[simoneaolson]

DESCRIPTION:

A nice plugin if you want a simple "Welcome" message sent to each client when they connect in their own language. This plugin offers several improvements over (Simple Welcome Message). One being that the plugin will not bog down the server with 23kb of code. Second, this plugin displays a static welcome message in any language supported by sourcemod.


CVARS:

"swm2_enable" - Enable/Disable Plugin, Default:1
"swm2_mode" - When to display the message 1=When the player joins a team, 2=X seconds after joining; Default:1
"swm2_timer1" - IF sm2_mode=1, When the message should be displayed after the player joins a team (seconds); Default:7.0
"swm2_timer2" - IF sm2_mode=2, When the message should be displayed after the player joins the server (seconds); Default:22.0
"swm2_method" - How to display the welcome message to the client 1=Hint text, 2=Center Text"; Default:1

CHANGELOG:

v1.0 - Initial release
v1.01 -
* Implemented GetClientSerial/GetClientFromSerial in timers (thanks psychonic)
* Used MAX_NAME_LENGTH
* Added functionality to display welcome message when a client first joins a team


Supported Languages:

chi, cze, da, de, en, es, fr, hu, it, jp, ko, lv, nl, no, pl, pt, ru, sv, tr, zho

*Updated translations: ru, pt


Installation:

(1) Setup Sourcemod on your server (Guide Here)
(2) Download the plugin (.smx) and the translations (.txt)
(3) Place the .txt file in: <game folder>\addons\sourcemod\translations
(4) Place the .smx file in: <game folder>\addons\sourcemod\plugins
(5) Restart the server

[dax563]

Was wondering could you post on how to put this plug-in in
many thanks

[Darkthrone]

        "ru"        "Приветствовать"

should be

        "ru"        "Добро пожаловать"

[simoneaolson]

Originally Posted by Darkthrone "ru" "Приветствовать" should be "ru" "Добро пожаловать"

Thanks for the correction Darkthrone! Corrections for any of the other languages would be greatly appreciated as well.

[Drixevel]

Installed on Bassline TF2. You can connect and test on my server with the IP in my signature.

[psychonic]

@ simoneaolson
Passing client indexes through to async callbacks such as timers is generally a bad idea, especially for a length of more than a second or two. If a client disconnects, the next client to reconnect will have the same client index. This can easily happen within 22 seconds, leading to a client getting the welcome message twice or even more. Using GetClientSerial/GetClientFromSerial or GetClientUserId/GetClientOfUserId is generally a better idea.

Also, for name length, using the global MAX_NAME_LENGTH define is technically safer than hardcoding 32. If the max gets raised or lowered, either globally or for a specific engine, only a plugin recompile is needed to adjust, no actual code changes.

As a suggestion, why not also pass the client name to the translation rather than hardcoding it to be after the message?

[Matheus28]

Portuguese translation:

"Boas-vindas" is correct, but most servers would prefer "Bem Vindo"

[simoneaolson]

Originally Posted by Matheus28 Portuguese translation: "Boas-vindas" is correct, but most servers would prefer "Bem Vindo"

Updated the translation, thanks!

[Excel Gamers]

Any chance you could add it so you could change the message to anything you like and have it displayed in GREEN in normal chat as if an admin is sent you it. e.g. Welcome to Excel Gamers Jailbreak server M4

[DIMEDROLL]

This plugin doesn't work with Alien Swarm dedicated server for me. Please, let me know if you had luck to make it work.