RP Chat System

[Kiun]

Hi,
Im currently trying to set up a chat system for a game where chat is diplayed through a game message rather than in the normal chat area.
I have looked through this forum and cannot find anything relating to this so i apologise if this has already been asked.
How would i be able to set up said system so that when a player types normally (regardless of being in All, Allies or Observers (eg. Hello everyone)), their entered chat string would display through game messages and not through the normal chat area.
Also how could i set it up so that if i enter a prefix before this (eg. -setname blabla) it would not be displayed in either area?

I know that i can set up the system where players must type in observers always using prefixes like in SotDRP but i have seen this other method in some games and it seems far more convenient.

Thx for your time, i hope someone can help.

 

[bounty hunter2]

Playing with Player Names - Wc3campaigns

This is to set the player names.

I will look up the chat tutorial also.

 

[Kiun]

thx, cant wait to see what u can find about the rp chat

 

[terradont]

Well, the basis i guess is to set an event whenever a player writes a message, save the message in a variable, remove the current chat, and then add a game message with the variable in question.

 

[TheBlooddancer]

• Lulwut
  • Events
    • Player - A player types a message, containing (Nothing) as a substring
  • Conditions
    • Entered substring (1-9 not equal to (-setname))
  • Actions
    • Game - Display entered chat message

Guess this would work.

But i got no idea, how to remove the 'chat'. I think it would allways appear tehre, unless you fix some constants.

 

[terradont]

Nah, there should be a remove all chat messages option, but i' not sure if it removes game messages too

 

[Kiun]

alright ive just about got it working. BUT. i cant find the trigger that clears chat messages. theres one that clears text messages but i dont want that cause it just clears the chat that im trying to set up. not sure if it actually is in GUI or if i have to stick in a custom script or sumtin. ill keep looking but i cant seem to find it. if anyone can find anything please tell.

 

[Nichita_00]

Use Game - Display to all players explicitly timed thingy (try setting the seconds at around 13-15) And what a strange coincidence, I am making a system like this, almost finished, only one damn bug X_X

 

[Kiun]

i am using that, and my systems working great now. but i still cant find a way to remove chat messages so only game messages are displayed
there is a game called High School LOAP. its quite different to normal loaps and has good RP chat system. i think it just keeps entering blanks into chat messages until the original message dissapears cause when u look in chat the messages are there but have huge gaps in between them. ill see if i can figure anything out and if anyone can find something please tell

 

[Airandius]

If they chat in observer, there is no problem right?
Just tell them to chat in observer.

 

[Nichita_00]

I'm glad it works for you. ^^

 

[Mooglefrooglian]

Actually, I found a better way. A tutorial at WC3 Campaigns: Here.. http://wc3campaigns.net/showthread.php?t=80691 inf act.. I just asked this same question.

You basically add a little Game Interface Hack, which lets you get rid of all entered text, and makes it make no sound, and then you can simply do Event - Player Types Message.

 

[Kiun]

its works perfectly now thanks a lot guys. if anyone needs a copy of my system dont hesitate to ask

 

[TheBlooddancer]

That system, there, is really Win.