This system is discontinued. I’ve created my own entirely custom system that’s not a fork of anything. This new system is a branch of Better Chat. As of writing this, the post is currently pending.
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No, keep the default chat fork
Yes, make a custom UI
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Introduction
Better Chat is a simple to configure and setup model that adds new functionality to the default Roblox chat.
RichText which will allow you to use things like italics and more in the game’s main chat for everyone to see.
Autofill emojis, similar to Discord’s emoji system.
Custom emoji aliases
Emoji dropdown menu with commonly used emojis.
Auto-updater to provide the most up-to-date bug fixes/patches or new features.
Get the model here, but make sure to read the tutorial on setting it up below first!
Colors: Colors support hex codes and brick color codes , format: <COLOR / TEXT>, example: <Really red / This text will be colored.>
Italics: Italics are as easy as wrapping the specified text in /, example: /this will be italic/
Strikethrough: Strikethroughs are also simple to do, simply wrap your text in -, example: -this text will have a strikethrough-.
Underline: Underlines are the same process. Simply wrap your text in _, example: _this text will be underlined_
Bold: Last, but not least is bold. It’s essentially the same process, simply wrap your text in *, for example: *bold text*. Please note this will only work if you set your chat font to Source Sans / otherwise.
Move all the items inside the “Chat” folder into the “Chat” service in the explorer
Configure the “Settings” module to your needs and enjoy!
Navigating the emojis
Use your up/down arrow keys to go through the emoji list, and the left/right arrow keys or tab to select a specific emoji/autofill.
Want to stay up-to-date with upcoming updates?
You may want to stay up-to-date with updates due to some major ones modifying a ton of the base source-code that will involve a reinstallation of the system. I’m trying to perform all of these updates early to prevent massive issues in the future. If you have any questions about this, do not hesitate to ask.
If you’d like to stay up to date, join our discord.
Oh yeah one more thing, roblox tagging doesn’t occur due to the rich text (I’ve heard about that before) meaning if someone were to say a naughty word it wouldn’t be censored. Which would be a red flag!!! I would suggest incorporating some sort of workaround for this, otherwise games might be taken down for yeah people spamming bad words Read Posts below
Roblox tagging does occur. I’ve created a simple fork of the chat (which is provided in the model) that intercepts outgoing filtered messages and converts them to a valid rich-text format.
If you try to send a valid format, ex: <i>hi</i> it would probably be filtered which is why I use things like /hi/ and have the server replace it with a rich-text format after the actual message contents are filtered.
I’m really bad at explaining things, but check out the chat fork “Speaker” module at lines 295 - 321 and “ChatChannel” at lines 268 - 302.
I’ve found actually different in testing on a baseplate, I would double check this in a game. I would post screenshots, however it probably isn’t a good idea. Read Posts Below
It is very nice! Not too many people make custom chats like this, so great job! I recommend adding more things like Bold and stuff, and I can tell this chat will get popular soon! Great Work!
allow for certain things to be disabled, I have an already existing chat system that allows for certain people to have certain colors, don’t need a guest pretending to be a mod.
I did not have plans for it, but I might have to create my own bubble chat if Roblox doesn’t add RichText support for the actual chat bubbles. That’s primarily due to them being based in CoreGui now.
Long rich-text strings will no longer interfere with the TextBounds, previously a long string such as <really red / text><really red / text><really red / text> would really be split into multiple lines and result with giant gaps between messages.
Added shortcuts, which can be configured in settings. (Ex: /tableflip => (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻)
Chat Tags (linked to the permissions system below)
Permission System
Gamepasses, Groups, and Premium Rewards are now part of settings.
Rich Text accepts permissions for things like italics, so you could give only moderator access to italics if you wanted.
Notice
You will have to replace essentially all of the loader’s code for this update if you want to use the new features.
key to auto fill use 
key. It’s more intuitive 
, but now you have it.