Forcing Team Menu

i'm really new at coding in source, so please bear with me.

i just want to write a script that forces the team menu to popup whenever a client goes into spec mode.

i'm not sure how to do this. i've checked the vgui_drawtree and seen that the "team" is a popup, not a panel, is this right? i've found vgui_togglepanel but it doesn't work, nor did i really think it would, since "team" is classed as a popup.

right?

like i said, i'm really new to this. it seems like this should be something simple. am i missing something that should be obvious? is this impossible?

thanks in advance.

[Trentelshark]

Try adding this call in hl2mp_player.cpp in CHL2MP_Player::ChangeTeam after the lines that read:

if ( iTeam == TEAM_SPECTATOR )
{
RemoveAllItems( true );
State_Transition( STATE_OBSERVER_MODE );
// try putting it here
}

this->ShowViewPortPanel( PANEL_TEAM, true, 0 );

ShowViewPortPanel works in hl2mp_client.cpp in FinalizePutInServer and the pointer there is of type CHL2MP_Player so that should have some effect.

[Marine]

Originally Posted by Trentelshark

Try adding this call in hl2mp_player.cpp in CHL2MP_Player::ChangeTeam after the lines that read:

if ( iTeam == TEAM_SPECTATOR )
{
RemoveAllItems( true );
State_Transition( STATE_OBSERVER_MODE );
// try putting it here
}

this->ShowViewPortPanel( PANEL_TEAM, true, 0 );

ShowViewPortPanel works in hl2mp_client.cpp in FinalizePutInServer and the pointer there is of type CHL2MP_Player so that should have some effect.

Not a good idea.

Make sure you've named all your panels correctly, (Case matters)