DButton/DFrame Help

[Zmaster]

Hi

I'm trying to create a DFrame that opens when a player first joins the server. This isn't my problem, though

My problem is I want a button on that DFrame that sets the player's team ( Player:SetTeam ). When I checked, Player:SetTeam is serverside lua, but the place where I set the function of the DButton is in a clientside file...so what would I do?

Here's the code of the file so far

Code: Lua

1. function PickMyTeamWindow()
2.         TeamPickW = vgui.Create( "DFrame" )
3.         TeamPickW:SetSize( 270, 200 )
4.         TeamPickW:SetPos( ScrW(), ScrH() )
5.         TeamPickW:SetTitle( "Please select the team you wish to be on." )
6.         TeamPickW:SetBackgroundBlur( true )
7.        
8.         TeamPickWPri = vgui.Create( "DButton", TeamPickW )
9.         TeamPickWPri:SetText( "Prisoners" )
10.         TeamPickWPri:SetPos(  )
11.         TeamPickWPri:SetSize( 100, 30 )
12.         TeamPickWPri.DoClick = function()
13.                 ply:SetGamemodeTeam( 0 )
14.         end
15. end

[Neku]

You use the net library.

http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/Net_Library_Usage

Make it send to the server, then use that command on the server.

[Zmaster]

Okay
Looking at the clientside example, it tells me to use net.WriteString, which I know I won't be using, since I want the server to run code, not read a string...so what do I use instead of net.WriteString?

Using what you gave me, I did this for serverside:

Code: Lua

1. util.AddNetworkString( "ChoiceIsPrisoner" )

and this for clientside:

Code: Lua

1. function PickMyTeamWindow()
2.         TeamPickW = vgui.Create( "DFrame" )
3.         TeamPickW:SetSize( ScrW(), ScrH() )
4.         TeamPickW:SetPos( ( ScrW() / 2 ), ( ScrH() / 2 ) )
5.         TeamPickW:SetTitle( "Please select the team you wish to be on." )
6.         TeamPickW:SetBackgroundBlur( true )
7.        
8.         TeamPickWPri = vgui.Create( "DButton", TeamPickW )
9.         TeamPickWPri:SetText( "Prisoners" )
10.         TeamPickWPri:SetPos(  )
11.         TeamPickWPri:SetSize( 100, 30 )
12.         TeamPickWPri.DoClick = function()
13.                 net.Start("ChoiceIsPrisoner")
14.                         net.
15.         end
16. end

[Neku]

You'd do

Code: Lua

1. net.WriteEntity( LocalPlayer() )

Then, on serverside, do

Code: Lua

1. net.Receive( "ChoiceIsPrisoner", function( len, ply )
2.      net.ReadEntity:SetGamemodeTeam( 0 ) -- Or whatever goes here.
3. end )

[Zmaster]

Thanks for the help so far, Neku

However, I'm getting an error on the net.ReadEntity:SetGamemodeTeam( 0 )

Here's the code on the serverside file

Code: Lua

1. function OpenTeamPickWindow( ply )
2.         ply:ConCommand( "jb_onstart_pickteamwindow" )
3. end
4. hook.Add( "ShowTeam", "OpenTeamPickWindowKey", OpenTeamPickWindow )
5.  
6. util.AddNetworkString( "ChoiceIsPrisoner" )
7.  
8. net.Receive( "ChoiceIsPrisoner", function( len, ply )
9.         net.ReadEntity:SetGamemodeTeam( 0 )
10. end )

and here's my clientside code (again)

Code: Lua

1. function PickMyTeamWindow()
2.         TeamPickW = vgui.Create( "DFrame" )
3.         TeamPickW:SetSize( ScrW(), ScrH() )
4.         TeamPickW:SetPos( ( ScrW() / 2 ), ( ScrH() / 2 ) )
5.         TeamPickW:SetTitle( "Please select the team you wish to be on." )
6.         TeamPickW:SetBackgroundBlur( true )
7.        
8.         TeamPickWPri = vgui.Create( "DButton", TeamPickW )
9.         TeamPickWPri:SetText( "Prisoners" )
10.         TeamPickWPri:SetPos( ( ScrW() / 3 ), ( ScrH() / 3 ) )
11.         TeamPickWPri:SetSize( 200, 50 )
12.         TeamPickWPri.DoClick = function()
13.                 net.Start("ChoiceIsPrisoner")
14.                         net.WriteEntity( LocalPlayer() )
15.                 net.SendToServer()
16.         end
17. end

Here's the error

[Decicus]

Here's the error

Try:

Code: [Select]

net.ReadEntity():SetGamemodeTeam( 0 )instead of

Code: [Select]

net.ReadEntity:SetGamemodeTeam( 0 )

[Zmaster]

Sorry for the delay, I've been busy

Thanks for the help, both of you
The button works now