[lowheartrate]

I am following this Introduction to SourceMod Plugins tutorial trying to learn how to code Sourcemod plugins and on the getting code to run portion of the article. After I compiled the following code using the compiler recommended, and adding the .smx file into my server /addons/sourcemod/plugins/ folder it doesn't seem to print anything in the console as it should. Not sure what it is I am doing wrong as my code looks exactly as they say it should.

#include <sourcemod>
 
public Plugin myinfo =
{
	name = "my first plugin",
	author = "lowheartrate",
	description = "my first plugin ever",
	version = "1.0",
	url = "http://www.sourcemod.net/"
};
 
public void OnPluginStart()
{
	PrintToServer("Hello world!");
}

[Sillium]

Did you drop the plugin in the folder while the server was running? Did you load the plugin?

[lowheartrate]

Originally Posted by Sillium Did you drop the plugin in the folder while the server was running? Did you load the plugin?

I put the plugin in /addons/sourcemod/plugins while server was offline and rebooted it afterwards. I did not do anything other then dropping the plugin in /plugins/ folder and not sure what command to use in console to load a plugin...

EDIT: I got it to work but had to unload the plugin first and load it back up for it to display "Hello World!". Not sure if I am supposed to see it as I join the server or what.

sm_rcon sm plugins unload plugin
sm_rcon sm plugins load plugin

[ddhoward]

You've placed the code in OnPluginStart(), which means it happens when the plugin starts. Further, you've used PrintToServer(), which prints to the server, and not to players.

If you want to display the message to players as they join, you will need to use OnClientPutInServer() or something similar, and PrintToChat().

[lowheartrate]

Originally Posted by ddhoward You've placed the code in OnPluginStart(), which means it happens when the plugin starts. Further, you've used PrintToServer(), which prints to the server, and not to players.

Okay, so really "Hello World!" is being displayed as soon as server goes live and the plugin(s) are loaded. That's why I only seen it when I manually reloaded the plugin?!

[ddhoward]

Originally Posted by lowheartrate Okay, so really "Hello World!" is being displayed as soon as server goes live and the plugin(s) are loaded. That's why I only seen it when I manually reloaded the plugin?!

Correct. I've edited my previous post with alternative forwards and functions to result in the behavior that you expected.