Hey all,
I need some help and input.
We are creating minigames and want to show a leaderboard in the games. The scores are stored in an online web platform, so we are building it like this:
Every time a mini-game was played, we use a server command from a sourcemod plugin to push the results to the platform via a REST call. After which we pull the latest leaderboard data and then display it on the map.
(We basically read and change the display text of Vgui_world_text_panel entities.)
So we got part 1 up and running. Now part two would be to add the profile pictures of those players. And this is where I'm stuck.
Assuming we have a separate process where the web platform pushes the profile pics as VTF's to the csgo server via FTP.
In my head, we could then use
https://developer.valvesoftware.com/...modify_control to switch the material of a small block on which we place the profile picture.
But how would this work with a server? Since the player doesn't have the VTF file yet on his/her computer. Can we do something with Sourcemod to push/cache the file towards the player while the game is in progress?
(Putting the materials of the profile pics in the BSP is not an option, as it would mean to predict all the profile pics while packaging the BSP. We also want to have new players instead of hardcoded players.
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greetz,
Stece
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