Need help with name trigger

[Fenrir]

• name
  • Events
    • Player - Player 8 (Pink) types a chat message containing -name as A substring
    • Player - Player 7 (Green) types a chat message containing -name as A substring
    • Player - Player 6 (Orange) types a chat message containing -name as A substring
    • Player - Player 5 (Yellow) types a chat message containing -name as A substring
    • Player - Player 4 (Purple) types a chat message containing -name as A substring
    • Player - Player 3 (Teal) types a chat message containing -name as A substring
    • Player - Player 2 (Blue) types a chat message containing -name as A substring
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing -name as A substring
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Player - Set name of (Triggering player) to (Substring((Entered chat string), 9, (Length of (Entered chat string))))

I got this format from another thread, but every time I tested it it would change my name to (Substring((Entered chat string), 9, (Length of (Entered chat string)))). Someone help me.

 

[busterkomo]

Actually, your substring minimum number should be 7, not 9.

 

[Battle_Shipper]

Also, make sure that you have this condition:

• Name
  • Events
  • Conditions
    • (Substring((Entered chat string), 1, 6)) Equal to -name
  • Actions

If you don't, people can change their name by typing "-name " even if it's at the end of the entered chat string.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Try its code and not text. . .

You have to make that part of the trigger and not enter it in as text as it is meant to retrieve something that is variable, and not be a constant.

Sorry GUI is not JASS (you can not just copy them in text form), so yet another + point to JASS.

 

[Fenrir]

• name
  • Events
    • Player - Player 8 (Pink) types a chat message containing -name as A substring
    • Player - Player 7 (Green) types a chat message containing -name as A substring
    • Player - Player 6 (Orange) types a chat message containing -name as A substring
    • Player - Player 5 (Yellow) types a chat message containing -name as A substring
    • Player - Player 4 (Purple) types a chat message containing -name as A substring
    • Player - Player 3 (Teal) types a chat message containing -name as A substring
    • Player - Player 2 (Blue) types a chat message containing -name as A substring
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing -name as A substring
  • Conditions
    • (Substring((Entered chat string), 1, 6)) Equal to -name
  • Actions
    • Player - Set name of (Triggering player) to (Substring((Entered chat string), 7, (Length of (Entered chat string))))

This is the trigger after doing what everyone says, and now its not doing anything

 

[Fenrir]

And I honestly, have NO idea about JASS or GUI or w/e, so don't expect me to understand those things.

 

[Eleandor]

You didn't TYPE "(Substring((Entered chat string), 7, (Length of (Entered chat string)))", did you?

When you need to type a value (set player name to value), don't select "value", but "function". Then go to "substring".