Binds & new script

[shotcopper 9000]

I was going to throw this in the general thread, but at least one other person has been running into trouble here so may as well make a separate thread.

I've been trying to get some binds set up so I can /me on the move and avoid typing out some of my more common actions. However, it seems that the old "say" console command isn't working in the script any more due to some change.

Does anyone actually know what the new command is to override the ingame chatbox via console, or if there even is one? I'd really like not having to stop suddenly to type out a /me for folding my arms and looking at my boots every time I pass a CP.

 

[Steve]

...You have binds for that?

 

[Lawrence]

It sounds helplessly boring to interact the same way each time a CP passes, but a bind for things like "I search the person, does he resist" might be useful for routine searches

 

[Natsuki]

Personally, I find gmod console 'say' binds to be finnicky in general, sometimes you gotta try the bind without quotation marks.

So, something like:
bind k say helloworld
or
bind k "say helloworld"
Instead of:
bind k say "helloworld"

Furthermore, a less known option for console binding is that just like any scripting you can separate actions in one line with a ; (semicolon)

Example:
bind k "say helloworld";kill
or
bind k "say helloworld;kill"

It seems that some servers just prefer different nuance in the syntax. Strangely enough, once it finally works on one server, it works on all of them (in my experience, at least). So yeah, fuck, I dunno. If you're having further issues with it just say so and I'll smack my forehead against a brick wall for awhile until I figure out what's wrong with it.

 

[Walker.]

Binding emotes is very retarded

 

[shotcopper 9000]

...You have binds for that?

In lieu of being able to set walking animations, yeah. I also had a bunch for frequent actions (leaning against stuff, stretching, yawning, etc.) so I wouldn't need to bother typing them.

 

[Oracle]

While I've never pursued the usage of bindings for emotes myself it's not like there's gonna be a huge variation between each time you cross arms, so I can't knock it.

It is a tad lazy, though.

 

[Rotciv]

In lieu of being able to set walking animations, yeah. I also had a bunch for frequent actions (leaning against stuff, stretching, yawning, etc.) so I wouldn't need to bother typing them.

That's really unneccesary. If you are doing a simple passive emote like leaning against a wall then it probably shouldn't take more than a couple seconds to write anyway. Even if you are a slow typer. And if you want to be able to emote on the move you can just hold W when you type or set a bind to walk forward.

It also makes me feel like you don't even really want to try. When I rp with others I am chill if you just want to stick to short and simple emotes or whatever, but I still expect you to have your heart in it. We're trying to entertain each other. This just seems lazy.

 

[FlatPancake]

bind uparrow "+forward; +forward"
bind downarrow "-forward"
bind rightarrow "+speed; +speed"
bind leftarrow "-speed"

Oh look, now you can sprint or walk forward without holding W and you can type! It's seriously been a thing since I started playing Garry's Mod, no new or different than "+duck; +duck"/"-duck".

 

[Davebrown]

Nothing retarded about it at all.......I remember at SRP my entire keyboard was mapped out for shortcuts I needed for administrating especially.

I think people could remember seeing me fly over the map in observe, mashing my keyboard and raining down supplies of low level loot or artifacts over anomalies.


Never had the auto-walk though, I might give that a try.

 

[Pruney]

I think people could remember seeing me fly over the map in observe, mashing my keyboard and raining down supplies of low level loot or artifacts over anomalies.

Isn't that what you do in HL2??

 

[FlatPancake]

Admin commands is different from roleplay commands. It was sort of bad we had COTA and CPs binding "say 'Move!'" and then doing the animations and sound clips we used to have.

I've been doing auto-walk for a while, it's handy, especially now with third person. You can actually bind thirdperson to a key. I'm about to head to bed, so I can't get online, I don't remember the command for it, something like 'rp_thirdperson' or something simple.

 

[Tami]

I got blackmarked for bind roleplay when bind roleplay isn't even possible?

 

[TankNut]

If anyone needs some autowalk stuff, this includes a sprint toggle on the home key, crouch toggle on the end key and movement toggles on the arrow keys.

http://pastebin.com/h8Tb5z5M

Also I still have my X key bound to rp_thirdperson. Best suggestion I've made back during the original CC (And probably the only one I've made)

 

[Gangleider]

it's impossible to automate your chat in any way, we don't use the say command in our chat system

sorry