[question(s)]creating a menu clientside & thirdperson animations

jmdrummer16 · 05-24-2007, 01:04 PM

Hey guys,
Can someone help me set up a simple menu clientside? Ive tried the engine->usermessagebegin and wrote all the bytes to it but it did not work (wrote server side) an example or a hint in the right direction would be great

Also - does anyone know how to set different sequences for a playermodel, for example i put in an antlion as a playermodel but of course the human sequences/animations dont work for it. so would anyone know where to put the code, and what to put? like client or serverside, i know how to get the button pressed and register a command, but im not sure how to make it change animations.

thanks guys

lodle · 05-24-2007, 04:11 PM

menus should be easy. What you want it for?

basic steps:
*Make a new panel (see wiki)
*bind a key in in_main.cpp
*check for key press in panel (show on press)
*do what ya want using vgui
*send final command to server using engine command (see team menu on how they do this)
*process and validate command server side (player.cpp ClientCommand())

jmdrummer16 · 05-24-2007, 04:38 PM

i want it so its able to pick teams, i saw the teammenu.cpp ext
is there anyway to execute that? i tried it but i kept getting all kinds of errors like, i dont know what identifier to attach to it i tried getting local player and such, didnt work

lodle · 05-24-2007, 04:51 PM

teammenu is all ready there. Wiki is your friend here: http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Creating_teams

Nothing important should be done client side as its an untrusted source.

05-24-2007, 01:04 PM	#1
jmdrummer16 Banned Join Date: May 2007 Reputation: 12 Posts: 116	[question(s)]creating a menu clientside & thirdperson animations Hey guys, Can someone help me set up a simple menu clientside? Ive tried the engine->usermessagebegin and wrote all the bytes to it but it did not work (wrote server side) an example or a hint in the right direction would be great Also - does anyone know how to set different sequences for a playermodel, for example i put in an antlion as a playermodel but of course the human sequences/animations dont work for it. so would anyone know where to put the code, and what to put? like client or serverside, i know how to get the button pressed and register a command, but im not sure how to make it change animations. thanks guys

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05-24-2007, 04:11 PM	#2
lodle Join Date: Mar 2006 Reputation: 36 Posts: 1,715	menus should be easy. What you want it for? basic steps: Make a new panel (see wiki) bind a key in in_main.cpp check for key press in panel (show on press) do what ya want using vgui send final command to server using engine command (see team menu on how they do this) process and validate command server side (player.cpp ClientCommand())

05-24-2007, 04:38 PM	#3
jmdrummer16 Banned Join Date: May 2007 Reputation: 12 Posts: 116	i want it so its able to pick teams, i saw the teammenu.cpp ext is there anyway to execute that? i tried it but i kept getting all kinds of errors like, i dont know what identifier to attach to it i tried getting local player and such, didnt work

05-24-2007, 04:51 PM	#4
lodle Join Date: Mar 2006 Reputation: 36 Posts: 1,715	teammenu is all ready there. Wiki is your friend here: http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Creating_teams Nothing important should be done client side as its an untrusted source.