[kww]

Hi there! What are the differences between these 2 natives?

PHP Code:

/* Sends message to player. Set index to 0 to send text globaly. */
native client_print(index,type,const message[],any:...);

/* Sends message to player by engine. Set index to 0 to send text globaly. */
native engclient_print(player,type,const message[],any:...); 


[Shadows Adi]

Sends message to player

native client_print()

Sends message to player by
engine 

native engclient_print()

[kww]

Originally Posted by Shadows Adi Sends message to player native client_print() Sends message to player by engine native engclient_print()

I can read xd. But where is the difference between message sent by engine and not?

[Bugsy]

engclient_print()

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PHP Code:

static cell AMX_NATIVE_CALL engclient_print(AMX *amx, cell *params) /* 3 param */
{
    int len = 0;
    char *msg;
    PRINT_TYPE type = (PRINT_TYPE)params[2];

    if (params[1] == 0)
    {
        for (int i = 1; i <= gpGlobals->maxClients; ++i)
        {
            CPlayer* pPlayer = GET_PLAYER_POINTER_I(i);

            if ((type == print_console  && pPlayer->initialized) || pPlayer->ingame)
            {
                g_langMngr.SetDefLang(i);
                msg = format_amxstring(amx, params, 3, len);
                msg[len++] = '\n';
                msg[len] = 0;
                CLIENT_PRINT(pPlayer->pEdict, type, msg);
            }
        }
    } else {
        int index = params[1];

        if (index < 1 || index > gpGlobals->maxClients)
        {
            LogError(amx, AMX_ERR_NATIVE, "Invalid player id %d", index);
            return 0;
        }

        CPlayer* pPlayer = GET_PLAYER_POINTER_I(index);

        if ((type == print_console  && pPlayer->initialized) || pPlayer->ingame)
        {
            g_langMngr.SetDefLang(index);
            msg = format_amxstring(amx, params, 3, len);
            msg[len++] = '\n';
            msg[len] = 0;
            CLIENT_PRINT(pPlayer->pEdict, type, msg);
        }
    }

    return len;
} 


client_print()

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PHP Code:

static cell AMX_NATIVE_CALL client_print(AMX *amx, cell *params) /* 3 param */
{
    int len = 0;
    char *msg;

    const auto canUseFormatString = g_official_mod && !g_bmod_dod; // Temporary exclusion for DoD until officially supported

    if (params[1] == 0)    // 0 = All players
    {
        for (int i = 1; i <= gpGlobals->maxClients; ++i)
        {
            CPlayer *pPlayer = GET_PLAYER_POINTER_I(i);

            if (pPlayer->ingame && !pPlayer->IsBot())
            {
                g_langMngr.SetDefLang(i);
                msg = format_amxstring(amx, params, 3, len);

                // Client console truncates after byte 127.
                // If format string is used, limit includes double new lines (125 + \n\n), otherwise one new line (126 + \n).
                const auto bytesLimit = canUseFormatString ? 125 : 126;

                if (g_bmod_cstrike && params[2] == HUD_PRINTCENTER) // Likely a temporary fix.
                {
                    for (int j = 0; j < len; ++j)
                    {
                        if (msg[j] == '\n')
                        {
                            msg[j] = '\r';
                        }
                    }
                }
                else if (((params[2] == HUD_PRINTNOTIFY) || (params[2] == HUD_PRINTCONSOLE)) && (len > bytesLimit))    
                {
                    len = bytesLimit;
                    if ((msg[len - 1] & 1 << 7))
                    {
                        len -= UTIL_CheckValidChar(msg + len - 1); // Don't truncate a multi-byte character
                    }
                }
                msg[len++] = '\n';
                
                if (canUseFormatString)
                {
                    if (!g_bmod_cstrike || params[2] == HUD_PRINTNOTIFY || params[2] == HUD_PRINTCONSOLE)
                    {
                        msg[len++] = '\n';  // Double newline is required when pre-formatted string in TextMsg is passed as argument.
                    }
                }
                
                msg[len] = 0;

                UTIL_ClientPrint(pPlayer->pEdict, params[2], msg);
            }
        }
    }
    else    // A specific player
    {
        int index = params[1];

        if (index < 1 || index > gpGlobals->maxClients)
        {
            LogError(amx, AMX_ERR_NATIVE, "Invalid player id %d", index);
            return 0;
        }

        CPlayer* pPlayer = GET_PLAYER_POINTER_I(index);

        if (pPlayer->ingame && !pPlayer->IsBot())
        {
            g_langMngr.SetDefLang(index);

            msg = format_amxstring(amx, params, 3, len);

            // Client console truncates after byte 127.
            // If format string is used, limit includes double new lines (125 + \n\n), otherwise one new line (126 + \n).
            const auto bytesLimit = canUseFormatString ? 125 : 126;
            
            if (g_bmod_cstrike && params[2] == HUD_PRINTCENTER) // Likely a temporary fix.
            {
                for (int j = 0; j < len; ++j)
                {
                    if (msg[j] == '\n')
                    {
                        msg[j] = '\r';
                    }
                }
            }
            else if (((params[2] == HUD_PRINTNOTIFY) || (params[2] == HUD_PRINTCONSOLE)) && (len > bytesLimit))    // Client console truncates after byte 127. (125 + \n\n = 127)
            {
                len = bytesLimit;
                if ((msg[len - 1] & 1 << 7))
                {
                    len -= UTIL_CheckValidChar(msg + len - 1); // Don't truncate a multi-byte character
                }
            }
            msg[len++] = '\n';

            if (canUseFormatString)
            {
                if (!g_bmod_cstrike || params[2] == HUD_PRINTNOTIFY || params[2] == HUD_PRINTCONSOLE)
                {
                    msg[len++] = '\n';  // Double newline is required when pre-formatted string in TextMsg is passed as argument.
                }
            }
            
            msg[len] = 0;

            UTIL_ClientPrint(pPlayer->pEdict, params[2], msg);
        }
    }

    return len;
} 


[jimaway]

client print uses TextMsg, engclient_print uses SVC_PRINT/SVC_CENTERPRINT

not 100% sure on this, but i think messages sent with engclient_print can be hooked/edited/blocked by other plugins but with client_print messages you can't do that

[fysiks]

If it is analogous to client_cmd() and engclient_cmd() then client_print() is for sending a message to one or all players from the server and engclient_print() is for forcing a player to send a message without sending the message to the player's client console first (i.e. instead of using client_cmd(id, "say hello world")).

Originally Posted by jimaway not 100% sure on this, but i think messages sent with engclient_print can be hooked/edited/blocked by other plugins but with client_print messages you can't do that

If this analogy is true, it wouldn't be hookable by any plugins. For engclient_cmd(), a new command, amxclient_cmd(), had to be created so that it could be hooked by a plugin.

This can easily be tested.