[JeT]

When someone types /ff I want to be able to output the friendly fire status, I can output it through just a console message or one of those top left messages, but how can I just output it as a chat message?

I see one possible way of just having that said client automatically say it through executing a client console command. Basically making the client execute the command "say Friendly Fire: ON(OFF)"

But how can I just output it without it being from an actual person? I think I've seen a few servers do that, and I've seen many servers do that when I say /rank.

I'm sure someone can enlighten me.

Thank-you.

[vancelorgin]

Uh - use the "Saytext" message with WriteByte(NULL), WriteString("Friendly fire is OFF, noof"), WriteBool(true)

[Fruchtzwerg]

engine->ServerCommand("say ff is on\n");

[JeT]

Originally Posted by Fruchtzwerg engine->ServerCommand("say ff is on\n");

Ah, thank-you.

That worked well enough.

I'm not sure exactly what poster #2 meant fully.

Still learning my way around this thing.

[devicenull]

			bf_write *msg;
			MRecipientFilter f;
			f.AddPlayer(kIndex);
			msg = eng->UserMessageBegin((IRecipientFilter *)&f,3);
			msg->WriteByte(pIndex); //Player index it comes from
			msg->WriteString(temp); //Message
			msg->WriteByte(true); //Just leave this
			eng->MessageEnd();

MRecipientFilter.. There's some includes somewhere with a rewritten one, its up to you to find and use them.

[vancelorgin]

It's worth it to write your own. The usefulness of not using servercommand say is that you can send text from other clients and to specific clients, and hence you have a say hook, and hence you have client saytext tokens and clean say commands