my hud wont work

[Heckens]

File Structure: garrysmod\addons\birbshud\lua\autorun\client\cl_birbhud.lua
Code: surface.CreateFont( "Server", {
    font = "Arial",
    size = 16,
    weight = 500,
} )

hook.Add("HUDPaint", "DrawText", DrawText()
    draw.SimpleText("You are playing on Birbs&Parrots Clan Server", "Server", ScrW() / 2 - 70, 5, Color(255,255,255,255)

end)

When I do lua_openscript, I dont see cl_birbhud anywhere and its no drawing on my screen either

[Stanstar22]

lua_openscript_cl

[SweptThrone]

You’re not calling the function properly.

[Heckens]

how do i call the function

[Stanstar22]

It just looks like you forgot a closing bracket after the colour where you’re drawing your simple text

[Trackster]

you do know that this chat message will SPAM several hundret times a second in your chat, nonstop. Right?
to open a lua file from console the lua file needs to be in garrysmod/lua and not in addons.

[MrKuBu]

Try like this

hook.Add("HUDPaint", "DrawText", function()
-- This code
end)

[Heckens]

I got it to work I can open it but i get this error:

[ERROR] lua/cl_birbhud.lua:8: ')' expected near '='
  1. unknown - lua/cl_birbhud.lua:0

Here is my code:
surface.CreateFont( "Server", {
    font = "Arial",
    size = 16,
    weight = 500,
} )

local function DrawHud()
draw.DrawText("You are playing on the Birbs&Parrots Clan Server", "Server", x=0, y=0, Color(255, 0, 12, 255), TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER )
end)

hook.Add("HUDPaint", "DrawText", DrawHud()

end)

[Trackster]

your still having a ) after the functions end. you dont need that for a function thats not in a hook

[Heckens]

oh

[Trackster]

also your Hook is still wrong. You dont need to call end) anymore. just put ) right after DrawHud()

[Heckens]

fixed it but now i have this error:

[ERROR] lua/cl_birbhud.lua:14: ')' expected (to close '(' at line 11) near 'end'
  1. unknown - lua/cl_birbhud.lua:0

Code:
surface.CreateFont( "Server", {
    font = "Arial",
    size = 16,
    weight = 500,
} )

function DrawHud()
draw.DrawText("You are playing on the Birbs&Parrots Clan Server", "Server", 0, 0, Color(255, 0, 12, 255), TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER )
end 

hook.Add("HUDPaint", "DrawText", DrawHud()

end)

[MrKuBu]

Try

surface.CreateFont( "Server", {
font = "Trebuchet18",
size = 16,
weight = 500,
} )

function DrawHud()
draw.DrawText("You are playing on the Birbs&Parrots Clan Server", "Server", 0, 0, Color(255, 0, 12, 255), TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER )
end

hook.Add("HUDPaint", "DrawText", DrawHud)

[Heckens]

that worked thanks

[Trackster]

oh right thats something i forgot to mention. when calling a function with a hook you dont need to use (). just type the function name