Add StringTableCreatedEvent (beta)

Author: markus-wa

events/events.go

@@ -301,3 +301,11 @@ type ItemDropEvent struct {
 // You can use the Parser.SendTableParser() after this event to register update notification on entities & properties.
 // DataTablesParsedEvent is a beta feature, it may be replaced or changed without notice.
 type DataTablesParsedEvent struct{}
+
+// StringTableCreatedEvent signals that a string table was created via net message.
+// Can be useful for figuring out when player-info is available via Parser.GameState().[Playing]Participants().
+// E.g. after the table 'userinfo' has been created the player-data should be available after the next TickDoneEvent.
+// The reason it's not immediately available is because we need to do some post-processing to prep that data after a tick has finished.
+type StringTableCreatedEvent struct {
+	TableName string
+}

stringtables.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 
 	bit "github.com/markus-wa/demoinfocs-golang/bitread"
+	"github.com/markus-wa/demoinfocs-golang/events"
 	msg "github.com/markus-wa/demoinfocs-golang/msg"
 )
 
@@ -118,6 +119,8 @@ func (p *Parser) handleCreateStringTable(tab *msg.CSVCMsg_CreateStringTable) {
 	p.processStringTable(tab)
 
 	p.stringTables = append(p.stringTables, tab)
+
+	p.eventDispatcher.Dispatch(events.StringTableCreatedEvent{TableName: tab.Name})
 }
 
 func (p *Parser) processStringTable(tab *msg.CSVCMsg_CreateStringTable) {