Loading a vgui when player spawn

Garry's Mod coding
#1

So hello guys, i’m currently working on a gamemode, my first actualy.
But at the moment, i’m stuck, so my question would be:

How could i make the client load a VGUI panel to select weapon, but only when the player spawn, also, 1 different vgui per team, and there’s 2 team.

Thanks ^^

Edit: Also by the same way, could anyone help me integretating a Hud in the said gamemod too? I’ve tried different thing but it just don’t work.

Edit3: As you know i’m currently working on gamemode projet, i just went through the Early beta phase, the gm work fine itself, but i found many bug, if someone could kindly help this novice in lua it would be grealy apreciated, Send me a PM on here if you feel you can help me ^^; I’m working alone to do the mod, and as i’m starting in Lua i need someone to teach me, help me and else…

#2

You can use these handy things called usermessages to signal when a client should do something and gamemode hooks to run functions on events like when a player spawns. For example,

[lua]function OpenMenu(pl)
umsg.Start(“OpenMenu”,pl)
umsg.End()
end
hook.Add(“PlayerSpawn”,“OpenMenu”,OpenMenu)[/lua]

And then on the client,

[lua]function Menu()
// Menu stuff here
end
usermessage.Hook(“OpenMenu”,Menu)[/lua]

#3

For the HUD just use the client gamemode hooks, namely HUDShouldDraw and HUDPaint, along with the surface and draw libraries. It’s all on the wiki.

#4

Thanks guy (You both made me learn alot of new things), though, i didn’t get my HUD hide thing to work
Also, i seem to have a problem with playermodel, it say an error about the base gamemode or something.

Edit:
Also, if i want the buttons to give a certain swep when pressed, is there a better way then let say,

At the moment i have things like


 Init.lua
function smg1( ply ) 

        ply:Give( "airsoft_smg1" )
 end
 concommand.Add( "smg1", smg1 )



 Cl_Init.lua
weaponc = vgui.Create( "DButton", frame )
weaponc:SetPos( 65, 20 );
weaponc:SetSize( 50, 50 )
weaponc:SetText( "SMG1" )
weaponc.DoClick = function()
    RunConsoleCommand( "smg1" )
frame:Close()
end

Edit2: Finaly fixed the Derma menu. And hud

Edit3: As you know i’m currently working on gamemode projet, i just went through the Early beta phase, the gm work fine itself, but i found many bug, if someone could kindly help this novice in lua it would be grealy apreciated, Send me a PM on here if you feel you can help me ^^; I’m working alone to do the mod, and as i’m starting in Lua i need someone to teach me, help me and else…