[CodeMonkey]

Hey, I've been working on a plugin that would want to place a icon above a player's head to be seen by a few other players (something along the lines of the domination icon.) I was wondering if I could be pointed in the correct direction of how to do this.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[FaTony]

SDK Hooks SetTransmit.

[CodeMonkey]

Originally Posted by FaTony SDK Hooks SetTransmit.

Could you possibly post an example?

[FaTony]

http://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=106748

[CodeMonkey]

Ahh, yes thank you.

That answered part of my question. What I'm look for now is a way to add the sprite above their head.

Perhaps there is a tutorial somewhere on this or maybe even an example that I can look off of.

I tried to understand how to do this from http://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=122320 but couldn't get it to work. If I could just see some code of how to take a sprite from a vmt/vtf file and paste it above a players head to be seen by all that should help quite a bit.

[FaTony]

I guess it's this:

PHP Code:

stock CreateSprite(iClient, String:sprite[], Float:offset)
{
    new String:szTemp[64]; 
    Format(szTemp, sizeof(szTemp), "client%i", iClient);
    DispatchKeyValue(iClient, "targetname", szTemp);

    new Float:vOrigin[3];
    GetClientAbsOrigin(iClient, vOrigin);
    vOrigin[2] += offset;
    new ent = CreateEntityByName("env_sprite_oriented");
    if (ent)
    {
        DispatchKeyValue(ent, "model", sprite);
        DispatchKeyValue(ent, "classname", "env_sprite_oriented");
        DispatchKeyValue(ent, "spawnflags", "1");
        DispatchKeyValue(ent, "scale", "0.1");
        DispatchKeyValue(ent, "rendermode", "1");
        DispatchKeyValue(ent, "rendercolor", "255 255 255");
        DispatchKeyValue(ent, "targetname", "donator_spr");
        DispatchKeyValue(ent, "parentname", szTemp);
        DispatchSpawn(ent);
        
        TeleportEntity(ent, vOrigin, NULL_VECTOR, NULL_VECTOR);

        g_EntList[iClient] = ent;
    }
} 


[Silvers]

Looks like the ents being teleported on every game frame, it would be better to parent the entity onto the player.

PHP Code:

    decl String:sTemp[16];
    Format(sTemp, sizeof(sTemp), "client%i", client);
    DispatchKeyValue(client, "targetname", sTemp);
    SetVariantString(sTemp);
    AcceptEntityInput(iEnt, "SetParent", iEnt, iEnt, 0);

    // Attach to a specific point (names found in SDK Model Viewer)
    SetVariantString("primary");
    AcceptEntityInput(iEnt, "SetParentAttachment"); 


[CodeMonkey]

Yeah I was looking into that. Don't suppose you've got a link to a fancy tutorial on sprite making. Looks like I got the donator code to work but it's offset a little.

Thanks for your suggestions!

[FaTony]

Originally Posted by Silvers Looks like the ents being teleported on every game frame

No,

PHP Code:

DispatchKeyValue(ent, "parentname", szTemp); 


[CodeMonkey]

Originally Posted by FaTony No, PHP Code: DispatchKeyValue(ent, "parentname", szTemp);

I think he's right, when I don't put this code in

PHP Code:

public OnGameFrame()
{
    new ent, Float:vOrigin[3], Float:vVelocity[3];
    
    for(new i = 1; i <= MaxClients; i++)
    {
        if (!IsClientInGame(i)) continue;
        if ((ent = g_EntList[i]) > 0)
        {
            if (!IsValidEntity(ent))
                g_EntList[i] = 0;
            else
                if ((ent = EntRefToEntIndex(ent)) > 0)
                {
                    GetClientEyePosition(i, vOrigin);
                    vOrigin[2] += 25.0;
                    GetEntDataVector(i, gVelocityOffset, vVelocity);
                    TeleportEntity(ent, vOrigin, NULL_VECTOR, vVelocity);
                }
        }
    }
} 


The sprites don't move they stay stationary between the legs of the players. I've been fiddling with some pieces of code and it seams whenever I do

PHP Code:

DispatchKeyValue(ent, "targetname", StrEntityName); 


Where StrEntityName is a unique name for the sprite it will not show up at all.