Plugin development Tutorials

Read and write entity variables with pev/set_pev, call engine and DLL functions, and hook engine forwards like FM_PlayerPreThink and FM_EmitSound.

How to print colored chat text from an AMX Mod X plugin using client_print_color on 1.9+, the ^x03 team-color trick, and the SayText fallback for 1.8.2.

Three ways to hook the game from AMXX, what each one actually intercepts, their dependencies, and a decision rule for picking the right one.

Why amxxpc throws error 017 when compiling an AMX Mod X plugin, and the five things that actually cause it: missing includes, wrong-version natives, typos, and scope mistakes.

How AMXX game events work, the read-flags and condition strings that filter them, and why register_event_ex is the modern, type-checked replacement.