Zombie Counter, with menu, not hud in Scripting

This tut helps you create a zombie counter via menu file, so it doesn't use any hud elements. It uses your hud.menu file to make the zombie counter, three added lines to your _zombiemode_spawner.gsc, and add one line to your mod.csv (if needed). If you are using dogs, instructions are at the bottom for that.

Instructions for the simple version:

1. In hud.menu, in root/raw/ui, find "competitivemodescores", and add this to that menuDef

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	itemDef
	{
		name			"zombiecounter"
		rect			100 70 0 0 HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_CENTER VERTICAL_ALIGN_BOTTOM
		textscale		.5
		textstyle		ITEM_TEXTSTYLE_SHADOWED
		textfont		UI_FONT_OBJECTIVE
		textalign		ITEM_ALIGN_CENTER
		forecolor		1 0 0 1
		exp text		("Zombies Left: " + dvarInt("zombie_counter"))
		visible when		(dvarInt("zombie_counter") > 0);
		decoration
	}

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menuDef
{
   name         "competitivemodescores"
   rect         -103 -71 0 0 HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_RIGHT VERTICAL_ALIGN_BOTTOM
   fullScreen      0
   visible when    ( !ui_active() && dvarint( ui_hud_hardcore ) == 0 && dvarBool( miniscoreboardhide ) == 0 && dvarBool( hud_missionFailed ) == 0 && dvarint( arcademode ) == 1 || dvarint( zombiemode ) == 1 );

   itemDef
   {
      name         "playerscores"
      rect         0 0 100 0
      ownerdraw      CG_COMPETITIVE_MODE_SCORES
      visible         1
   }
   itemDef
   {
      name "zombiecounter"
      rect         100 70 0 0 HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_CENTER VERTICAL_ALIGN_BOTTOM
      textscale      .5
      textstyle      ITEM_TEXTSTYLE_SHADOWED
      textfont      UI_FONT_OBJECTIVE
      textalign      ITEM_ALIGN_CENTER
      forecolor      1 0 0 1
      exp text      ("Zombies Left: " + dvarInt("zombie_counter"))
      visible   when    (dvarInt("zombie_counter") > 0);
      decoration
   }
}

(If you like, you can change visible when (dvarInt("zombie_counter") > 0); to visible 1 to always see the counter)

2. In root/raw/_zombiemode_spawner.gsc, or in your root/mods/mapname/maps/_zombiemode_spawner.gsc, find:

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init()
{

3. Change it to this:

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init()
{
	SetDvar("zombie_counter", level.zombie_total + get_enemy_count());

4. then find this:

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zombie_death_event( zombie )
{
	zombie waittill( "death" );

5. and change it to this:

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zombie_death_event( zombie )
{
	if(GetDvarInt("zombie_counter") <= 0) SetDvar("zombie_counter", (level.zombie_total + get_enemy_count())-1);
	zombie waittill( "death" );
	SetDvar("zombie_counter", level.zombie_total + get_enemy_count());

6. Add this to your mod.csv, if you don't have it already here or in another csv:

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menufile,ui/hud.menu

7. Build mod.

Count Dogs

If you want to count dogs too:
1. Open _zombiemode_dogs.gsc, in root/raw/maps, or in root/mods/mapname/ and find:

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dog_death()
{
	self waittill( "death" );

2. change it to this:

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dog_death()
{
	if(GetDvarInt("zombie_counter") <= 0) SetDvar("zombie_counter", (level.zombie_total + get_enemy_count())-1);
	self waittill( "death" );
	SetDvar("zombie_counter", level.zombie_total + get_enemy_count());

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