Help with coloured names?

[PurpleHaze]

Ok, I want to know how to get coloured admin names and donator what do i change? And where do i goto. :D thanks.

[PAL-18]

I need to know too.

I tried changing the code in cl_scoreboard.lua on line 9

local namecolor = {
  Admin = Color(255, 204, 0, 255)
};

I have the admin group set in "settings\users.txt" and the name color still does not display in the chat area or on the scoreboard.

Also, when i set a second line below it for another group, the scoreboard breaks.

local namecolor = {
  Admin = Color(255, 204, 0, 255)
  Donator = Color(204, 0, 255, 255)
};

What syntax am i missing for 2 lines of groups and how to i get those group colors to display ingame?

[Bad King Urgrain]

Quoting the readme:

There's also a hook for scoreboard name colors:
- TTTScoreboardColorForPlayer
   
It's clientside, and you could use it as follows. Put the below in a text file
in \garrysmod\lua\autorun\ on the server, called scoreboardcolors.lua:

   if SERVER then
      -- when the server loads this script, tell it to send it to clients
      AddCSLuaFile("scoreboardcolors.lua")
   else
      -- when a client runs it, add the hook
      function MySBColors(ply)
         if ply:SteamID() == "PUT A STEAMID HERE" then
            return Color(255, 0, 255)
         end
      end
      hook.Add("TTTScoreboardColorForPlayer", "MySBColors", MySBColors)
   end

Edit in a SteamID to test with, of course. Adding more players and changing
colors should be easy from there.

You will need to know a bit of Lua, or perhaps someone else here is going to be very helpful and do it for you.

Don't edit TTT files directly.

If the default yellow names for admins are not showing up, they are not set up properly, or ttt_highlight_admins is 0.

[Sam]

I would recommend using the code below which is a slight modification of what BadKing posted. This one simply detects whether the player is a Super Admin or Admin. If you would like to use a custom usergroup, use this: ply:IsUserGroup()

if SERVER then
   AddCSLuaFile("scoreboardcolors.lua")
else
   function MySBColors(ply)
      if ply:IsSuperAdmin() or ply:IsAdmin() then
         return Color(255, 0, 255)
      end
   end
   hook.Add("TTTScoreboardColorForPlayer", "MySBColors", MySBColors)
end

Use the same installation method that BadKing posted above this post.

[simmerdown]

I would recommend using the code below which is a slight modification of what BadKing posted. This one simply detects whether the player is a Super Admin or Admin. If you would like to use a custom usergroup, use this: ply:IsUserGroup()

if SERVER then
   AddCSLuaFile("scoreboardcolors.lua")
else
   function MySBColors(ply)
      if ply:IsSuperAdmin() or ply:IsAdmin() then
         return Color(255, 0, 255)
      end
   end
   hook.Add("TTTScoreboardColorForPlayer", "MySBColors", MySBColors)
end

Use the same installation method that BadKing posted above this post.

sorry where can i find the colour codes? like i dont know what blue is etc.

example:

if SERVER then
   AddCSLuaFile("scoreboardcolors.lua")
else
   function MySBColors(ply)
      if ply:IsUserGroup("Respected") then
         return Color(255, 0, 255)  <---  i want blue / cyan
      end
   end
   hook.Add("TTTScoreboardColorForPlayer", "MySBColors", MySBColors)
end

[James]

http://html-color-codes.com/rgb.html

[Sam]

sorry where can i find the colour codes? like i dont know what blue is etc.

The format is on this webpage: http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Color

Use this color wheel to get the red, green, and blue (RGB) values you want. Then insert those into the color format like so:

Color(108,177,236)

That is a cyan color that I got from the Color Wheel I linked.

[PAL-18]

I can't get it working.  I'm trying to define groups of users.txt

if SERVER then
  AddCSLuaFile("scoreboardcolors.lua")
else
  function MySBColors(ply)
     if ply:IsUserGroup("Admin") then
        return Color(255, 204, 0)
     end
     if ply:IsUserGroup("Donator") then
        return Color(204, 0, 255)
     end
  end
  hook.Add("TTTScoreboardColorForPlayer", "MySBColors", MySBColors)
end

I restarted the server and the colors dont show.

[simmerdown]

The format is on this webpage: http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Color

Use this color wheel to get the red, green, and blue (RGB) values you want. Then insert those into the color format like so:

Color(108,177,236)

That is a cyan color that I got from the Color Wheel I linked.  <--- thank you very much

[simmerdown]

code doesnt work for me neither

i placed it in :

/ip+port/orangebox/garrysmod/lua/autorun/server 

if SERVER then
   AddCSLuaFile("scoreboardcolors.lua")
else
   function MySBColors(ply)
      if ply:IsUserGroup("Respected") then
         return Color(108,177,236)
      end
   end
   hook.Add("TTTScoreboardColorForPlayer", "MySBColors", MySBColors)
end

[Mr. Gash]

Ulx doesn't have ranks with capital letters...

if SERVER then
   AddCSLuaFile("scoreboardcolors.lua")
else
   function MySBColors(ply)
      if ply:IsUserGroup("respected") then
         return Color(108,177,236)
      end
   end
   hook.Add("TTTScoreboardColorForPlayer", "MySBColors", MySBColors)
end

Try that?

if SERVER then
   AddCSLuaFile("scoreboardcolors.lua")
else
   function MySBColors(ply)
      if ply:IsUserGroup("admin") then
         return Color(255, 204, 0)
      end
      if ply:IsUserGroup("donator") then
         return Color(204, 0, 255)
      end
   end
   hook.Add("TTTScoreboardColorForPlayer", "MySBColors", MySBColors)
end

[PAL-18]

I dont use ULX though, i have the groups defined in settings\users.txt.

P.S. In fact i dont use any gmod admin tool, i use sourcemod.

[Sam]

simmerdown, Lua is case-sensitive, so make sure that the user group you created in settings/users.txt has the exact same name in as in the IsUserGroup() function.

Also make sure that you named the file scoreboardcolors.lua

[simmerdown]

simmerdown, Lua is case-sensitive, so make sure that the user group you created in settings/users.txt has the exact same name in as in the IsUserGroup() function.

Also make sure that you named the file scoreboardcolors.lua

ooooh right,  is there anyway i could use the evolve file in  data/ev_playerinfo.txt  instead of the  settings/users.txt  ? 


sorry.

[PAL-18]

I finally got the code working (somewhat), but rather than display the color i want, its displaying the default admin color and ttt_highlight_admins is set to 0

[Mr. Gash]

Post the code?

[PAL-18]

It's the same code i posted earlier except i changed both group names to all lowercase.

if SERVER then
  AddCSLuaFile("scoreboardcolors.lua")
else
  function MySBColors(ply)
     if ply:IsUserGroup("admin") then
        return Color(255, 204, 0)
     end
     if ply:IsUserGroup("donator") then
        return Color(204, 0, 255)
     end
  end
  hook.Add("TTTScoreboardColorForPlayer", "MySBColors", MySBColors)
end

I didn't know which folder to save it into, so the file is in lua\autorun and lua\autorun\server

[simmerdown]

still doesnt work

Settings/users.txt:

"respected"
	{
		"STEAM_0:0:#######";		
		"STEAM_0:0:#######";
		"STEAM_0:0:#######";
		"STEAM_0:1:#######";
		"STEAM_0:1:#######";
		"STEAM_0:0:#######"
	}

lua/autorun/server/scoreboardcolors.lua

if SERVER then
   AddCSLuaFile("scoreboardcolors.lua")
else
   function MySBColors(ply)
      if ply:IsUserGroup("respected") then
         return Color(108,177,236)
      end
   end
   hook.Add("TTTScoreboardColorForPlayer", "MySBColors", MySBColors)
end

or like i could do:  "STEAM_0:0:##########"; // player name, with out it gets a command so i know which steam id is from what player.


or do i have to seperate them on a different way or? i dont know any lua this if only what i remember of pawno that if u wanan keap same command for  multiple things u  add a ; on end, or do i have to seperate them differently,   or i have to add more then just steam id?

[PAL-18]

Quoting the readme:

There's also a hook for scoreboard name colors:
- TTTScoreboardColorForPlayer
   
It's clientside, and you could use it as follows. Put the below in a text file
in \garrysmod\lua\autorun\ on the server, called scoreboardcolors.lua:

   if SERVER then
      -- when the server loads this script, tell it to send it to clients
      AddCSLuaFile("scoreboardcolors.lua")
   else
      -- when a client runs it, add the hook
      function MySBColors(ply)
         if ply:SteamID() == "PUT A STEAMID HERE" then
            return Color(255, 0, 255)
         end
      end
      hook.Add("TTTScoreboardColorForPlayer", "MySBColors", MySBColors)
   end

Edit in a SteamID to test with, of course. Adding more players and changing
colors should be easy from there.

You will need to know a bit of Lua, or perhaps someone else here is going to be very helpful and do it for you.

Don't edit TTT files directly.

If the default yellow names for admins are not showing up, they are not set up properly, or ttt_highlight_admins is 0.

I tried that code too and it doesnt work either.  Does it go in "\garrysmod\lua\autorun\" or "\garrysmod\lua\autorun\server\" ?

[Bad King Urgrain]

It works on my local srcds, with the only change of putting my own steamid in there. It goes in \garrysmod\lua\autorun\

If you use fastdl, then after adding it you'll have to do the usual routine of loading a map on the server so it generates a Lua cache, and then putting that on the fastdl sever.