[Wilson [29th ID]]

Counter-Strike and Half-Life both use the message StatusIcon to call lines from sprites/hud.txt to display on the screen.

Day of Defeat also uses sprites/hud.txt but does not have a message called StatusIcon.

I have looked through other messages but none seem to have a string similar to StatusIcon's string write.

Is there any way I can call a line from sprites/hud.txt ? If I am able to do this, there will be unlimited possibilities...something I've been trying to do for months in DoD, and I've finally come across this lead.

So is there any way to either call hud.txt lines using a different method, or put that HL message back into the game? Is it possible from a module?

[VEN]

ItemPickup - though actually a temporary icon, see the AMwiki for details.

[Wilson [29th ID]]

Thanks VEN, but that's actually not a DoD Message as far as I know. It's not on the list -- is there any way to still use it or substitute it?

[VEN]

have looked through other messages but none seem to have a string similar to StatusIcon's string write.

Originally Posted by DoD Message Note: Even though StatusIcon isn't registered as a message, it is possible to register this message (I lost the code to do this, but I have done it)

I think he meant RegUserMsg (see fakemeta_const.inc and hlsdk notes @ metamod site for details).

[Wilson [29th ID]]

ven, i can't believe i overlooked that line. been looking at that for months...if you are right, ven, i will give you a birthday cake. no joke.

[Wilson [29th ID]]

All right I read the sdk notes and fakemeta_const, and so far what I have is

public plugin_precache() {
    g_msgStatusIcon = engfunc( EngFunc_RegUserMsg, "StatusIcon", -1 );
}

But when I do a message_begin with g_msgStatusIcon as the message type, it outputs "Plugin called message_begin with an invalid message id", the same error I got before I added this line.

I've searched all over for someone actually using EngFunc_RegUserMsg, and I can't find an example of it in use. Has anyone ever used this, and if so how am I doing it incorrectly?

[stupok]

This is a shot in the dark since I haven't read anything on the topic, but try this after the message has been registered.

msgid = get_user_msgid("StatusIcon")

message_begin(something, msgid, {0,0,0}, id)

[Wilson [29th ID]]

Good idea, but I did try that and it returns the same error message.

What is the proper way of RegUserMsg'ing?

[VEN]

Perform three printouts:

get_user_msgid("StatusIcon") (before msg reg)
actual reg result
get_user_msgid("StatusIcon") (again)

What do you see?

Also try to register it not directly in plugin_precache, but

new g_fw_id
 
public plugin_precache() {
        g_fw_id = register_forward(FM_RegUserMsg, "fwRegUserMsg", 1)
}
 
public fwRegUserMsg(const name[], size) {
        // HERE
        unregister_forward(FM_RegUserMsg, g_fw_id, 1)
}

And repeat printouts again.

[Wilson [29th ID]]

Thanks for your continuing help.

Before switching to the forward hook, it output 0 for PRE registry, 128 as the return value, and 0 for POST registry (Pre and Post using get_user_msgid)

I switched it to be done on the FM_RegUserMsg hook just like you said, and the same values are returned.

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sawce suggested I set it as a local info so i don't re-register it. I tried the following, but the same error message is present:

// He said to use plugin_init not precache
public plugin_init() {
    g_msgStatusIcon = reg_statusicon();
    new buff[100];
    formatex( buff, sizeof(buff)-1, "%d", g_msgStatusIcon);
    set_localinfo( "StatusIconValue", buff);
}

reg_statusicon() {
    new buff[100];
    get_localinfo( "StatusIconValue", buff, sizeof(buff)-1 );
    
    if (buff[0]==0)
    {
        return engfunc( EngFunc_RegUserMsg, "StatusIcon", -1 );
    }
    else
    {
        return str_to_num(buff);
    }
    return 0;
}

Like I said, same error message, but perhaps it's the right idea?