[HLM]

Is this any way possible to rewrite a message a user sends to recolor their name? I understand that colorchat is not possible in HL1, but I would like to recolor the users name to a different teams color.

is there any way of doing this? what would be the best method of trying to get this work? I have seen it done via metamod plugins, but my question is what do they have access to that we cant reach with AMXx?

if it matters, I am trying to do this in HL - TFC

any and all comments appreciated! (Except for 1 word replies! send your pessimistic spam elsewhere)

[YamiKaitou]

Any specific user messages?

[ConnorMcLeod]

If you know metamod plugins names, it can help a lot.

[HLM]

Originally Posted by YamiKaitou Any specific user messages?

SayText messages? Just general chat messages.

Originally Posted by ConnorMcLeod If you know metamod plugins names, it can help a lot.

AdminOP by Drunken F00l
ExtenTF by Voogru

[ConnorMcLeod]

The 1st one requires to install a client, can't find the 2nd one, but if it is also needs a client, this is why a simple addon can't do the same.

[HLM]

Originally Posted by ConnorMcLeod The 1st one requires to install a client, can't find the 2nd one, but if it is also needs a client, this is why a simple addon can't do the same.

I am unfamiliar with what you mean by 'install a client'

as for the 2nd one, it was not publicly released and was only mad available to a very small amount of people, if I can find my copy, I will post a link.

I have done research on how messages are sent, I can make my own msgtext and start it with "STX(Team) %NAME%: %s" or "STX%NAME%: %s" and have everything before the semi-colon colored, I havent had any luck if I modify the first in any other way, if I do change the team I am on to team 4 (which is a valid team in TFC), unfortunately if I do this, I will need to delay the text or else it will use the old team color..

here is what I have come up with so far.

PHP Code:

#include <amxmodx>
#include <engine>

#define MAX_CHAT_LEN 128//client.cpp line343

new msgChat

new g_team[33];

public plugin_init()
{
    register_plugin("colorchat test", "0.0.1", "Master");
    register_clcmd("say", "colourchat")
    register_clcmd("cc_test", "cc_test")
    msgChat=get_user_msgid("SayText")
}

public cc_test(id)
{
    new name[33]
    get_user_name(id, name, 32)
    //client_print_color2(0, id, "%s ^1Color ^3Color", name)
    new text[128]
    format(text, charsmax(text), "%s: This is a test", name);
    new team = entity_get_int(id, EV_INT_team);
    entity_set_int(id, EV_INT_team, 4);
    msg_say(id, text);
    set_task(0.1, "reset_team", id+818);
    g_team[id] = team;
    format(text, charsmax(text), "(Team) %s: This is a second test.", name);
    msg_say(id, text);
    new buf[10] = "Text Line"
    format(text, charsmax(text), "%s: Text 3", buf);
    msg_say(id, text);
    //entity_set_int(id, EV_INT_team, team);
    /* else
    {
        client_print(id, print_chat, "%s: ERROR! team not right, trying again!");
        cc_test(id)
    } */
    //entity_set_int(id, EV_INT_team, team);
    
}

public reset_team(id)
{
    id-=818
    new team = entity_set_int(id, EV_INT_team, g_team[id]);
    client_print(id, print_chat, "reset team to %d", team)
}

public colourchat(id)
{
    new name[33]
    get_user_name(id, name, 32)
    new said[128]
    read_args(said, charsmax(said))
    remove_quotes(said)
    new text[300]
    format(text, charsmax(text), "%s: %s", name, said);//7
    //colors only working on name part, thats fine.
    // = team color
    //
    //client_print_color(id, DontChange, "^4%s^2%s",name,said)
    //client_print_color(id, DontChange, "%s : %s", name, said)
    msg_say(id, text);
    return PLUGIN_HANDLED
}

msg_say(id,txt[])
{
    format(txt, MAX_CHAT_LEN, "%s^n", txt);
    message_begin(MSG_BROADCAST,msgChat)
    write_byte(id)
    write_string(txt)
    message_end()
    //client_print(0, print_chat, "id:%d txt:%s", id, txt);
} 


I had plans on using something like this for my global chat system (similar to kost's crossserver-adminchat) I imagine this can be achieved by creating a temporary fakeclient name (%servername%) %clientname% and assigning them to team 4 (green color) so messages would appear as follows:
(My Server) Player: Hello Users!

I am unfortunately really bad at this, is there some way I can easily do this without creating a connect message or a namechange message? if not, I am sure I can block the message from within the plugin itself, but nonetheless I know very little about fake clients. any help?