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==Syntax==  
==Syntax==  
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">bool outputConsole ( string text, [ element visibleTo=getRootElement() ] )</syntaxhighlight>  
<section name="Client" class="client" show="true">
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">bool outputConsole ( string text )</syntaxhighlight>
 
===Required Arguments===
*'''text:''' The text string that you wish to send to the console window
</section>
 
<section name="Server" class="server" show="true"><syntaxhighlight lang="lua">bool outputConsole ( string text, [ element visibleTo=getRootElement() ] )</syntaxhighlight>  


===Required Arguments===  
===Required Arguments===  
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===Optional Arguments===  
===Optional Arguments===  
*'''visibleTo:''' This specifies who the chat is visible to. Any players in this element will see the chat message. See [[visibility]].
*'''visibleTo:''' This specifies who the chat is visible to. Any players in this element will see the chat message. See [[visibility]].
{{Note|'''visibleTo''' can also be a Team object, in this case, the text will be visible to all the players of that team.}}
{{Note|'''visibleTo''' can also be a Team object, in this case, the text will be visible to all the players of that team.}}</section>
 
==Remarks==
The serverside function has a limitation of 1000 characters for the text parameter. Anything beyond 1000 characters is trimmed away. This limitation does not apply to the clientside version.


==Example==
==Example==
This code creates two console commands. One, 'public', will post a message in the consoles of all players, and the other, 'private', will post a message in only the console of the player that executed the command.
<section name="Server" class="server" show="true">This code creates two console commands. One, 'public', will post a message in the consoles of all players, and the other, 'private', will post a message in only the console of the player that executed the command.
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
function publicMessage ( sourcePlayer, command )
function message(player,command)
      outputConsole ( "Public console message" )               -- Display console message for all players
if command == "public" then
end
outputConsole("Public console message")
 
else
function privateMessage ( sourcePlayer, command )
outputConsole("Private console message",player)
      outputConsole ( "Private console message", sourcePlayer ) -- Send message to whoever entered the /private command
end
end
end
 
addCommandHandler("public",message)
addCommandHandler ( "public", publicMessage )
addCommandHandler("private",message)
addCommandHandler ( "private", privateMessage )
</syntaxhighlight></section>
</syntaxhighlight>
 
 


==See Also==
==See Also==
{{Server functions}}
{{Server functions}}

Latest revision as of 10:54, 18 January 2020

This outputs the specified text string to the console window (accessed with F8 or ~ key). It can be specified as a message to certain player(s) or all players.

Syntax

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Client
bool outputConsole ( string text )

Required Arguments

  • text: The text string that you wish to send to the console window
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Server
bool outputConsole ( string text, [ element visibleTo=getRootElement() ] )

Required Arguments

  • text: The text string that you wish to send to the console window

Optional Arguments

  • visibleTo: This specifies who the chat is visible to. Any players in this element will see the chat message. See visibility.
[[{{{image}}}|link=|]] Note: visibleTo can also be a Team object, in this case, the text will be visible to all the players of that team.

Remarks

The serverside function has a limitation of 1000 characters for the text parameter. Anything beyond 1000 characters is trimmed away. This limitation does not apply to the clientside version.

Example

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Server
This code creates two console commands. One, 'public', will post a message in the consoles of all players, and the other, 'private', will post a message in only the console of the player that executed the command. 
function message(player,command)
	if command == "public" then
		outputConsole("Public console message")
	else
		outputConsole("Private console message",player)
	end
end
addCommandHandler("public",message)
addCommandHandler("private",message)

See Also


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