Using both server and client side help

[zynga1]

So I plan on making a something, along the lines of if a player dies then a menu will show up upon death.
So this involves server side(player stuff) and client side(Derma)
So my question is how can I get this to function properly as one. ( point me in the direction in order to do this)

[MrGregsWorld]

Hiya, My name is Seagull and I will be your guide today.

First is going on the [B]Serverside[/B]. We are going to call a hook, better known as [I]'PlayerDeath'[/I]
[lua]
hook.Add( "PlayerDeath", "OpenDeath", function( ply ) -- ply is our Player variable
umsg.Start( "OpenMenu", ply ) -- prepares the Usermessage for client
umsg.End() -- Sends to Client
end )
[/lua]

After doing this we move onto the [B]clientside[/B] function. Around your Derma menu, add this in:
[lua]
usermessage.Hook( "OpenMenu", MyMenu )
[/lua]
Where MyMenu is the name of your derma function

Hope this helped :)
Any questions, reply back here or PM me on Facepunch.

[zynga1]

[QUOTE=MrGregsWorld;40796622]Hiya, My name is Seagull and I will be your guide today.

First is going on the [B]Serverside[/B]. We are going to call a hook, better known as [I]'PlayerDeath'[/I]

hook.Add( "PlayerDeath", "OpenDeath", function( ply ) -- ply is our Player variable umsg.Start( "OpenMenu", ply ) -- prepares the Usermessage for client umsg.End() -- Sends to Clientend )

After doing this we move onto the [B]clientside[/B] function. Around your Derma menu, add this in:

usermessage.Hook( "OpenMenu", MyMenu )

Where MyMenu is the name of your derma function

Hope this helped :)
Any questions, reply back here or PM me on Facepunch.[/QUOTE]
Thank you! this definitely clears some things up. I'll be sure to test it out and reply back.

EDIT: I just get "Warning: Unhandled usermessage 'OpenMenu'"

[Kuro Light]

You shouldn't be using user messages anymore in GMod 13 (imo).
Use the new net library.

--Server
util.AddNetworkString("OpenMenu")
hook.Add("PlayerDeath", "OpenDeath", function(ply)
 net.Start("OpenMenu")
 net.Send(ply)
end)

--Client
net.Receive("OpenMenu", function()
 --Do Derma Stuff
end)

[zynga1]

[QUOTE=Kuro Light;40801763]You shouldn't be using user messages anymore in GMod 13 (imo).
Use the new net library.

--Server
util.AddNetworkString("OpenMenu")
hook.Add("PlayerDeath", "OpenDeath", function(ply)
 net.Start("OpenMenu")
 net.Send(ply)
end)

--Client
net.Receive("OpenMenu", function()
 --Do Derma Stuff
end)

[/QUOTE]
I tried that with no luck. Then I did something like this, with no luck.
Doesn't run, no errors. nada.
I'm probably messing something up stupidly.

--client
local function playerdeathmenu()
local DermaPanel = vgui.Create( "DFrame" )
DermaPanel:SetPos( 50,50 )
DermaPanel:SetSize( 1000, 900 )
DermaPanel:SetTitle( "Testing Derma Stuff" ) 
DermaPanel:SetVisible( true )
DermaPanel:SetDraggable( true )
DermaPanel:ShowCloseButton( true )
DermaPanel:MakePopup()
DermaPanel:Center()
DermaPanel:SetBackgroundBlur( true )
end
net.Receive("OpenMenu", playerdeathmenu)

--server
function playerdeath(victim, weapon, killer)
util.AddNetworkString("OpenMenu")
net.Start("OpenMenu")
net.Send(ply)
end
hook.Add("PlayerDeath", "Playerdeathmenu", playerdeath)

[Rubat]

Put util.AddNetworkString("OpenMenu") outside of any functions, loops or IFs. Put it in the beginning of the file.

[zynga1]

[QUOTE=Robotboy655;40803936]Put util.AddNetworkString("OpenMenu") outside of any functions, loops or IFs. Put it in the beginning of the file.[/QUOTE]
Alright, did that, but I still receive the same results.

[Triple-X]

Try this:

[LUA]
--client
net.Receive("OpenMenu", function()
local DermaPanel = vgui.Create( "DFrame" )
DermaPanel:SetPos( 50,50 )
DermaPanel:SetSize( 1000, 900 )
DermaPanel:SetTitle( "Testing Derma Stuff" )
DermaPanel:SetVisible( true )
DermaPanel:SetDraggable( true )
DermaPanel:ShowCloseButton( true )
DermaPanel:MakePopup()
DermaPanel:Center()
DermaPanel:SetBackgroundBlur( true )
end)

--server
function playerdeath(victim, weapon, killer)
util.AddNetworkString("OpenMenu")
net.Start("OpenMenu")
net.Send(ply)
end
hook.Add("PlayerDeath", "Playerdeathmenu", playerdeath)[/LUA]

[BoowmanTech]

[QUOTE=Triple-X;40803964]Try this:

[LUA]
--client
net.Receive("OpenMenu", function()
local DermaPanel = vgui.Create( "DFrame" )
DermaPanel:SetPos( 50,50 )
DermaPanel:SetSize( 1000, 900 )
DermaPanel:SetTitle( "Testing Derma Stuff" )
DermaPanel:SetVisible( true )
DermaPanel:SetDraggable( true )
DermaPanel:ShowCloseButton( true )
DermaPanel:MakePopup()
DermaPanel:Center()
DermaPanel:SetBackgroundBlur( true )
end)

--server
function playerdeath(victim, weapon, killer)
util.AddNetworkString("OpenMenu")
net.Start("OpenMenu")
net.Send(ply)
end
hook.Add("PlayerDeath", "Playerdeathmenu", playerdeath)[/LUA][/QUOTE]

util.AddNetworkString("OpenMenu")

Have to be outside any function.

[zerothefallen]

[lua]util.AddNetworkString("OpenMenu")

// Server function
//On player death, it will send a message to ply (the player who died) to do client-side stuff
function playerdeath(victim, weapon, killer)
net.Start("OpenMenu")
net.Send(victim)
end
hook.Add("PlayerDeath", "Playerdeathmenu", playerdeath)

// Client Function
// Once it receives the OpenMenu message which the server sent, it will run below function, aka the derma menu.
// I'm not 100% if this alone works (not sure if victim is pointing towards said person.) but w/e, you get the jist

if CLIENT then
net.Receive("OpenMenu", function()
local DermaPanel = vgui.Create( "DFrame" )
DermaPanel:SetPos( 50,50 )
DermaPanel:SetSize( 1000, 900 )
DermaPanel:SetTitle( "Testing Derma Stuff" )
DermaPanel:SetVisible( true )
DermaPanel:SetDraggable( true )
DermaPanel:ShowCloseButton( true )
DermaPanel:MakePopup()
DermaPanel:Center()
DermaPanel:SetBackgroundBlur( true )
end)
end[/lua]

Should work, ask me if you have any questions

[zynga1]

[QUOTE=zerothefallen;40805937][lua]util.AddNetworkString("OpenMenu")

// Server function
//On player death, it will send a message to ply (the player who died) to do client-side stuff
function playerdeath(victim, weapon, killer)
net.Start("OpenMenu")
net.Send(victim)
end
hook.Add("PlayerDeath", "Playerdeathmenu", playerdeath)

// Client Function
// Once it receives the OpenMenu message which the server sent, it will run below function, aka the derma menu.
// I'm not 100% if this alone works (not sure if victim is pointing towards said person.) but w/e, you get the jist

if CLIENT then
net.Receive("OpenMenu", function()
local DermaPanel = vgui.Create( "DFrame" )
DermaPanel:SetPos( 50,50 )
DermaPanel:SetSize( 1000, 900 )
DermaPanel:SetTitle( "Testing Derma Stuff" )
DermaPanel:SetVisible( true )
DermaPanel:SetDraggable( true )
DermaPanel:ShowCloseButton( true )
DermaPanel:MakePopup()
DermaPanel:Center()
DermaPanel:SetBackgroundBlur( true )
end)
end[/lua]

Should work, ask me if you have any questions[/QUOTE]
Hmmm.. Still getting the same results. I've tried killing myself through props,players,suicide and so fourth as well.
I am getting absolutely no errors. I've tried multiple ways too, with no luck.
The closet thing I got to a response from the console was MrGregsWorld idea, which still didn't work(Error).

[Whiterabbit]

[QUOTE=zerothefallen;40805937][lua]if SERVER then

AddCSLuaFile()
util.AddNetworkString("OpenMenu")

// Server function
//On player death, it will send a message to ply (the player who died) to do client-side stuff
local function playerdeath(victim, weapon, killer)
print("A player died")
net.Start("OpenMenu")
net.Send(victim)
end
hook.Add("PlayerDeath", "Playerdeathmenu", playerdeath)

end

// Client Function
// Once it receives the OpenMenu message which the server sent, it will run below function, aka the derma menu.
// I'm not 100% if this alone works (not sure if victim is pointing towards said person.) but w/e, you get the jist

if CLIENT then
net.Receive("OpenMenu", function()
local DermaPanel = vgui.Create( "DFrame" )
DermaPanel:SetPos( 50,50 )
DermaPanel:SetSize( 1000, 900 )
DermaPanel:SetTitle( "Testing Derma Stuff" )
DermaPanel:SetVisible( true )
DermaPanel:SetDraggable( true )
DermaPanel:ShowCloseButton( true )
DermaPanel:MakePopup()
DermaPanel:Center()
DermaPanel:SetBackgroundBlur( true )
end)
end[/lua]
[/QUOTE]

Added a small bit, this should most definitely work now and you should see "A player died" in console to confirm it's hooking correctly.

[Pandaman09]

You are running the script as shared right ( or 1 client 1 server). You could try to print a debug message so you know the function is actually being called.

Edit: damn, I was ninja'd

[zynga1]

Well, I'm utterly confused, but it works!
Why I'm confused:
The server side works fine, while the client side didn't respond to anything.
I moved the client side to another file with my hud(which is also client sided) and it works perfectly fine.
I've checked a couple things to see why it would happen, and well none of it comes to sense why it shouldn't.

Anyway, thanks guys.

[Chessnut]

Sounds like the file you had it in before wasn't being included.

[zynga1]

That was my first guess, so I doubled checked that and it was included most definitely.
Ill look more into it tomorrow on my own.
Once again thanks for the help everyone.