How to open panel on player spawn?

[korda]

I'm trying to make simple gamemode to learn a bit of gmod lua and I wanted to display panel to player after he spawns, if I understand what I've learned so far, it must be done client side. Currently in player class I have this:

function PLAYER:Spawn()

	local oldhands = self.Player:GetHands();
	if ( IsValid( oldhands ) ) then
		oldhands:Remove()
	end

	local hands = ents.Create( "gmod_hands" )
	if ( IsValid( hands ) ) then
		hands:DoSetup( self.Player )
		hands:Spawn()
	end	
	
	self.Player:RemoveAllAmmo()
	
	self.Player:GiveAmmo( 256,	"Pistol", 		true )
	self.Player:Give( "weapon_pistol" )

	
	if (CLIENT) then
		self.Player:ChatPrint("Client")
	else
		self.Player:ChatPrint("Server")
	end
end

and it runs only on server side... I marked this file for sending to client and included it in shared.lua without any effect. According to wiki this hook is supposed to run on both client and server.

Do I have to do something more in shared lua than including player class file?

[koolaidmini]

In your cl_init.lua, try hooking the PlayerInitialSpawn or PlayerSpawn.

eg.

local function openframe()
    local frame = vgui.create("DFrame")
    frame:SetSize( 400, 300 )
    frame:SetPos( ScrW() / 2 - frame:GetWide(), SchH() / 2 - frame:GetTall() )
    
    --blah blah blah
end

hook.Add( "PlayerSpawn", "DermaShit", openframe )

[korda]

[QUOTE=Koolaidmini;42296724]In your cl_init.lua, try hooking the PlayerInitialSpawn or PlayerSpawn.

eg.
[/QUOTE]

Nope, it doesn't work... It seems like this event is never run on client. I can set up client-side KeyPress hook and it works, but not "Spawn" or "PlayerSpawn"...

[arcaneex]

Those are server side hooks.

[koolaidmini]

You could use the user message library, or the net library.

[rejax]

In your init.lua file, add a section at the top for net messages. You'll probably need more as the gamemode progresses. eg

Then you will pool your net message like so:

[LUA]
// Net Messages

util.AddNetworkString( "OpenSpawnMenu" )
[/LUA]

You have to allow a few seconds for the message to do it's thing after you add it.

Then, in your serverside PlayerSpawn function you can do

[LUA]
net.Start( "OpenSpawnMenu" )
net.Send( ply ) // or whatever you're defining the player as
[/LUA]

Then in cl_init.lua, or whatever clientside file you want to make the menu in, you do:

[LUA]
net.Receive( "OpenSpawnMenu", function()
//make your frame
end)
[/LUA]

You can also send things from the server, so you could add this to your spawn function:

[LUA]
net.Start( "OpenSpawnMenu" )
net.WriteString( ply:Nick() )
net.WriteString( "Hello" )
net.Send( ply )
[/LUA]

and then you can read it on the client.

(You can send multiple strings, they will be categorized in order of first added.
[LUA]
net.Receive( "OpenSpawnMenu", function()
local playername = net.ReadString()
local message2 = net.ReadString()

print( message2 )
print( playername )
end)
[/LUA]

[URL=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/Category:net]Here is the net library[/URL]

[URL=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/Using_the_net_library]Here's the introduction on the wiki if you don't understand still[/URL]

Good luck!