[berni]

Originally Posted by DarthNinja It's \x06 for item colors. It (the client) uses the color that corresponds to the item quality from the last item_found event the client saw (or black if no event was seen yet).

Maybe this event can be invisibly faked ?

[napalm00]

Originally Posted by berni Maybe this event can be invisibly faked ?

That's what I was wondering, too.
I played in a lotus server but it didn't seem any different to me, all the messages where white before an item_found event and then, after somebody found an item (unique quality = yellow color) the ads turned to yellow color.

[DarthNinja]

Originally Posted by berni Maybe this event can be invisibly faked ?

If the found_item event is fired using an invalid item index, nothing is printed.
However I have not tested if this has any effect on what the next color used is.

Originally Posted by napalm00 That's what I was wondering, too. I played in a lotus server but it didn't seem any different to me, all the messages where white before an item_found event and then, after somebody found an item (unique quality = yellow color) the ads turned to yellow color.

Their ads plugin just uses straight-up \x06. The last color the client saw is the color of their ads text.

On a related note; the Monoculus events also use the item color pool (only purple though) which can be tapped into the same way:

[DarthNinja]

Originally Posted by DarthNinja If the found_item event is fired using an invalid item index, nothing is printed. However I have not tested if this has any effect on what the next color used is.

I'm actually going to go test this now, I'll post back if I get anywhere.

[napalm00]

Originally Posted by DarthNinja I'm actually going to go test this now, I'll post back if I get anywhere.

Nice, thanks

[Antithasys]

https://forums.alliedmods.net/showth...t=%5Cx06+event

[berni]

Originally Posted by Antithasys https://forums.alliedmods.net/showth...t=%5Cx06+event

looks like a good start, now make it for one client only and invisible ^^

[Antithasys]

Originally Posted by berni looks like a good start, now make it for one client only and invisible ^^

Why not hook the event and stop it, not sure if that would stop the color or not, but worth a try.

[DarthNinja]

Originally Posted by Antithasys https://forums.alliedmods.net/showth...t=%5Cx06+event

That thread is very outdated.

If you fire the event with an invalid item index, it prints #TF_Default_ItemDef instead of the item name, so no luck there.
If you fire it using an "invalid" client index (like a bot) the event isn't shown but it also doesn't change the color on the client. - I'm not sure if the event even fires, or if it dies on the server.

[berni]

Originally Posted by DarthNinja That thread is very outdated. If you fire the event with an invalid item index, it prints #TF_Default_ItemDef instead of the item name, so no luck there. If you fire it using an "invalid" client index (like a bot) the event isn't shown but it also doesn't change the color on the client. - I'm not sure if the event even fires, or if it dies on the server.

Enable cl_showevents or net_showevents, it will show you the events the client receives. I doubt that the server does any event validity checking except the count/type of arguments