LOL ^_^. Although some people figured it out like the guy made the mani plug-in I've emailed him.
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 8:12 PM, Maarten De Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm very sorry but I can't help saying it: > > Welcome to Source development. > >> I've only just got into the plug-in scene but I've got several years >> experience in C++, C# and Java. Thing that I'm confused about, is if >> I'm missing something. I was looking at in-game menus and saw a >> tutorial on sdk source wiki site. It uses the user message "ShowMenu". >> It works fine but how did the person figure it out when there's no >> example of it being used in the source code. In trying to figure it >> out I looked up "UserMessageBegin" function only to find that there's >> no code for the function. Instead I find a interface class for a DLL. >> So I can't see a working example (where the functions used) and I >> can't see the functions code, so how on earth does anyone figure out >> how to use the function? >> >> I was also looking at colouring in user messages. I think >> "UTIL_SayText2Filter" does that but it uses the user message >> "SayText2". That hasn't been declared in the source although because >> there's "SayText" it might not matter. I across a forum where they >> figured out you can use escape characters like \1 for yellow and \2 >> for green. Once again there's doesn't seem to any example of that in >> the source code. >> >> What I want is to be able to create in-game menus and user messages >> with colouring (like in mani plug-in) but from what I see, I can't see >> how you can figure that out. When you don't have access to the >> complete code (you get a bunch of interfaces with no explanation). Am >> I missing something that big, please tell me I am? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >> >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
