I have a small question regarding a "local" chat, aka, limited range chat.

[Malin Prosper]

I'm developing a server, I will call it Force of Nature. Basically, as a requirement for it I need a chat where players are limited as where it's possible to speak. I am aware that add-ons like this already exist, at least I think, but I want to make my own for a learning process. I am new to TorqueScript, so please don't be a huge starfish.

Here's what I have so far:

function servercmdlc(%client, %Chat1, %Chat2);
{


    {
        isObject(%client);
        %client.name = var //I want to make players able to type in a nickname to be heard as, I am unaware of how to do so.
        var = clientSendMessage //Is this even a real command?
    }

        {


        }
};

In which ways should I clean up my script, and how would I go about making this certain form of communication in game? Thanks!

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[Pie Crust]

Well, for starters, no one will use /lc. I can garantee you that. Do you know how to package? If so, package
serverCmdMessageSent(%client,%msg)
Go step by step. Once you can manage to echo in the console messageSent and not send the chat to the rest of the clients, work on checking for nearby players.

[Ipquarx]

function servercmdlc(%client, %Chat1, %Chat2);
{


    {
        isObject(%client);
        %client.name = var //I want to make players able to type in a nickname to be heard as, I am unaware of how to do so.
        var = clientSendMessage //Is this even a real command?
    }

        {


        }
};

Bolded are things that are unnecessary (Just the 4 braces inside the function), italicized things will not work as you probably intended them to, and underlined lines are lines that will give you a syntax error.

The first and last lines should not have a ; at the end of it, that's only at the end of a statement. %client.name = var will give you a syntax error because you forgot to put a ; at the end of it. The next line... I just don't even know what you're trying to do here.

isObject(%client); will serve no purpose for 2 reasons:
1. It just calls the function and doesn't do anything with the result
2. %client will always exist assuming it's a player typing in the command.

I can try to point you in the right direction, but you have a long ways to go it seems.

[elm]

1. You need to first, have spam protection at the beginning so this is where you would compare strings using %string1 $= %string2.
2. You also need a lot more arguments, each word a player types will be an argument. (%chat1,%chat2,%chat3, etc).
3. Then check if %client has an object (%client.player).
4. After that, you'd probably loop through the client group (clientgroup.getCount(); and clientGroup.getObject(index);), grab each player (if it exists) and using the vectorDist(transform1,transform2) function check if player a's position is near player b's position.
5. After this, you can can send a message to the player's client object and voila.


Check this out, it's not done and needs improvement (like flood protection, stripping ML characters, etc) but will give you a base to get started with. I also want you to finish the the vectorDist part of it where it actually sends the message.

I did not test this, so if anyone can spot any errors, let me know.

Also, check out this guide: TSForBlockland