[mansonh]

Didn't read it carefully enough, or you would have used the definition.

new Text:himessage;

public OnGameModeInit()
{
himessage = TextDrawCreate(1.0, 5.6, "Hi, how are you?");
return 1;
}

public OnPlayerConnect(playerid)
{
new newtext[41];
format(newtext, sizeof(newtext), "Hi %s, how are you?", GetPlayerName(playerid));
TextDrawSetString(himessage, newtext);
TextDrawShowForPlayer(playerid, himessage);
return 1;
}