know when staff has joined server

[Mors]

Fixed... I made a silly mistake in the chat.AddText() (used "nick" instead of "name"). All fixed now - use this code.

-- if you use ulx then just add your additional
-- usergroups below the ones that are in the
-- ranks table. you can also edit the existing
-- entries but don't remove them otherwise
-- the script won't work. if you don't use ulx
-- this should still work. it's untested.

if SERVER then
	util.AddNetworkString("colouredjoinmsg")
	AddCSLuaFile()
	local ranks = {}

	function AddExtraRank(id,title,col)
		ranks[id] = {}
		ranks[id].Title = title
		ranks[id].Color = col
		MsgC(Color(0,255,0),"\tAdded an extra rank to the join script ("..id..", "..title..")\n")
	end
	
	AddExtraRank("superadmin","Super Admin",Color(255,0,0))
	AddExtraRank("admin","Admin",Color(0,0,255))
	AddExtraRank("user","Player",Color(0,128,255)) -- don't remove these three. just add more as necessary.
	
	hook.Add( "PlayerInitialSpawn", "Welcome", function(ply)
		local rank = "Player"
		local color = Color(0,128,255)
		if ucl then
			if ranks[ply:GetUserGroup()] then
				rank = ranks[ply:GetUserGroup()].Title
				color = ranks[ply:GetUserGroup()].Color
			else
				rank = "Unknown Rank"
				color = Color(255,255,255)
			end
		else
			if ply:IsSuperAdmin() then
				rank = ranks["superadmin"].Title
				color = ranks["superadmin"].Color
			elseif ply:IsAdmin() then
				rank = ranks["admin"].Title
				color = ranks["admin"].Color
			else
				rank = ranks["user"].Title
				color = ranks["user"].Color
			end
		end
		net.Start("colouredjoinmsg")
		net.WriteString(ply:Nick())
		net.WriteString(rank)
		net.WriteTable(color)
		net.Broadcast()
	end)
end

if CLIENT then
	MsgC(Color(0,255,0),"\tJoin script init\n")
	net.Receive("colouredjoinmsg", function(len)
		local name = net.ReadString()
		local rank = net.ReadString()
		local color = net.ReadTable()
		chat.AddText(color,name,Color(255,255,255)," has spawned in the server with the rank ",color,rank,Color(255,255,255),".")
	end)
end

[img]http://puu.sh/7aBYf/7de7e718e1.jpg[/img]

[editline]26th February 2014[/editline]

There's a moral to this thread...

Always test code before giving it to others. Especially on here :v:

[jobforacowboy]

[QUOTE=Mors Quaedam;44048355]Fixed... I made a silly mistake in the chat.AddText() (used "nick" instead of "name"). All fixed now - use this code.

-- if you use ulx then just add your additional
-- usergroups below the ones that are in the
-- ranks table. you can also edit the existing
-- entries but don't remove them otherwise
-- the script won't work. if you don't use ulx
-- this should still work. it's untested.

if SERVER then
	util.AddNetworkString("colouredjoinmsg")
	AddCSLuaFile()
	local ranks = {}

	function AddExtraRank(id,title,col)
		ranks[id] = {}
		ranks[id].Title = title
		ranks[id].Color = col
		MsgC(Color(0,255,0),"\tAdded an extra rank to the join script ("..id..", "..title..")\n")
	end
	
	AddExtraRank("superadmin","Super Admin",Color(255,0,0))
	AddExtraRank("admin","Admin",Color(0,0,255))
	AddExtraRank("user","Player",Color(0,128,255)) -- don't remove these three. just add more as necessary.
	
	hook.Add( "PlayerInitialSpawn", "Welcome", function(ply)
		local rank = "Player"
		local color = Color(0,128,255)
		if ucl then
			if ranks[ply:GetUserGroup()] then
				rank = ranks[ply:GetUserGroup()].Title
				color = ranks[ply:GetUserGroup()].Color
			else
				rank = "Unknown Rank"
				color = Color(255,255,255)
			end
		else
			if ply:IsSuperAdmin() then
				rank = ranks["superadmin"].Title
				color = ranks["superadmin"].Color
			elseif ply:IsAdmin() then
				rank = ranks["admin"].Title
				color = ranks["admin"].Color
			else
				rank = ranks["user"].Title
				color = ranks["user"].Color
			end
		end
		net.Start("colouredjoinmsg")
		net.WriteString(ply:Nick())
		net.WriteString(rank)
		net.WriteTable(color)
		net.Broadcast()
	end)
end

if CLIENT then
	MsgC(Color(0,255,0),"\tJoin script init\n")
	net.Receive("colouredjoinmsg", function(len)
		local name = net.ReadString()
		local rank = net.ReadString()
		local color = net.ReadTable()
		chat.AddText(color,name,Color(255,255,255)," has spawned in the server with the rank ",color,rank,Color(255,255,255),".")
	end)
end

[img]http://puu.sh/7aBYf/7de7e718e1.jpg[/img]

[editline]26th February 2014[/editline]

There's a moral to this thread...

Always test code before giving it to others. Especially on here :v:[/QUOTE]

works great now, thanx again for the 100th time! haha