Well, I discovered the problem =\ It appears that between testing the
MOTD before it was really set up properly and testing it recently, I
somehow erased the contents of motd.txt. Problem solved, I guess!
Josh
On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 02:17:58 +1100, Josh Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I haven't checked that REG_USER_MSG() returns a positive value, but
> everything there is correct. The Init() function is called along with
> all the other HUD elements' Init functions.
>
> Josh
>
> On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 09:10:12 -0600, Jeffrey botman Broome
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Josh Matthews wrote:
> > > I'll explain my situation. I've just begun modding HL1, I own a copy
> > > of VC++.NET but can't install it due to space requirements, so I'm
> > > using Dev-C++/MinGW. I am working off of botman's modified SDK 2.2
> > > source, which for one thing means that there's no VGUI included. By
> > > following tutorials I've implemented a team selection menu which works
> > > great. I have had less success with trying to get the MOTD to show
> > > up, though. Here's the problem, I've added the CHudMOTD class back
> > > in, done a DECLARE_MESSAGE(), hooked the message, copied the drawing
> > > and message function from the earlier SDK, all of that. I have also
> > > got the message sending code in the game dll working, I have console
> > > prints telling me that the MOTD is sent just fine. But the
> > > MsgFunc_MOTD() function is never reached, and neither is the Draw()
> > > function. I'm at my wits end because I've gone over every messaging
> > > tutorial I can find, looked through the source, and everything looks
> > > correct. Any suggestions for me? I've tried not having the team menu
> > > show up on spawning, but that doesn't make any difference either.
> >
> > Does your CHudMOTD::Init() function get called?
> >
> > You probably have m_MOTD as the CHud member variable for your MOTD
> > window, so in CHud::Init() you should have...
> >
> > m_MOTD.Init();
> >
> > ...in the same general area as all the other .Init()'s. I assume you
> > are hooking your message in CHudMOTD::Init()...
> >
> > DECLARE_MESSAGE(m_MOTD, MOTD)
> >
> > int CHudMOTD::Init(void)
> > {
> > HOOK_MESSAGE(MOTD);
> > return 1;
> > }
> >
> > ...and make SURE that you've registered the message on the server side...
> >
> > gmsgMOTD = REG_USER_MSG( "MOTD", -1);
> >
> > ...and check that REG_USER_MSG returned a valid positive integer for
> > gmsgMOTD and not 0. Also, IIRC, the network messages are
> > case-sensitive, so make sure you don't have "motd" on the client (in the
> > DECLARE_MESSAGE() and "MOTD" on the server (in the REG_USER_MSG), or
> > vice-versa.
> >
> > --
> > Jeffrey "botman" Broome
> >
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