply. It is for Counter-Strike:Source.
Though I have been thinking over TempEntities, not Entities, I do not mind using entities but how do I spawn 'sprite' entity? Can anyone give me a simple example?

[Oshizu]

Something like this?

PHP Code:

 
stock AttachSprite(Client, String:sprite[])
{
    if(!IsPlayerAlive(Client)) return -1;
    decl String:iTarget[16];
    Format(iTarget, 16, "Client%d", Client);
    DispatchKeyValue(Client, "targetname", iTarget);
    decl Float:Origin[3];
    GetClientEyePosition(Client,Origin);
    Origin[2] += 25.0;
    new Ent = CreateEntityByName("env_sprite");
    if(!Ent) return -1;
    DispatchKeyValue(Ent, "model", sprite);
    DispatchKeyValue(Ent, "classname", "env_sprite");
    DispatchKeyValue(Ent, "spawnflags", "1");
    DispatchKeyValue(Ent, "scale", "0.1");
    DispatchKeyValue(Ent, "rendermode", "1");
    DispatchKeyValue(Ent, "rendercolor", "255 255 255");
    DispatchSpawn(Ent);
    TeleportEntity(Ent, Origin, NULL_VECTOR, NULL_VECTOR);
    SetVariantString(iTarget);
    AcceptEntityInput(Ent, "SetParent", Ent, Ent, 0);
    return Ent;
} 


i'm not sure if its gonna work or not
If it doesn't
Replace every single 'env_sprite' thing with 'env_sprite_oriented'

[captaindeterprimary]

Why no soup for TF2?

[alandarev]

Thank you Oshizu your method works great!! <3 ya

I am having another problem now, though I will post a separate topic as it is unrelated.

[zeroibis]

Wait so that code actually allowed a sprite to be parrented to a player in CS:S!?!?!

People have been looking to do this for years and this is the first I have heard of it actually working...

[alandarev]

Yes it works great
zeroibis, you got more interesting ideas to use it for?

[Oshizu]

Originally Posted by alandarev Thank you Oshizu your method works great!! <3 ya I am having another problem now, though I will post a separate topic as it is unrelated.

I'm glad it works
Anyway are you planning on publishing plugin or making tutorial how to make healthbar like that?