[EvgenKo423]

Since maximum motd message length (as a usermessage field) is 255 chars, there are 2 appropriate ways to display custom info in it: from the url and from client-side file.
My question is: is there any way to force a single client to download some file from the server during the game?

[V952]

Yes the method exists and is confirmed in pre-orangebox HL2DM, but i realy don't know how to do this. I was trying to make some progress on it, but i failed. Also for your purpose it'd be much easier to use dynamic webpage (webserver+php) to display different images/info on the page.

[EvgenKo423]

Originally Posted by V952 Yes the method exists and is confirmed in pre-orangebox HL2DM, but i realy don't know how to do this.

Do you know any plugin example, that is doing that?

Originally Posted by V952 For your purpose it'd be much easier to use dynamic webpage (webserver+php) to display different images/info on the page.

I think you don't actually understood what I want to do: I want to use the MOTD panel to display a kind of player's stats (like it was in cs 1.6), and I don't wanna make my plugin webserver-dependent...

[Dr. McKay]

You need to add your message to the stringtable that the infopanel uses. I have the code at home, I'll get it for you when I get home if I remember and if nobody beats me to it.

[Dr. McKay]

You can probably figure out where to go from here.

PHP Code:

public Action:test(client, args) {
    new bool:locked = LockStringTables(false);
    new table = FindStringTable("InfoPanel");
    decl String:data[4096];
    Format(data, sizeof(data), "Here's my super awesome MOTD data text.");
    new index = FindStringIndex(table, "mymotddata");
    if(index < 0 || index > GetStringTableMaxStrings(table)) {
        AddToStringTable(table, "mymotddata", data, sizeof(data));
    } else {
        SetStringTableData(table, index, data, sizeof(data));
    }
    LockStringTables(locked);
    CreateTimer(0.1, Timer_PopPanel, client);
    return Plugin_Handled;
}

public Action:Timer_PopPanel(Handle:timer, any:client) {
    ShowMOTDPanel(client, "MOTD Title", "mymotddata");
} 


[EvgenKo423]

Originally Posted by Dr. McKay You can probably figure out where to go from here.

Thanks a lot, it works just fine!!