[Drak]

The hud message would spam... (It's showing it every server frame...)
It would probably be overall better if you just made a command to enable/disable it.

I try'ed something really quick, no idea if it works. Plus, I also changed it to fakemeta for anyone that likes FM over engine.

/* 
*
* Glowing Sentry Guns v1.0
*
* Use amx_sgglow ~ Toggles sg glowing.
*
* For use in noob servers. Requires engine module.
*
*/

#include <amxmodx>
#include <fakemeta>

#define PLUGIN "Glowing Sentry Guns"
#define VERSION "1.0"
#define AUTHOR "Rapid1Fire"

new glowsg
new i_like_4chan

public plugin_init() {
    register_plugin(PLUGIN, VERSION, AUTHOR)
    
    glowsg = register_cvar("amx_glowsg","1");
}

public server_frame()
{
    switch(get_pcvar_num(glowsg))
    {
        case 1:
        {
            if(i_like_4chan = 1)
                return PLUGIN_HANDLED
                
            set_task(1.0, "turnGlowOn", 205, "", 0, "b");
            set_hudmessage(0, 255, 0, -1.0, -1.0, 0, 6.0, 12.0);
            show_hudmessage(0, "Glowing sentry guns have been turned on.");
            
            i_like_4chan = 1
        }
        case 2:
        {
            remove_task(205);
            turnGlowOff();
            set_hudmessage(0, 255, 0, -1.0, -1.0, 0, 6.0, 12.0);
            show_hudmessage(0, "Glowing sentry guns have been turned off.");
            i_like_4chan = 0
        }
    }
}

public turnGlowOn()
{
    new glow;
    glow = -1;
    while((glow = engfunc(EngFunc_FindEntityByString,glow,"classname","building_sentrygun")))
    {
        //set_rendering(glow, kRenderFxGlowShell, 255, 255, 255, kRenderNormal, 125);
        set_pev(glow,pev_renderfx,kRenderFxGlowShell)
        set_pev(glow,pev_rendermode,kRenderNormal)
        set_pev(glow,pev_rendercolor,255,255,255)
        set_pev(glow,pev_renderamt,125)
    }
}

public turnGlowOff()
{
    new glow;
    glow = -1;
    while((glow = engfunc(EngFunc_FindEntityByString,glow,"classname","building_sentrygun")))
    {
        //set_rendering(glow, kRenderFxGlowShell, 255, 255, 255, kRenderNormal, 0);
        set_pev(glow,pev_renderamt,0)
    }
}

Originally Posted by AMXX Doc server_frame - Called once every server frame, may cause lag.

[Alka]

hmm...why? :/
You'r right...maybe an cvar..or :/! Code looks nice

[Rapid1Fire]

My original code did not spam the hud message. It only showed up when you changed the cvar to on or off. I will test Alka's pcvars fix and see if it does it on that.

[Drak]

Oh, and i just noticed you made a task. The task would have to be stopped when you stop the glowing, or it wont do anything... (It might stop/glow over and over)

public turnGlowOff()
{
    new glow;
    glow = -1;
    while((glow = engfunc(EngFunc_FindEntityByString,glow,"classname","building_sentrygun")))
    {
        if(task_exists(205)) remove_task(205) // Stop the 'glowing' task
        //set_rendering(glow, kRenderFxGlowShell, 255, 255, 255, kRenderNormal, 0);
        set_pev(glow,pev_renderamt,0)
    }
}

[Rapid1Fire]

It doesent im going to try the fakemeta code, thanks! Sheesh I might as well make Alka and SixTwin the author

[Rapid1Fire]

Ok none of the examples have worked without spamming the hud message except for the first one. I will put that one back for now.

[Drak]

Well, it's because of:

 if(g_newCvarStatus != g_oldCvarStatus)

So if it's zero, don't go on. (Thus, not calling it over again)
And you are removing the task like you should, I never saw this since you must of had the other example.

[Rapid1Fire]

Im going to just leave it like it is because theres no problems and it runs fine.

[pizzahut]

I would register a console command instead of monitoring a cvar with server_frame.

http://www.amxmodx.org/funcwiki.php?go=func&id=260
http://www.amxmodx.org/funcwiki.php?go=func&id=593
http://www.amxmodx.org/funcwiki.php?go=func&id=175

Here's a small tutorial:

http://wiki.amxmodx.org/Intro_to_AMX...Admin_Commands

[pizzahut]

Implemented console command and team colours.

Note that neither owner id nor team number is stored in the sentry entity keys, so the team colour is determined by the colour map key.

Feel free to use this code in your plugin.

Edit: You can add following code to plugin_init, depending on preference:

    // Turn glow on by default:
    set_task(1.0, "turnGlowOn", 1, "", 0, "b")