OutputChatBox
This outputs the specified text string to the chatbox. It can be specified as a message to certain player(s) or all players.
It can optionally allow you to embed color changes into the string by setting the colorCoded boolean to true. This allows:
outputChatBox ( "#FF0000Hello #00FF00World", getRootElement(), 255, 255, 255, true )
This will display as: Hello World
Syntax
bool outputChatBox ( string text [, element visibleTo = getRootElement(), int r = 231, int g = 217, int b = 176, bool colorCoded = false ] )
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- Method: player:outputChat(...)
Required Arguments
- text: The text string that you wish to send to the chat window. If more than 256 characters it will not be showed in chat.
Optional Arguments
NOTE: When using optional arguments, you might need to supply all arguments before the one you wish to use. For more information on optional arguments, see optional arguments.
- visibleTo: This specifies who the chat is visible to. Any players in this element will see the chat message. See visibility.
Note: The #RRGGBB format must contain capital letters a-f is not acceptable but A-F is. Default RGB values in this format are: '#E7D9B0'.
bool outputChatBox ( string text [, int r = 231, int g = 217, int b = 176, bool colorCoded = false ] )
Required Arguments
- text: The text string that you wish to send to the chat window. If more than 256 characters it will not be showed in chat.
Optional Arguments
NOTE: When using optional arguments, you might need to supply all arguments before the one you wish to use. For more information on optional arguments, see optional arguments.
- r: The amount of red in the color of the text. Default value is 231.
- g: The amount of green in the color of the text. Default value is 217.
- b: The amount of blue in the color of the text. Default value is 176.
- colorCoded: A boolean value determining whether or not '#RRGGBB' tags should be used.
Note: The #RRGGBB format must contain capital letters a-f is not acceptable but A-F is. Default RGB values in this format are: '#E7D9B0'.
Returns
Returns true if the message was displayed successfully. Returns false if invalid arguments are specified.
Example
Example 1: This example displays a chat message to all users.
x = 5 y = 10 -- Displays the message outputChatBox ( "I have " .. x .. " apples and " .. y .. " oranges." )
Example 2: This example outputs a simple colour coded message, "Red White", where the 'White' is in white colour, and 'Red' is in a red colour.
outputChatBox ( "Red #FFFFFFWhite", getRootElement(), 255, 0, 0, true )
Example 3: This example allows for coloured chat, according to a player's nametag. This makes use of colour coded outputs.
function colouredChat ( message, theType )
if theType == 0 then --if its normal chat (not /me or teamchat) then
cancelEvent() --prevent MTA from outputting chat
message = string.gsub(message, "#%x%x%x%x%x%x", "") --remove any hex tags in a player's chat to prevent custom colours by using lua's string.gsub
local r,g,b = getPlayerNametagColor ( source ) --get the player's nametag colour
local chatterName = getPlayerName ( source ) --get his name
--output a message with the name as his nametag colour, and the rest in white.
outputChatBox ( chatterName..":#FFFFFF "..message, getRootElement(), r, g, b, true )
end
end
addEventHandler("onPlayerChat", getRootElement(), colouredChat)
Example 4: This example displays a chat message to a single user called someguy.
-- Find the player element for the player called 'someguy'
myPlayer = getPlayerFromName ( "someguy" )
-- If a player was found called 'someguy' then...
if ( myPlayer ~= false ) then
x = 5
y = 10
-- Display the message
outputChatBox ( "I have " .. x .. " apples and " .. y .. " oranges.", myPlayer )
end
Example 5: These two functions can speed up typing, and display a message when a player Joins.
local msg_red,msg_green,msg_blue = 255,255,0
function servertalkprivate(message, sendto)
--Talk to one client only
outputChatBox(tostring(message), sendto, msg_red, msg_green, msg_blue, true)
end
function servertalk(message)
--Talk to everyone
servertalkprivate(message, getRootElement())
end
function onJoin()
servertalkprivate("Welcome to My Server", source)
end
addEventHandler("onPlayerJoin",getRootElement(),onJoin)
Example 6: This can be used to display a message when the player joins and sets its armor to 100.
function onJoin()
setPedArmor(source, 100)
local playerName = getPlayerName(source)
outputChatBox("Welcome ".. playerName .." To The Server", source, 0, 154, 255)
end
addEventHandler("onPlayerJoin", root, onJoin)
Example 7: This code will output an message to nearby players.
function displayLocalMessage(player, cmd)
if player then -- Check if command was triggered by player
local x, y, z = getElementPosition(player) -- Get player position
local nearbyPlayers = getElementsWithinRange(x, y, z, 10, "player") -- Retrieve nearby players in range of 10
outputChatBox("Local message :)!", nearbyPlayers) -- Output our message
end
end
addCommandHandler("localmessage", displayLocalMessage)
Example 8: This example displays your nickname and the amount of money.
function player_info(player,cmd)
outputChatBox("Name: #FFFFFF"..getPlayerName(player),player,255,0,0,true)
outputChatBox("Money: #FFFFFF"..getPlayerMoney(player).."#00FF00$",player,255,0,0,true)
end
addCommandHandler("info",player_info)