Regarding Developer Support
I don't come onto the Ulysses forums as much as I used to. However, if you add me on Steam (http://www.steamcommunity.com/id/lavacano201014/) (and leave a comment with your problem) I'll gladly try to help you out (though be warned I honestly haven't looked at the code in quite some time). This does not mean Player Title II development is halted. Merely paused.
Regarding GMod 13
I've received a report that it works if you rename info.txt to addon.txt.
Our good friend Lt.Smith made PlayerTitle (http://forums.ulyssesmod.net/index.php/topic,3487.0.html), and maintained it up to version 1.2. It's a great addon, truly, but here's the problem: It hasn't been updated since July 2008, and Lt.Smith himself hasn't come onto these forums since August 2009.
I decided to take over the project (until such time as Lt.Smith demands it back, if he ever does).
Features:
- MySQL and SQLite support*
- Easily accessible to Lua (only two simple functions to know!)
- Fades away with distance*
- Comes prepackaged with an E2 extension
How to Use:
- ULX commands: !title, !settitle, !mytitle.* If it's not obvious what they do, check the readme (or run ulx help <command> in console)
- E2 Functions: E:hasTitle(), E:setTitle(), E:title(). If these aren't obvious, check the readme. Note that you must be admin to use E:setTitle() on players other than yourself.
- Lua funcs: playerGetTitle(), playerSetTitle(). If these...you get the idea.
Known Issues:
- Titles can't be longer than 40 characters.* I can't tell if this is a developer imposed limit to maintain a (comparatively) small DB footprint or if it causes issues somewhere, so I left it alone.
- Differing Z coords (differing altitudes), such as Construct's ledges or Flatgrass' spawn platform, can cause the name/title display to disappear.* This is due to the trace screwing up, and can't be fixed in a way I can think of.
- If using MySQL offsite, and there is a lot of latency between the game server and the MySQL DB, the server (and/or maybe the client? I don't use MySQL, I dunno) will freeze while the query is running.*
All items marked with * are features/limits that are in PlayerTitle 1.2.
Screenshots! (http://www.netswim.net/pltitlescreenshots/) (And yes, the name of the guy who executed the command is colored by his team color)
You can download the attached ZIP or use this SVN link (RECOMMENDED): http://lavacano-gmod.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/playertitleii/
I'm sorry I don't have a Release version for you guys - I kinda never backed up Release version when I first made it SVN.
First of all, I have added this text to the OP:
Regarding Developer Support
I don't come onto the Ulysses forums as much as I used to. However, if you add me on Steam (http://www.steamcommunity.com/id/lavacano201014/) (and leave a comment with your problem) I'll gladly try to help you out (though be warned I honestly haven't looked at the code in quite some time). This does not mean Player Title II development is halted. Merely paused.
Regarding GMod 13
The proper response to the question "Does it work in GMod 13" is "I have no idea." I've been meaning to bug the Ulysses team for access to their GM13 codebase but a combination of Megiddo never being on Steam and me having bad memory means I still haven't done it.
Now to answer questions.
Sorry for bumping this old? thread but, for some reason I don't get any tag.
I can use the commands (!title, mytitle, settitle...) but the tag/title doesn't appear.
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16670735/Title%20help.png)
Thanks in advance,
Tom
I'm not sure what you're after here, are you wanting the title to appear in the chatbox? Because that's not the intent of this addon. It's supposed to hover over your head when another player looks at you.
How do I remove the default name display? Currently i have two names that show above someones head. I would like only one to show up.
Open lua/autorun/client/cl_playertitle.lua and change the variable enablenames to false.