Derma menu help!

[A_Jiggly_Kid]

I have been going through many tutorials trying to make my own menu, which isn't really the problem. The problem is that i don't really know where to put the .lua file and how to open it. I have a server that i would like to open it in, and have the admins be able to access it also. Help me!

[brandonj4]

If the Derma Panel is completely finished you would place it inside of lua/autorun/client/ this will automatically run it.

If you're still progressing on it in singleplayer you can place it in your own garrysmod at [B]lua/autorun/client[/B] or just the [B]lua/[/B] folder itself.

Then you can reload the file in-game with:

lua_openscript_cl autorun/<YourFileName>.lua

or

lua_openscript_cl <YourRFileName>.lua

[A_Jiggly_Kid]

Thanks i didn't know the command to open the scripts, it thought i was open_<whateverfile> like some menus. Do you know how to program in lua scripts to open through chat ex: !menu

[Smocaine]

[LUA]
hook.Add( "PlayerSay", "Chatcmd", function(ply, text, pblc)
if string.lower(text) == "!menu" then
ply:ConCommand("menuconcommand")
end
end)
[/LUA]

[brandonj4]

If you don't already know.
[lua]
function MyDermaMenu()
print("ThisIsSupposedToHaveDermaInsideOfIt")
end
concommand.Add("menucommand", MyDermaMenu)
[/lua]

[A_Jiggly_Kid]

[QUOTE=brandonj4;37349189]If you don't already know.
[lua]
function MyDermaMenu()
print("ThisIsSupposedToHaveDermaInsideOfIt")
end
concommand.Add("menucommand", MyDermaMenu)
[/lua][/QUOTE]

Ok i understand it now, i'm new to programming :)

[editline]22nd August 2012[/editline]

[QUOTE=I Fail At Lua;37349146][LUA]
hook.Add( "PlayerSay", "Chatcmd", function(ply, text, pblc)
if string.lower(text) == "!menu" then
ply:ConCommand("menuconcommand")
end
end)
[/LUA][/QUOTE]

Perfect! Now is there anyway i could play a sound instead?

[Smocaine]

[LUA]
function Menu( ) -- ClientSide
surface.PlaySound( "/music/hl2_song20_submix0.mp3" )
-- Add your menu stuff here
end

concommand.Add("MenuStuff", Menu)

hook.Add( "PlayerSay", "Chatcmd", function(ply, text, pblc) -- Serverside
if string.lower(text) == "!menu" then
ply:ConCommand("MenuStuff")
end
end)
[/LUA]

[brandonj4]

[QUOTE=I Fail At Lua;37349578][LUA]

function Menu( )
surface.PlaySound( "/music/hl2_song20_submix0.mp3" )
print("it worked")
end

concommand.Add("MenuStuff", Menu)

hook.Add( "PlayerSay", "Chatcmd", function(ply, text, pblc)
if string.lower(text) == "!menu" then
ply:ConCommand("MenuStuff")
end
end)

[/LUA][/QUOTE]

The [URL="http://maurits.tv/data/garrysmod/wiki/wiki.garrysmod.com/index8519.html"]PlayerSay[/URL] hook is serverside. :tinfoil:

[Smocaine]

[QUOTE=brandonj4;37349622]The [URL="http://maurits.tv/data/garrysmod/wiki/wiki.garrysmod.com/index8519.html"]PlayerSay[/URL] hook is serverside. :tinfoil:[/QUOTE]

Yeah I know I forgot to comment saying its serverside. He could add his Derma Menu after surface.PlaySound

[A_Jiggly_Kid]

omg so confusing, so your saying that i could just put the surface.playsound in my menu?

[Smocaine]

Well no you don't have to, if you wanted to have a sound play and then a menu open up you would add your derma menu code after surface.PlaySound. The way it is currently when you say !menu in chat it will play that sound.

[jrj996]

You're not actually putting it IN the menu, you're putting it in the same function as the menu, so when the menu is called so is the surface.PlaySound() function.

[A_Jiggly_Kid]

Well after staring I Fail At Lua's code for a while i understand it, it's somewhat like basic C Language isn't it? kinda

[editline]22nd August 2012[/editline]

So could i put like 5 or 6 different functions that play different sounds all in side the menu function?

[editline]22nd August 2012[/editline]

I don't know why it edited my last post but my question was in the last post

[jrj996]

Yeah but that'd just end up being a massive clusterfuck of sounds being played at the same time... :v:

[A_Jiggly_Kid]

i mean different functions so that it doesn't play ALL the sounds at once just separate chat commands that play separate sounds

[jrj996]

Wait I'm a bit confused, what're you going for here?

[A_Jiggly_Kid]

lets say i type "freeman", i want it to play a sound clip from the player globally just 1 soundclip. Does that make some more sense?

[jrj996]

Yeah I suppose, here's an easy way of doing it though.

[lua]

function _R.Player:SendSound(snd)
--If you're using GM12
umsg.Send("sendSound",self)
umsg.WriteString(snd)
umsg.End()
--If you're using GM13
net.Start("sendSound")
net.WriteString(snd)
net.Send(self)
end

hook.Add("PlayerSay","Test stooph",function(player,text)
if text == "freeman" then
for k,v in pairs(player.GetAll()) do
v:PlaySound("sounddirectoryhere")
end
end
end)

--Clientside here

--For GM12
usermessage.Hook("sendSound",function(m)
surface.PlaySound(m:ReadString())
end)

--Or for GM13

net.Receive("sendSound",function()
surface.PlaySound(net.ReadString())
end)

[/lua]

[Smocaine]

snip

[A_Jiggly_Kid]

um i wanted it so its both client and server side so other clients could hear it. Sorry i didn't specify that. Or explain if it does?

[jrj996]

it does because I looped through all the players and ran the same function for them.

[lua]
for k,v in pairs(player.GetAll()) do
[/lua]
v returns the player(In this case ALL the players) so I can do anything for all players.

[A_Jiggly_Kid]

oooooo i see now, so would i just repeat the hook if i wanted different sounds? oh and do i just make a folder containing the mp3 in lua? or where?

[editline]22nd August 2012[/editline]

well either i messed it up or i don't have the files in the correct spots