Squirrel/Server/Functions/Messages/MessagePlayer

This function sends a personal message to a player in the game. It can be customized to your own colour if needed.

Syntax

MessagePlayer can take 2 differant parameter lists. These are:

bool MessagePlayer( string text, player plr, int r, int g, int b )

bool MessagePlayer( string text, player plr, Colour col )

Arguments

• text - This is the message to send to the player
• plr - This is the pointer of the player
• r - The ammount of Red to be in the colour
• g - The ammount of Green to be in the colour
• b - The ammount of Blue to be in the colour
• col - A colour class. Good for defining your own colours at script start

Example

This will send a personal message saying 'Testing PM...' when a player types '/testpm'

 
function OnPlayerCommand( player, cmd, text )
{
     if ( cmd == "testpm" )
     {
          MessagePlayer( "Testing PM...", player, 255, 0, 0 );
     }
}
 

Notes

The call OnPlayerCommand was used in in this example. More info about this in the corresponding page.