[Hammerfallerz]

I'm just curious: long time ago I've requested if somebody could gimme a hint how to make it so when admin uses some command, players can NOT see admin nickname in chat, while other admins can.
Thanks to Exolent, because he told me of undocumented possibilities to put amx_show_activity 3, 4 or 5 (I believe 3 does exactly what I suggested).
Why it's undocumented? It's extremely useful, but it's not working well with most 3rd person plugins, because most probably majority of coders dont even know about it.

If somebody doesnt also know about it, check amxmisc.inc in include folder.

PHP Code:

        case 5: // hide name only to admins, show nothing to normal users
        {
            new __maxclients=get_maxplayers();
            
            
            for (new i=1; i<=__maxclients; i++)
            {
                if (is_user_connected(i))
                {
                    if (is_user_admin(i))
                    {
                        client_print(i, print_chat, "%L: %s", i, prefix, buffer);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        case 4: // show name only to admins, show nothing to normal users
        {
            new __maxclients=get_maxplayers();
            
            for (new i=1; i<=__maxclients; i++)
            {
                if (is_user_connected(i))
                {
                    if (is_user_admin(i))
                    {
                        client_print(i, print_chat, "%L %s: %s", i, prefix, name, buffer);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        case 3: // show name only to admins, hide name from normal users
        {
            new __maxclients=get_maxplayers();
            
            for (new i=1; i<=__maxclients; i++)
            {
                if (is_user_connected(i))
                {
                    if (is_user_admin(i))
                    {
                        client_print(i, print_chat, "%L %s: %s", i, prefix, name, buffer);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        client_print(i, print_chat, "%L: %s", i, prefix, buffer);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        case 2: // show name to all
        {
            client_print(0, print_chat, "%L %s: %s", LANG_PLAYER, prefix , name , buffer );
        }
        case 1: // hide name to all
        {
            client_print(0, print_chat, "%L: %s", LANG_PLAYER, prefix, buffer );
        } 


[fysiks]

If plugins don't use the stock show_activity() and instead make their own equivalent then you don't get that flexibility.

I like #3 .

[YamiKaitou]

Originally Posted by Hammerfallerz Why it's undocumented?

Because it is a relatively new feature and nobody really used show_activity() that much anyways, hence why most 3rd party plugins don't see 3+ as valid options.

[Hammerfallerz]

But if that would be documented, most of the coders would probably be making their plugins to support that feature :-/

[YamiKaitou]

Then feel free to add it to the documentation. The wiki is editable by all and we encourage users to edit and add to it.

[Hammerfallerz]

Well, most people never visit wiki for it. About documenting I more mean amxx.cfg:

// Show admins activity // 0 - disabled // 1 - show without admin name // 2 - show with name // // Default value: 2 amx_show_activity 1

If default amxx.cfg, that comes in AMXX package, would contain info about 3, 4 and 5, then by now most of coders would probably make their plugin not only for 1 or 2. :-/

Anyway, thanks for reply.

[Dygear]

new __maxclients=get_maxplayers();

Should that not be, get_players(), as it's less wasteful, and you don't have to check if the client is connected, because by them being in the array, then they are connected.