[VScript] Add ability to send UserMessages #1210
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Description
This PR adds the
CScriptUserMessage
class which allows VScript to write data to an instance of this class and then call a member function to execute the message inside.This would allow scripters to call User Messages only called by certain entities like
game_text
,game_text_tf
,env_shake
without the need to spawn them or messages that are currently impossible to call with VScript likeShowMenu
,VGUIMenu
and various others.Usage
To execute a User Message in VScript, the user will call the global function
UserMessageBegin()
which takes a parameter for the message name.After that, they can write any data they wish and then call the
Execute()
member function with a filter parameter.This way, User Messages can be stored, modified and executed at any point in time.
Example Script