Write to client's console, server-side-only mod ?

RedSword

Hi,

I'm a bit surprised, there doesn't seem to be anyway to server-sidedly write to a client's console. Taking a look at NetworkMessages.lua seems to prove it (no network message seems to be related to a console).

1) Am I right ?

2) Why ? Isn't that a nice, basic feature to have to send non-important information ? i.e. when something doesn't fit on screen (chat); this would be a nice, non-client sided (hence no download) way to give information. I'm mainly thinking about admins wanting to retrieve a certain information without spamming chat (which can easily be done, and it is a bit annoying as NS2 chat (default feed) takes a non-negligible space, and seems to be used for a lmost everything). That would also be easy to code I believe (reading at the code).

Thank you,

Red

SamusDroid

It can be done but I don't remember how. You have to do it through network messages.

RedSword

Just to clarify, when I said server-sidedly, I meant server-side only, without modifying the client.

Also I know that Shine seems to allow it; but I'm looking for a standalone server-only way to do it.

GhoulofGSG9

RedSword wrote: »

Hi,

I'm a bit surprised, there doesn't seem to be anyway to server-sidedly write to a client's console. Taking a look at NetworkMessages.lua seems to prove it (no network message seems to be related to a console).

1) Am I right ?

2) Why ? Isn't that a nice, basic feature to have to send non-important information ? i.e. when something doesn't fit on screen (chat); this would be a nice, non-client sided (hence no download) way to give information. I'm mainly thinking about admins wanting to retrieve a certain information without spamming chat (which can easily be done, and it is a bit annoying as NS2 chat (default feed) takes a non-negligible space, and seems to be used for a lmost everything). That would also be easy to code I believe (reading at the code).

Thank you,

Red

1 & 2:

--We don't use ServerAdminPrint here as that would spam the server log
local function NotifyPlayer(player, message)
    Server.SendNetworkMessage(player, "ServerAdminPrint", { message = message }, true)
end

Gist

For longer messages you might have to split them up like ServerAdminPrint does it.

BTW shine also overrides ServerAdminPrint to remove that annoying Shared.Message: https://github.com/Person8880/Shine/blob/master/lua/shine/core/server/logging.lua#L291. So you can use it directly at servers with shine or just add the shine version to your own mod.

RedSword

Thanks; that answer my question. My problem came from the fact that I was looking at ns2/lua instead of core/lua (sorry :$). It is a tad odd to use a single SendNetworkMessage in core/lua but not in ns2/lua; though I understand why.