[Mecha the Slag]

Hi. I'm making a plugin for TF2 where I need all client's screen to turn slightly darker.

I know there are some cheat overlay commands but I don't know which or how to use them. I know how to remove the cheat flag from them alright, I just don't know which commands to use. Anyone got any ideas? Cheers.

[miniman]

PHP Code:

PerformBlind(client, target, amount)
{
    new targets[2];
    targets[0] = target;
    
    new Handle:message = StartMessageEx(g_FadeUserMsgId, targets, 1);
    BfWriteShort(message, 1536);
    BfWriteShort(message, 1536);
    
    if (amount == 0)
    {
        BfWriteShort(message, (0x0001 | 0x0010));
    }
    else
    {
        BfWriteShort(message, (0x0002 | 0x0008));
    }
    
    BfWriteByte(message, 0);
    BfWriteByte(message, 0);
    BfWriteByte(message, 0);
    BfWriteByte(message, amount);
    
    EndMessage();

    LogAction(client, target, "\"%L\" set blind on \"%L\", amount %d.", client, target, amount);
} 


extracted from blind.sp its not completly blind u can set the ammount so thats all

[Mecha the Slag]

error 017: undefined symbol "g_FadeUserMsgId"

:O

[pheadxdll]

Open up the file and find where that is defined.

[Mecha the Slag]

I found it.

The only problem is that that script fades the screen over a period of time, and it takes too long to do so. I only need the darkening for a few seconds and that's not enough time for it to fade to the level I want (or even fade to a noticable level) D:

[miniman]

PHP Code:

FFADE_IN            0x0001        // Just here so we don't pass 0 into the function
FFADE_OUT           0x0002        // Fade out (not in)
FFADE_MODULATE      0x0004        // Modulate (don't blend)
FFADE_STAYOUT       0x0008        // ignores the duration, stays faded out until new ScreenFade message received
FFADE_PURGE         0x0010        // Purges all other fades, replacing them with this one 


found useful flags that you can replace with those

PHP Code:

    if (amount == 0) 
    { 
        BfWriteShort(message, (0x0001 | 0x0010)); 
    } 
    else 
    { 
        BfWriteShort(message, (0x0002 | 0x0008)); 
    } 


[=MaTi=]

I remember when I needed something similar, and I wasn't sure how to do this. Could somebody please explain these two parts?

PHP Code:

BfWriteShort(message, 1536); 


What does 1536 stand for?

Also:

PHP Code:

BfWriteByte(message, 0); 
BfWriteByte(message, 0); 
BfWriteByte(message, 0); 
BfWriteByte(message, amount) 


What's with the 0's?

Thanks in advance!

[Mecha the Slag]

nevermind, found out I could achieve and instant effect using overlays