Function AddColoredHUDMessage

Descent3/hudmessage.cpp:518–537

adds a colored hud message to the list Returns true if message added, or false if message not (because the previous message was the same)

// adds a colored hud message to the list
// Returns true if message added, or false if message not (because the previous message was the same)
bool AddColoredHUDMessage(ddgr_color color, const char *format, ...) {
  std::va_list args;
  char *message = NULL;
  char *last_message = NULL;
  char temp_message[HUD_MESSAGE_LENGTH * 2];

  va_start(args, format);
  std::vsnprintf(temp_message, HUD_MESSAGE_LENGTH * 2, format, args);
  va_end(args);

  if (Demo_flags == DF_RECORDING) {
    DemoWriteHudMessage(color, false, temp_message);
  }

  if (Dedicated_server) {
    return AddLineToHUDMessages(temp_message, color);
  }

  return AddMultipleLinesToHUDMessages(temp_message, color);
}

// Adds a HUD message (similar to AddColoredHUDMessage), however can be filtered out by
// a "-playermessages" command line.