Is it possible for me to open lets say CAEN2 and add text on a building? Is that possible? What software would i need!

no i dont think u can do that
i would need to change the texture
i guess that u would need it to make a sig right ??
if that is the case use wally to put some text un the texture

it is entirely possible, with hammer use the 'apply decals' tool select the texture you want and apply it, sometimes a bit dodgy but just mess with it and seee :) obviously if you wanted to add text to an entire building you might wanna edit the wad your using.

lets say i do all that and add like the servers name on the BANK in dod_caen2 and save that map to the server, will everyone see that change in the map, will the server download the new map to their computer or will it ignore all that and they wont see it?

Technically it's possible to change a wad file (the file that contains the textures) but only you will see those changes...all others will see what's in their wad file. I suppose it's possbile (although I don't know how) to force players to d/ll your version of the wad to play...but you'd quickly run out of players because nobody wants to join a Caen server and have to wait for a 3-4MB wad file to d/l. As a point of fact...doing so might also be picked up by some anti-cheat software as being a cheat (because your wad file is different).

Give up advertising in-game dude...use the vgui interface to do that.

i have seen servers running a plugin that allows them to put their ads in as a sprite, hanging above the spawns in avalanche

Originally posted by greenhorn
i have seen servers running a plugin that allows them to put their ads in as a sprite, hanging above the spawns in avalanche

Same here ... I just don't play on servers like that though, It spoils the "gaming" experiance for me.

Like FD says, use the HUD/GUI text to advertise in-game.

well it wasnt really for advertising it was more for learning. I play caen2 and every building have a name (kmart bank samsclub promiseland motel6 crackhouse.....) anyway i wanted to add the names on the buildings like in readable print but thats ok i guess. It would of been cool, that way people would of been able to learn the building names