Modifying Chat

[cucumberdude]

I'm trying to modify chat.

ie:

I say "Hey whats up!"

and the script make it output

Cucumberdude:ADDEDHey whats up!

What should I package?

[Ad Bot]

[MegaScientifical]

Depends on if this is Clientside or Serverside.

[Iban]

You will want to package serverCmdMessageSent or serverCmdTeamMessageSent.

Be aware that everyone who does this more or less has an IQ of about 10 and I can come into the server and spam in giant yellow text, justified to the right.

[cucumberdude]

That sounds bad. 

Anyway I can change the color of specific people's text? That's really all I need I guess.

[Greek2me]

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function serverCmdSetChatColor(%client,%colorName,%colorChat) //might want an admin check on this
{
if(strLen(%colorName) != 6 || strLen(%colorChat) != 6)
{
messageClient(%client,'',"Please use a valid hex code.");
return;
}

%client.colorName = %colorName;
%client.colorChat = %colorChat;
}

package msgStuff
{
function serverCmdMessageSent(%client,%msg)
{
if(%client.colorName $= "") //name color
%colorName = "ffff00";
else
%colorName = %client.colorName;

if(%client.colorChat $= "") //chat color
%colorChat = "ffffff";
else
%colorChat = %client.colorChat;

%name = "\c7" @ %client.clanPrefix @ "<color:" @ %colorName @ ">" @ %client.getPlayerName() @ "\c7" @ %client.clanSuffix;

messageAll('',%name @ "<color:" @ %colorChat @ ">:" SPC %msg);
echo(%client.name @ ":" SPC %msg);
%client.lastMsg = %msg;
}
};
activatePackage(msgStuff);
Made this up really quick. not tested

EDIT: not sure if this would break other mods...

[MegaScientifical]

-snip-

Made this up really quick. not tested

EDIT: not sure if this would break other mods...

That would break a lot. For one thing, it reroutes chat into server messages. You're also not sending it in proper format.

Examine Truce's given format: http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=140729.msg3220289#msg3220289

[TripleNickels]

If you want to change the color of someone's message, it's actually quite easy. To allow people to do it themselves is stupid.

Manual:

Code: [Select]

findClientByName("_NAME_").clanSuffix = findClientByName("_NAME_").clanSuffix @ "<color:HHEEXX>";

User-chosen:

Code: [Select]

function serverCmdSetTextcolor(%c, %HEX)
{
   %c.clanSuffix = %c.clanSuffix @ "<color:" @ %HEX @ ">";
}

However, be aware you could do something like /setTextColor FF00CC><font:impact:64pt> and their text would be pink, huge, and in impact font.

[cucumberdude]

I never was planning on user controlled color. Thanks.