AlliedModders - Kill Messages

Credits:

Original by Martin, but abandoned and left not working
Plugin finished by Black Haze (code) and Siang Chun (overlays)
Massaï Fou overlays by Skabull
Loads of thanks to Thetwistedpanda and Psychonic for helping me fix things

What does it do?
Simply put, on a kill, it'll render and overlay onto the attackers screen, showing him messages like headshot, grenade kill, those kinds of things. Think of it as Quake Sounds, but visual.

These are two plugins, sm_killmessage_framework and sm_killmessage_overlays_basicsupport.

Framework contains the core functions, like precaching custom overlays and adding em to the download table, and showing overlays to a specific user. This plugin should always be in place.

Basic support is a sample plugin that shows how to use the framework. It tracks killstreaks, headshot, knife and HE grenade kills, and uses overlays for this.
On mapstart it'll send commands to the framework telling it to precache the different overlays. On kill, it'll send the right overlay to the right person.

How do I make custom overlays?
Siang Chun wrote a tutorial after he finetuned the overlays for the plugin:

Quote:

Originally Posted by siangc (Post 1411470)

Ok here's a quick how to:
You need photoshop and vtfedit which you can get here:
http://nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php?p=40

Then follow this tutorial on how to make a transparent spray:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqeRc...layer_embedded

The only important thing is making the alpha map properly, and instead of 256x256, use 512x512 or 1024x1024.

vtfedit
Import (file>import) your tga file, use these settings
[IMG]http://img211.**************/img211/5457/67781449.th.jpg[/IMG]
Save it as vtf. Find the vtf file you just saved, at the same location there will be a .vmt file with the same name, open it in notepad, replace everything inside with this

"UnlitGeneric"
{
"$translucent" 1
"$basetexture" "killmessages\yourfile"
"$no_fullbright" 1
"$ignorez" 1
}

Replace the name here, without the file extension.
"$basetexture" "killmessages\yourfile"

Then you are done.

How do I make a custom plugin for a different style of game, ie gungame?
Basically call sm_killmessage_prepare on MapStart for every overlay you use, and call sm_killmessage_show on any given time to show the plugin. That's all, the rest you can and have to make up for yourself. Use sm_killmessage_overlays_basicsupport as an example.

CVars
sm_killmessage_framework
sm_killmessage_overlays_length

Length of time an overlay is showed

Default 3.0

sm_killmessage_overlays_basicsupport
sm_killmessage_bs_grenade

Name of the grenade kill overlay (no extension)

Default "kill_grenade"

sm_killmessage_bs_headshot

Name of the headshot kill overlay (no extension)

Default "kill_headshot"

sm_killmessage_bs_knife

Name of the knife kill overlay (no extension)

Default "kill_knife"

sm_killmessage_bs_killnaming

Naming convention for the kill overlays (numbers are added automatically,no extension)

Default "kill_"

sm_killmessage_bs_maxkillstreak

Amount of kills allowed in a killstreak (it'll restart at 1 after the end)

Default 4

Removed UnlockConsoleCommandAndConvar, was unnecessary

Update 1.2

Added bot checks
Removed an unnecessary timer kill

sm_killmessage_overlays_basicsupport
Update 1.1

Moved preload code and CVar initiation to OnConfigsExecuted() because config wouldn't be read

Update 1.2

Added bot checks
Added killstreak saving, so your killstreak stays intact when the round ends
Added overlays for round end (CT / T wins!)
Defaulted to Siang Chun's silver killoverlays

Update 1.2fixed

Killstreak saving wasn't reset correctly

Update notes:
Next update will go live when these are fixed:

Update 1.3

Sounds
Not Yet Done
Skip killstreak numbers - MoM
Needs to be redone
Integrate psychonic's optimisations, noted here
Not Yet Done
Add support for disabling certain overlays by keeping their values empty in the config
Not Yet Done
Add a teamkill check to the player death event
Not Yet Done
Add adminflag support
Not Yet Done
Add userpref support
Not Yet Done

That's it! Good luck, enjoy the plugin, lemme know if something is broken and all that.

Attached are the two plugins, and a zip to run it out of the box containing:

Plugins source (addons\sourcemod\scripting)
Plugins compiled (addons\sourcemod\plugins)
Config file (cfg\sourcemod)
Kill overlays (materials\killmessages)

Also attached are Skabull's Massaï Fou Overlays, which look just awesome!
In order to use these, just download them, and use the config and materials instead of the ones in the default package.