setHintString_fixed_thread(string)
{
	self notify("new_thread");
	self endon("new_thread");
	if(!isDefined(string)) return;
	tokens = strTok(string, " ");
	end = false;
	leftstring = "";
	rightstring = "";
	for(i=0;i<tokens.size;i++)
	{
		if(tokens[i] == "&&1" || tokens[i] == "F" || tokens[i] == "[{+activate}]" || tokens[i] == "[Use]") //use key will be added by the menufile
		{
			tokens[i] = "";
			end = true;
		}
		if(end) rightstring = rightstring + tokens[i] + " ";
		else leftstring = leftstring + tokens[i] + " ";
	}
	players = getPlayers();
	while(isDefined(self))
	{
		for(k=0;k<players.size;k++)
			if(players[k] islookingatent(self) && (distance(players[k].origin, self.origin) < 75) || players[k] isTouching(self))
			{
				self.leftstring = leftstring;
				players[k] thread setHintString_show(self, leftstring, rightstring);
			}
		wait 0.1;
	}
}
setHintString_show(trig, leftstring, rightstring)
{
	if(isDefined(self.lookingattrig) && self.lookingattrig == trig) return; //no need to keep calling the thread if we're still standing at the same trig
	while(isDefined(trig) && leftstring == self.leftstring && (self islookingatent(trig) && (distance(self.origin, trig.origin) < 75) || self isTouching(trig)))
	{
		self.lookingattrig = trig;
		self setClientDvar("trem_hintstring_left", string(leftstring));
		self setClientDvar("trem_hintstring_right", string(rightstring));
		self setClientDvar("trem_hintstring_vis", 1);
		wait 0.1;
	}
	self.lookingattrig = undefined;
	self setClientDvar("trem_hintstring_left", " ");
	self setClientDvar("trem_hintstring_right", " ");
	self setClientDvar("trem_hintstring_vis", 0);
}