The regular MOTD panel uses stringtables. Here's how you do it in a plugin:
Code:
ShowLongMOTD(client,const String:title[],const String:panel[]) {
new Handle:kv = CreateKeyValues("data")
KvSetString(kv,"title",title)
KvSetString(kv,"type","1")
KvSetString(kv,"msg",panel)
ShowVGUIPanel(client,"info",kv)
CloseHandle(kv)
}
bool:SetLongMOTD(const String:panel[],const String:text[]) {
new table = FindStringTable("InfoPanel")
if(table != INVALID_STRING_TABLE) {
new len = strlen(text)
new str = FindStringIndex(table,panel)
new bool:locked = LockStringTables(false)
if(str == INVALID_STRING_INDEX || str == 65535) { //for some reason it keeps returning 65535
AddToStringTable(table,panel,text,len)
}
else {
SetStringTableData(table,str,text,len)
}
LockStringTables(locked)
return true
}
return false
}
First you got to save the data with SetLongMOTD, wait for it to be networked to clients (no idea how much time should be spent for that), and then send it to the clients. Example:
Code:
public OnPluginStart() {
RegConsoleCmd("sm_hello",CmdHello)
}
public OnMapStart() {
SetLongMOTD("motd2","<html><body>Hello</body></html>")
}
public Action:CmdHello(client,args) {
ShowLongMOTD(client,"Title","motd2")
return Plugin_Handled
}
You could also make the client execute a command when he closes the window (to inform the server), but I didn't wanna include it in the above script.
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