TriggerWatcher

TriggerWatcher logs button and trigger activations to chat and/or console for admins and SourceTV. It is the successor to the old ButtonNotifier plugin (repository name: sm-plugin-ButtonNotifier).

Features

• Notify modes per client: None, Chat, Console, or Both.
• Clean, short chat messages with a [TW] prefix.
• Detailed console/server logs with user ID and entity info.
• Spam throttling for rapid button presses.
• Optional EntWatch integration to ignore special items.

Installation

1. Compile (or download latest release) and install the plugin.
2. Place translations in the SourceMod translations folder.

Files:

• Plugin: addons/sourcemod/plugins/TriggerWatcher.smx
• Translations: addons/sourcemod/translations/TriggerWatcher.phrases.txt

Configuration

Cvars:

• sm_TriggerWatcher_block_spam_delay (default 5)
  • Spam notification delay in seconds. Set to 0 to disable spam blocking.

User Settings

Players can open the cookie menu entry "TriggerWatcher Settings" to select per-category display mode:

• Buttons
• Triggers

Important

Upgrade Guide: v2 -> v3

This release is a rename and cleanup of the legacy ButtonNotifier plugin.

Key changes:

• Plugin renamed: ButtonNotifier -> TriggerWatcher
• Repository renamed: sm-plugin-ButtonNotifier -> sm-plugin-TriggerWatcher
• Cookie key renamed: TriggerWatcher_display
• Cvar change: removed sm_TriggerWatcher_block_spam (delay now controls spam blocking)

Recommended upgrade steps:

1. Replace the old .smx with TriggerWatcher.smx
2. Install new translations with TriggerWatcher.phrases.txt
3. Remove old configs/cookies if you want a clean slate

Notes

• Console logging uses detailed output including user ID and entity info.
• Chat logging is intentionally short to avoid spam.