[Marttt]

LISTEN SERVER ONLY

IMPORTANT NOTE: SourceMod doesn't support Listen Servers.

Description

This plugin displays ent_text of entities in a range.

Also allows tracking new entities created to auto apply ent_text.

ent_text definition:

Displays text debugging information about the given entity(ies) on top of the entity (See Overlay Text) Arguments: {entity_name} / {class_name} / no argument picks what player is looking at

Preview



Features

• Automatically set the developer cvar to 1 when 0.
• Allow using ent_text with a range parameter.
• Allow tracking new entities created.

Cvars

A configuration file named "enttext.cfg" will automatically be created for you upon the first run in the "\cfg\sourcemod\" folder.

PHP Code:

// Enable/Disable the plugin.
// 0 = Disable, 1 = Enable.
// -
// Default: "1"
// Minimum: "0.000000"
// Maximum: "1.000000"
enttext_enable "1"

// Default range for "sm_enttext" command.
// -
// Default: "300.0"
// Minimum: "0.000000"
enttext_range "300.0" 


Admin Commands

• sm_enttext => Applies ent_text command to entities in this range. Usage: sm_enttext [range]. (z flag required)
• sm_enttextclear => Removes ent_text from entities set by the plugin. (z flag required)
• sm_enttextlisten => Start tracking all new entities created and auto apply the ent_text command. (z flag required)
• sm_enttextstart => Start tracking all new entities created and auto apply the ent_text command. (z flag required)
• sm_enttextstop => Stop tracking all new entities created. (z flag required)
• sm_print_cvars_enttext => Print the plugin related cvars and their respective values to the console. (z flag required)

Change Log

Spoiler

1.0.3 (28-August-2022)
- Added better Alien Swarm support.

1.0.2 (21-April-2022)
- Fixed new entities tracker for entities created in the same frame with the same index.

1.0.1 (14-March-2022)
- Added command to enable/disable tracking on new entities created.

1.0.0 (25-January-2022)
- Initial release.

Known Supported Games

• Left 4 Dead 1
• Left 4 Dead 2
• Pirates, Vikings, and Knights II
• Alien Swarm

Notes

• This plugin only works on LISTEN SERVER. (localhost launched with "-insecure" parameter)
• ent_text overlay is only visible when developer cvar isn't 0.

Recommended Plugins

• [ANY] Dev Cmds by Silvers

Post Reply

• Any feedback, bug reports, fixes, improvements, translations or suggestions for the plugin are welcome.

Installation

• Put the "enttext.smx" file (click Get Plugin) in your "\addons\sourcemod\plugins\" folder.

[kazya3]

nice job!

[Dragokas]

Interesting.
Any idea, why that support only listen servers?

[Marttt]

I didn't try it on a dedicated server, but AFAIK some debug stuff only works in listen server (hard-coded in engine - search for UTIL_GetListenServerHost).

Maybe is possible to fix it with some detouring stuff, but this needs more skills than I have, also seem that it would only draw to a single player.

Similar behaviour happens with "sv_showdamage" cvar, it only shows up if you are running on a listen server.