Help with new chat system

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#1

how can I send a message from a local script in In-Experience Text Chat System (new chat system)

#2

You can send a message from a local script in TextChatService using TextChatService.OnIncomingMessage!

Example:

Script in ServerScriptService

--<< Services >>--
local Players = game:GetService("Players")

--<< Variables >>--
local creatorId = game.CreatorId

--<< Add Attributes when player is added >>--
Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
		if player.UserId == creatorId and player:GetAttribute("isADeveloper") ~= true then
		player:SetAttribute("isDeveloper", true)
	end
end)

Local Script in StarterPlayerScripts

--<< Services >>--
local TextChatService = game:GetService("TextChatService")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")

--<< On Incoming Message Code >>--
TextChatService.OnIncomingMessage = function(message: TextChatMessage)
	local properties = Instance.new("TextChatMessageProperties")
	
	if message.TextSource then
		local player = Players:GetPlayerByUserId(message.TextSource.UserId)
		if player:GetAttribute("isDeveloper") == true then
			properties.PrefixText = "<font color='#ADD8E6'>[DEV]</font> " .. message.PrefixText
		end
	end
	
	return properties
end)

This should make a Chat Tag system once a player types and sends a message in the chat that has the isDeveloper attribute.

If you’re looking for sending messages from local script to a server script, then you may want to use TextChatService.SendingMessage, TextChatService.MessageReceived, and TextChannel:SendAsync().

If you’re looking for TextChannel:DisplaySystemMessage(), then you can try it with a TextChatCommand. You want to have CreateDefaultTextChannels enabled in order to use this. As an example:

Go to TextChatService and create a TextChatCommand
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and set the PrimaryAlias and SecondaryAlias accordingly
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Script in ServerScriptService

--!strict
local TextChatService = game:GetService("TextChatService")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local TweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")

local Command: TextChatCommand = TextChatService:WaitForChild("TextChatCommand")

Command.Triggered:Connect(function(textSource, message)
	local player = Players:GetPlayerByUserId(textSource.UserId)
	
	if player then
		local character = player.Character
		
		if character then
			local humanoid = character:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
			
			if humanoid then
				for _, child in ipairs(humanoid:GetChildren()) do
					if child:IsA("NumberValue") then
						TweenService:Create(child, TweenInfo.new(), { Value = child.Value * 2}):Play()
					end
				end
			end
		end
	end
end)

Local Script in StarterPlayerScripts

--!strict
local TextChatService = game:GetService("TextChatService")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")

local Command: TextChatCommand = TextChatService:WaitForChild("TextChatCommand")
local SystemChannel: TextChannel = TextChatService:FindFirstChild("RBXSystem", true)

Command.Triggered:Connect(function(textSource, message)
	SystemChannel:DisplaySystemMessage(string.format("Supersizing %s...", textSource.Name))
end)

More information about creating them can be found here.

Fun Fact: Both of the TextChatCommand examples are made by Roblox.

Hopefully this helps or make you have a better understanding about TextChatService and how it works and i hope the resources can help you as well!

Resources:
TextChatService
In-Experience Text Chat
In-Experience Text Chat System
Migrating from LegacyChatService to TextChatService
Attributes

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#3

ill look into that once I am back home