<function name="PlayerInitialSpawn" parent="GM" type="hook"> <description> Called when the player spawns for the first time. See <page>GM:PlayerSpawn</page> for a hook called every player spawn. <note>This hook is called before the player has fully loaded, when the player is still in seeing the `Starting Lua` screen. For example, trying to use the <page>Entity:GetModel</page> function will return the default model (`models/player.mdl`).</note> </description> <realm>Server</realm> <args> <arg name="player" type="Player">The player who spawned.</arg> <arg name="transition" type="boolean">If `true`, the player just spawned from a map transition.</arg> <arg name="transition" type="boolean">If `true`, the player just spawned from a [map transition](https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Level_Transitions). (Specifically via `trigger_changelevel` or `point_changelevel` entities)</arg> </args> </function> <example> <description>Prints the name of the player joining.</description> <code> function GM:PlayerInitialSpawn(ply) print( ply:Nick() .. " joined the server." ) end -- That way you are overriding the default hook. -- You can use hook.Add to make more functions get called when this event occurs. hook.Add( "PlayerInitialSpawn", "some_unique_name", function( ply ) print( ply:Nick() .." joined the game." ) end) </code> <output> ``` Player1 joined the game. ``` </output> </example>