Help Please

[~ScottyDo~]

As I am totally useless at LUA...

...I was wondering is it possible to make it so that a chat command would trigger a small text box like a VGUI to pop up , I want to use this so that I can inform players of certain commands they can use, Thanks,

Scott.

[Salads]

This is all client-side of course.

[lua]
local command = "!help"

hook.Add( "OnPlayerChat", "", function( pl, text )
if ( pl ~= LocalPlayer( ) ) then return end
if ( text ~= command ) then return end

-- your vgui here
end )
[/lua]

[url]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Gamemode.OnPlayerChat[/url]
[url]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Derma[/url]

[~ScottyDo~]

Ok thanks, but Could you help me on how to make the VGUI , I havnt a clue lol

[Crazy Quebec]

[QUOTE=~ScottyDo~;18194644]Ok thanks, but Could you help me on how to make the VGUI , I havnt a clue lol[/QUOTE]

I guess it would help knowing what exactly it should look like, how big with how much text.. any buttons?

[~ScottyDo~]

Ermm like just a small box don't know the exact dimensions , could you just put any odd dimensions and leave me to edit it, I don't care what it looks like so long as it contains the text lol...Just an OK button to close it, thanks

[Entoros]

[lua]function MenuOfAwesome()
local frame = vgui.Create("DFrame")
frame:SetSize(300,200)
frame:Center()
frame:MakePopup()
frame:SetTitle("Menu of Awesome")

local button = vgui.Create("DButton",frame)
button:SetSize(75,25)
button:SetPos(frame:GetWide()/2 - button:GetWide()/2,frame:GetTall()/2 - button:GetTall()/2)
button:SetText("Close")
button.DoClick = function()
frame:Close()
end
end
[/lua]
Like that?

[~ScottyDo~]

I think so , Where do I specify the text to be contained in the box?

[Entoros]

Right now it's just text on the button, but you can use a [url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=DLabel][b]DLabel[/b][/url] to make text appear wherever you want.

[~ScottyDo~]

How I make the text come up inside a small box with the close button to close the box, and incorporate this into the chat command thing Salads was talking about.

[Entoros]

Well, I would just try using the function I gave you for the menu. In Salads' function, he uses a hook called "OnPlayerChat", which means the function is run every time a player talks. Where he says "-- put vgui here", put everything in the function I gave you.

[~ScottyDo~]

Ok thanks vm, I take it this goes into cl_init?

[Entoros]

Sure. It could go in any script that runs clientside.

[~ScottyDo~]

Ok thanks for your help.. will let you know how it goes