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Can someone explain how i can make dynamic motd messages?
I mean like when someones rank is in motd and it changes, to let it change in motd to.

Re: Dynamic MOTD

All you do is create the motd in a string var and display it.

Re: Dynamic MOTD

could you give an example?

Re: Dynamic MOTD

Quote:

Originally Posted by drekes (Post 1161586)

could you give an example?

https://forums.alliedmods.net/showpo...39&postcount=9

UPDATE_Hud() function.

It formats a hud message, but all you need to do is use HTML and show_motd.

Re: Dynamic MOTD

i checked your code, but i still don't understand how i do it.

Do i make a seperate MOTD or do i code it into the plugin?

Re: Dynamic MOTD

You can do it either way, but if you're doing it in-plugin, use that method. What you're doing is basically formatting the same string, but formatting it from the end of where you previously formatted, which is what the iLen is for, basically a place holder.

If you want more info on MOTD and rankings, you can check out the stats plugins like JumpStats (Exolent) or Bullet Damage Ranking (schmurgel1983).

Re: Dynamic MOTD

I think i understand it, but is it possible to use if and else statements in there, like this one.

PHP Code:


		
			
if(something)
{
   len += format(motd[len], 1500-len,"<left><font color=^"red^"><B>Kills :</B> <font color=^"white^"> %d</color></left>^n", stats[0])
}
else
{
    len += format(motd[len], 1500-len,"<left><font color=^"red^"><B>Deaths :</B> <font color=^"white^"> %d</color></left>^n", stats[1]);
}

Re: Dynamic MOTD

Yeah, you can, but you're better off just using the ? : operators.

Re: Dynamic MOTD

i don't know how ? : operators work.
Could you point out a tutorial about that or explain it a bit, i looked at funcwiki but could'nt find something like that.

I found this in the pawn language guide but i don't understand a thing about it.

Code:

? : e1 ? e2 : e3

results in either e2 or e3, depending on the value of e1. The

conditional expression is a compound expression with a two

part operator, “?” and “:”. Expression e2 is evaluated if e1

is logically “true”, e3 is evaluated if e1 is logically “false”.

Re: Dynamic MOTD

Quote:

Originally Posted by drekes (Post 1163192)

Code:

? : e1 ? e2 : e3

results in either e2 or e3, depending on the value of e1. The

conditional expression is a compound expression with a two

part operator, “?” and “:”. Expression e2 is evaluated if e1

is logically “true”, e3 is evaluated if e1 is logically “false”.

This is a very simple and useful operator.

Simplest way to put it:
( condition ) ? return value if true : return value if false

PHP Code:


		
			
new Var1 = 0;
new Var2 = 10;

// Var1 will equal 25 here because Var2 == 10 so the condition was met. In
// this case we return the first value ( return value if true from above ).
Var1 = ( Var2 == 10 ) ? 25 : 100;
// Var1 now equals 25

// ------------------------------------------------------------------
new Var1 = 0;
new Var2 = 10;

// Var1 will equal 100 here because Var2 == 10 and our condition is checking 
// if Var2 == 15 so the condition is not met. In this case we return the 
// second value ( return value if false from above ).
Var1 = ( Var2 == 15 ) ? 25 : 100;
// Var1 now equals 100

Here's how you would use this in your code from above. In that code you are using stats[0] if something is TRUE and stats[1] if something is FALSE:

PHP Code:


		
			
len += format(motd[len], 1500-len,"<left><font color=^"red^"><B>Kills :</B> <font color=^"white^"> %d</color></left>^n", something ? stats[0] : stats[1] )