[Morning]

It's hard to describe the exact text I mean, but it's basically the same text as the player names that hover over your teammates in game. Not really part of the HUD so to speak, but dynamic text that follows a player as they move.

It's not the same as hint text or any panels, and it can appear in any colour. Can anyone point me to the function I need to use? I did much searching on this a while back and concluded it was impossible to do server-side, but I have seen it done somewhere else now (using sourcemod) so I know there is a solution. Thanks!

[Marttt]

player name is client side, but you can try something similar using "instructor hint"

[Morning]

Yes, i'm using env_instructor_hint at the moment, but I want to parent it to the player and make it follow them as they move around the screen. I'm not sure how to do that. Here is my current code that displays text when aiming at a player on the opposite team:

#include <sourcemod>
#include <sdktools>

new Handle:hTimer[MAXPLAYERS+1] = INVALID_HANDLE;

public OnClientPostAdminCheck(client)
{
if(hTimer[client] == INVALID_HANDLE) hTimer[client] = CreateTimer(1.0, Timer, client, TIMER_REPEAT);
}

public OnClientDisconnect(client)
{
if (hTimer[client] != INVALID_HANDLE)
	{
        KillTimer(hTimer[client]);
	hTimer[client] = INVALID_HANDLE;
	}
}

public Action:Timer(Handle:timer, any:client)
{
if (IsClientInGame(client) && !IsFakeClient(client))
	{
	new target = GetClientAimTarget(client, true); 
	if(target < 1 || target > MaxClients || target == client) return Plugin_Continue;

	if(IsClientInGame(target) && IsPlayerAlive(target))
		{
		new client_team = GetClientTeam(client);
		new target_team = GetClientTeam(target);

		if (client_team != target_team)
			{
			char targetname[64];
			Format(targetname, 64, "%N", target);
			int entity = CreateEntityByName("env_instructor_hint");
                        char sInstructorHintTarget[64];
                        Format(sInstructorHintTarget, sizeof(sInstructorHintTarget), "hint%d", target);
                        DispatchKeyValue(client, "targetname", sInstructorHintTarget);
                        DispatchKeyValue(entity, "hint_target", sInstructorHintTarget);
                        DispatchKeyValue(entity, "hint_timeout", "15");
		        DispatchKeyValue(entity, "hint_static", "1");
		        DispatchKeyValue(entity, "hint_forcecaption", "1");
                        DispatchKeyValue(entity, "hint_caption", targetname);
                        DispatchKeyValue(entity, "hint_icon_onscreen", "icon_skull");
		        DispatchKeyValue(entity, "hint_icon_offset", "50.0")
		        DispatchKeyValue(entity, "hint_pulseoption", "0");
                        DispatchKeyValue(entity, "hint_color", "30 255 30");
                        DispatchSpawn(entity);
                        AcceptEntityInput(entity, "ShowHint", client);
                        SetVariantString("OnUser1 !self:Kill::6:1");
                        AcceptEntityInput(entity, "AddOutput");
                        AcceptEntityInput(entity, "FireUser1");
			}
		}
	}
}