[payas]

hi everyone, I downloaded HLSDK-OB and mmSource1.8 to develop a server plugin.
I started with the sample_mm, everything works just fine I compile it, installed and server works ok.

now, the problem.. I'm trying to register a custom user message using usermessages->Register("myMessage")

but, I can compile it, I declared:
extern CUserMessages *usermessages;

And the linker is giving me this error:
error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "class CUserMessages * usermessages"

Does anybody knows the name of the library (.lib) where this object is declared???
Or a way to obtain it?

regards

[neo_gis]

that error means the compiler cannot find your object , make sure you included all necessary header files.

[Chrisber]

It doesn't make any sense to register new messages since you need to do that on both client and server, and you have luckily only access to the server.

Chris

[payas]

Originally Posted by Chrisber It doesn't make any sense to register new messages since you need to do that on both client and server, and you have luckily only access to the server. Chris

that's the point, I can intercept and process user messages on different clients. I'm looking for an easy way to do this on server, otherwise I will perform a signature scanning.

Originally Posted by neo_gis that error means the compiler cannot find your object , make sure you included all necessary header files.

this is not the compiler, it's the linker, and the problem is not the class definition, the problem is the declaration.

[Keeper]

The point Chrisber was trying to make is even if you were able to register your own usermessage, it would do no good because the client wouldn't know what to do with it and would ignore it. What are you trying to do? Maybe there is a better way than using usermessages.

[payas]

Originally Posted by Keeper The point Chrisber was trying to make is even if you were able to register your own usermessage, it would do no good because the client wouldn't know what to do with it and would ignore it. What are you trying to do? Maybe there is a better way than using usermessages.

I understand what Chrisber mean, like I say, I can hook user messages on client. I just need to register those messages in server.

this is impossible with the standard plugin system, I was hoping that it can be solved with the MM-Source like the old int RegUserMsg(const char *pszName, int iSize) from HL1 server.

[BAILOPAN]

There is no conceptual difference between the messaging system of HL1 and HL2, and what you're asking for has nothing to do with plugins. User messages are built on top of a low-level messaging protocol - the user message type is an arbitrary 8-bit field following the service type (svc_usermessage in this case). The server doesn't care what it is or what data follows. It just sends it across the wire.

The game client does care about the type & payload, in order to decode the message and route it (IClientDLL::DispatchUserMessage). I don't even want to know what you're planning for that.