[Geit]

Annotate your game world: place inspiring messages, help newbies find that well hidden side route or just humiliate your opponents.

Screenshots:

Commands:

• sm_annotate <time> <message> - Creates an annotation that lasts for a specified time (-1 for infinite) (Flag: Chat)
• sm_deleteannotation - Deletes the annotation where you're looking (Flag: Chat)

Cvars:

• sm_annotate_version - Version
• sm_annotate_min_dist - Sets the minimum distance that an annotation must be from another annotation (default: 64)
• sm_annotate_view_dist - Sets the maximum distance at which annotations will be sent to players (default: 1024)

Changelog:

1.5:

• Complete rewrite
• Annotations will no longer repeatedly fly in to the screen
• An annotation will no longer block other annotations being placed after they've disappeared
• Client console is no longer spammed with sound errors
• Numerous other improvements and tidy-ups

1.41:

• Fixed a handle leak

1.4:

• Fixed an issue where annotations would not last longer than 10 seconds
• Changed the args on sm_annotate to <display time> <message> - You no longer need quote marks around the message when it's longer than 1 word.
• Binded sm_deleteannotation to its correct command
• Fixed an issue where annotations would not update when there were fewer than 5
• Added sm_annotate_min_dist - Sets the minimum distance that an annotation must be from another annotation (default: 64)
• Added sm_annotate_view_dist - Sets the maximum distance at which annotations will be sent to players (default: 1024)

1.3:

• Annotations are no longer sent over the network when no one can see them
• Annotations are now processed in batches of 5, once per second

1.2:

• Annotations can no longer be placed within 64 units of each other
• Annotations can now be deleted with !deleteannotation (!deleteannotation_perm for the SQL version)

1.1:

• Annotations now refresh every 5 seconds, if the annotation is not in the client's LOS or within 1024 units, it will not be displayed.

1.01:

• Fixed an issue where only one annotation would appear at any given time.

1.0:

• Initial Release

Credits:
Spaz & Arg for the positioning code - Taken from [TF2] Pumpkins

SQL Version currently defunct

SQL Version:
Allows you to make an annotation in the map wherever you to make annotations that appear at round start for a set amount of time, useful for making in-game advertisements. - Stored on a MYSQL database.

Installation:

1. Make a database config called "annotations", if this is not done, the plugin will attempt to use the "default" sourcemod database config.
2. Load plugin.

Cvars:

• sm_annotate_version - Version
• sm_annotate_length - Amount of time in seconds that annotations should appear for at round start, -1 for permanent. (default: 30)
• sm_annotate_min_dist - Sets the minimum distance that an annotation must be from another annotation (default: 64)
• sm_annotate_view_dist - Sets the maximum distance at which annotations will be sent to players (default: 1024)

Commands:

• sm_annotate_perm <message> - creates an permanent annotation that respawns every round start and remains for a set amount of time. (Flag:Kick)
• sm_deleteannotation_perm - Deletes the annotation where the player is looking. (Flag: Kick)