[clutchh]

Do you know which file it saves them too?

[Arg!]

damn i was hoping u wouldnt ask that since i cant remember off the top of my head.

<goes looking>

ah yes - /addons/sourcemod/data/cannounce_messages.txt

[clutchh]

It doesn't look like my inputs are saving there.

Could you provide us with an example of how it should look?

 
"CustomJoinMessages"
{
}

[Arg!]

From the instructions:

sm_joinmsgonid '<steamId>' '<player name>' - allows specified steam id to set a custom join message, useful if player not in game. Player name is only an indicator so the file storing the messages is human readable.

That one enables the custom message/sound for that steam id (can use sm_joinmsgon if they are in game when you run it)

sm_setjoinmsgid '<steamId>' '<message>' - set a custom join message for steam id, if it is allowed

That one sets the actual custom message for the steam id, assuming it has already been enabled for that steam id. (Can use sm_setjoinmsg if they are in game)

sm_setjoinsndid '<steamId>' '<sound file path>' - set a custom join sound for steam id, if it is allowed

That will set the sound for the steam id, assuming it has been enabled. (can use sm_setjoinsnd if in game)

Also pay note of what message is returned in the console when you run any of these commands, it may have useful information!

[clutchh]

Gotcha, everything is working great now.

One last question, will that player be able to change anything himself after I input all of the above? (I want to be the only one who can do this.)

[Arg!]

yes they will.

[clutchh]

Anyway to disable that? Definitely don't want them changing anything themselves.

Noticed a problem after my last post though. I can hear sounds fine because I manually added them to my sounds folder. Everyone else is downloading the sounds from the server and don't hear anything. The sounds re-download everytime they join but don't save into their sounds folder.

[Arg!]

im not sure but it might be possible to add admin flags to a console command? Perhaps with another plugin... not sure.

The sounds issue is probably a symptom of your sv_pure whitelist configuration. Ive written a tool to help with that - http://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=100504

[clutchh]

I have sv_pure set to 0. So that can't be it...

[Arg!]

make sure your pathing is correct in the data file eg

"soundfile" "custom/cannounce/mysoundfile.mp3"

can be anywhere under the sound directory but make sure your setting the path as above.
Try testing it with a core hl2 sound to see if it plays.
Make sure your clients dont have the setting to block custom content enabled.