Add mp_show_hintmessages cvar to allow blocking hint messages server-side#1166
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Allows servers to suppress all Hint_* messages (HintMessageEx queue) without a plugin. Default 1 keeps vanilla behavior. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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mp_show_hintmessages cvar to allow blocking hint messages server-side
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What
Adds a new cvar
mp_show_hintmessages(default1) that allows servers to disable sending hint messages (#Hint_*) to clients.Why
Server operators often want to get rid of the tutorial-style hint popups (e.g.
#Hint_you_have_the_bomb,#Hint_spotted_an_enemy, zone hints). Currently this requires a plugin that hooksRG_CBasePlayer_HintMessageExand supersedes it. Since every hint goes through a single function, this is trivial to support natively.How it works
All hint messages are routed through
CBasePlayer::HintMessageEx()(both directly and via theHintMessage()wrapper) before being queued intom_hintMessageQueue. Whenmp_show_hintmessagesis0,HintMessageEx()returnsfalseimmediately, so nothing is queued and nothing is sent to the client. The check is underREGAMEDLL_ADD; default value1keeps vanilla behavior.Edge cases
#Got_bomb) are not affected - they are not hints and bypass the hint queue by design.RG_CBasePlayer_HintMessageExstill fires as before; the cvar check is inside the hooked function body, so plugins keep working.m_bShowHints) is untouched; the cvar acts as a server-wide override on top of it.Tested
Built Win32 Release (MSVC) and verified on a listen/dedicated ReHLDS server: with the cvar at
1the bomb pickup hint is shown as usual; aftermp_show_hintmessages 0(changeable at runtime) no hints are delivered, while center messages remain intact.