Persious's team menu guide

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Persious's Team Selection Menu

IMPORTANT! This is for a gamemode!

This is tested, and works.

Okay, let's get started. I was thinking about, making a realy simple and funny, but where you can learn new things.

Let's get started. 1. Go and make your own gamemode folder in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\YOUR USERNAME\garrysmod\garrysmod\gamemodes Ill just call mine "Test".

2. Make a info.txt file and copy this:

 
"Gamemode"
{
	"name"		"Gamemode name"
	"version"	"1.0"
 
	"author_name"	"Your name"
	"author_email"	"Your email"
	"author_url"	""
 
	"info"		"Detail about your gamemode"
	"hide"		"0"
}
 

3. Go inside the gamemode, and make 3 files. cl_init.lua - init.lua - shared.lua

4. First, open shared.lua and copy this text in it.

 
----------Colors---------
local clrTable = {} //Color table
clrTable["Green"] = Color(20, 150, 20, 255)
clrTable["Blue"] = Color(25, 25, 170, 255)
clrTable["Red"] = Color(150, 20, 20, 255)
clrTable["Brown"] = Color(102, 34, 0, 255)
-------------------------
 
GM.Name 		= "Gamemode name"
GM.Author 		= "Your name here"
GM.Email 		= ""
GM.Website 		= ""
 
TEAM_1 = 1
TEAM_2 = 2
TEAM_3 = 3
TEAM_4 = 4
 
team.SetUp( TEAM_1, "Team 1", clrTable["Green"] ) 
team.SetUp( TEAM_2, "Team 2", clrTable["Blue"] ) 
team.SetUp( TEAM_3, "Team 3", clrTable["Red"] ) 
team.SetUp( TEAM_4, "Team 4", clrTable["Brown"] )
 

Now, let's open init.lua. Copy this code.

 
AddCSLuaFile( "shared.lua" )
AddCSLuaFile( "cl_init.lua" )
 
// You can make a simple function using arguements to make this less messier but this would be the simplest way to explain what it does.	
function TEAM_1( ply ) -- Creating the function.
	ply:UnSpectate() -- As soon as the person joins the team, he get's Un-spectated
	ply:SetTeam( 1 ) -- We'll set him to team 1
	ply:Spawn() -- Let's spawn him.
end -- End the function
concommand.Add("TEAM_1", TEAM_1) -- Adding a concommand (Console Command) for the team.
 
 
function TEAM_2( ply )
	ply:UnSpectate()
	ply:SetTeam( 2 )
	ply:Spawn()
end
concommand.Add("TEAM_2", TEAM_2)
 
function TEAM_3( ply )
	ply:UnSpectate()
	ply:SetTeam( 3 )
	ply:Spawn()
end
concommand.Add("TEAM_3", TEAM_3)
 
function TEAM_4( ply )
	ply:UnSpectate()
	ply:SetTeam( 4 )
	ply:Spawn()
end
concommand.Add("TEAM_4", TEAM_4)
 

Last part, and the best part. The Derma menu. Open up cl_init.lua, and copy this.

 
include( "shared.lua" )
 
function TeamMenu(  ) -- Starting the function.
 
// all the buttons I'm about to create are just a simple way to explain everything. I would make a table and make buttons that way but look through some more tutorials about loops till you do that.
local TeamMenu = vgui.Create( "DFrame" ) -- Creating the Vgui.
TeamMenu:SetPos( ScrW() +250, ScrH() / 2 -200 ) -- Setting the position of the menu.
TeamMenu:SetSize( 260, 210 ) -- Setting the size of the menu.
TeamMenu:SetTitle( "My test team selection menu" ) -- The menu title.
TeamMenu:ShowCloseButton( false ) -- Want us to see the close button? No.
TeamMenu:SetVisible( true ) -- Want it visible?
TeamMenu:SetDraggable( false ) -- Setting it draggable?
TeamMenu:MakePopup( ) -- And now we'll make it popup
function TeamMenu:Paint() -- This is the funny part. Let's paint it.
	draw.RoundedBox( 8, 0, 0, self:GetWide(), self:GetTall(), Color( 0,0,0,200 ) ) -- This paints, and round's the corners etc.
end -- Now we ONLY end the painting function.
 
-- This is a part which I had to add for the fun sake.
 
if !TeamMenu.Open then --  If the menu is closed, then
	TeamMenu:MoveTo(ScrW() / 2 - 250,  ScrH() / 2 - 200, 1.6, 0,1) -- When you open it, it will slide trough the screen, not teleport.
end -- Ending the if statement
 
-- Button time.
local team_1 = vgui.Create( "DButton", TeamMenu ) Creating the vgui of the button.
team_1:SetPos( 5, 30 ) -- Setting the position.
team_1:SetSize( 250, 30 ) -- Setting the size
team_1:SetText( "Team 1" ) -- Setting the text of the button
 
team_1.Paint = function() -- The paint function
    surface.SetDrawColor( 0, 255, 0, 255 ) -- What color do You want to paint the button (R, B, G, A)
    surface.DrawRect( 0, 0, team_1:GetWide(), team_1:GetTall() ) -- Paint what cords
end -- Ending the painting
 
team_1.DoClick = function() --Make the player join team 1
	RunConsoleCommand( "TEAM_1" )
	TeamMenu:Close() -- Close the DFrame (TeamMenu)
end -- Ending the button.
 
-- Now, this will be going on for 3 other buttons.
local team_2 = vgui.Create( "DButton", TeamMenu )
team_2:SetPos( 5, 70 )
team_2:SetSize( 250, 30 )
team_2:SetText( "Team 2" )
 
team_2.Paint = function() -- The paint function
	surface.SetDrawColor( 0, 0, 255, 255 ) -- What color do You want to paint the button (R, B, G, A)
	surface.DrawRect( 0, 0, team_2:GetWide(), team_2:GetTall() ) -- Paint what cords (Used a function to figure that out)
end
 
team_2.DoClick = function() --Make the player join team 2
	RunConsoleCommand( "TEAM_2" )
	TeamMenu:Close()
end
 
local team_3 = vgui.Create( "DButton", TeamMenu )
team_3:SetPos( 5, 110 ) --Place it next to our previous one
team_3:SetSize( 250, 30 )
team_3:SetText( "Team 3" )
 
team_3.Paint = function() -- The paint function
	surface.SetDrawColor( 255, 0, 0, 255 ) -- What color do You want to paint the button (R, B, G, A)
	surface.DrawRect( 0, 0, team_3:GetWide(), team_3:GetTall() ) -- Paint what cords (Used a function to figure that out)
end
 
team_3.DoClick = function() --Make the player join team 3
	RunConsoleCommand( "TEAM_3" )
	TeamMenu:Close()
end
 
local team_4 = vgui.Create( "DButton", TeamMenu )
team_4:SetPos( 5, 150 ) --Place it next to our previous one
team_4:SetSize( 250, 30 )
team_4:SetText( "Team 4" )
 
team_4.Paint = function() -- The paint function
	surface.SetDrawColor( 102, 34, 0, 255 ) -- What color do You want to paint the button (R, B, G, A)
	surface.DrawRect( 0, 0, team_3:GetWide(), team_3:GetTall() ) -- Paint what cords (Used a function to figure that out)
end
 
team_4.DoClick = function() --Make the player join team 4
	RunConsoleCommand( "TEAM_4" )
	TeamMenu:Close()
end
 
-- Here we are, the close button. The last button for this, because this is used instead of ShowCloseButton( false )
local close_button = vgui.Create( "DButton", TeamMenu )
close_button:SetPos( 5, 185 )
close_button:SetSize( 250, 20 )
close_button:SetText( "Close this menu" )
 
close_button.Paint = function()
    draw.RoundedBox( 8, 0, 0, close_button:GetWide(), close_button:GetTall(), Color( 0,0,0,225 ) )
    surface.DrawRect( 0, 0, close_button:GetWide(), close_button:GetTall() )
end
 
close_button.DoClick = function()
    TeamMenu:Close()
end
 
 end -- Now we'll end the whole function.
concommand.Add("TeamMenu", TeamMenu) -- Adding the Console Command. So whenever you enter your gamemode, simply type TeamMenu in console.