Create chat tags with the new TextChatService?

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I want to create chat tags in my game using the new TextChatService.

I’m not sure how I would do this.

Thanks for any help.

I have looked on the dev forum and only found a gamepass-locked one, but i don’t want a gamepass locked one.

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Hello,

When Roblox announced this feature they included examples of how to do it!

Heres the devforum post. I believe you are looking for the VIP Demo one

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I’m trying to give players chat tags based on their username

So for example, if my username is AdSomnum, I’ll get an Owner chat tag

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Just add

if player.Name == "AdSomnum" then
--Your code
end
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would I do this in a local script in starterplayerscripts?

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Yes, or it could go in starter GUI or whatever but I think StarterPlayerScripts would be more realistic.

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alright, thank you for your help!

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You are absolutely welcome!

Have a great day.

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I did this

local TextChatService = game:GetService("TextChatService")
local Player = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer

TextChatService.OnIncomingMessage:Connect(function(message: TextChatMessage)
	local props = Instance.new("TextChatMessageProperties")
	if Player.Name == "AdSomnum" then
		props.PrefixText = "<font color='#000001'>[Owner]</font> " .. message.PrefixText
	end
end)

in a local script in starterplayerscripts

and it didn’t work

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With the part that says prefix text, I don’t think you completed that line fully.

Go back and re read what the full line said.

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props.PrefixText = "<font color='#F5CD30'>[VIP]</font> " .. message.PrefixText

that is the line in the VIP script from the forum link

props.PrefixText = "<font color='#000001'>[Owner]</font> " .. message.PrefixText

that is the line in my script

it’s completed i just changed the colour and tag

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I’m pretty sure it ends with more of the HTML looking stuff what message.prefixtext.

I would try to be more help but I’m on my phone right now.

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i made this (it gives a tag called OG to players who have a badge)

local ogs = {}

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	local has = game:GetService("BadgeService"):UserHasBadgeAsync(plr.UserId,2126845717)
	if has then
		if not table.find(ogs,plr.UserId) then
			table.insert(ogs,plr.UserId)
		end
	end
end)

game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(plr)
	pcall(function()
		table.remove(ogs,plr.UserId,table.find(ogs,plr.UserId))
	end)
end)

local TextChatService = game:GetService("TextChatService")

TextChatService.OnIncomingMessage = function(message)
	local fromuser = message.TextSource.UserId
	
	local props = Instance.new("TextChatMessageProperties")
	
	if table.find(ogs,fromuser) then
		props.PrefixText = "<font color='#FFFF00'>[OG]</font> " .. message.PrefixText
	end
	
	return props
end

for i,plr in ipairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
	pcall(function()
	local has = game:GetService("BadgeService"):UserHasBadgeAsync(plr.UserId,2126845717)
	if has then
		if not table.find(ogs,plr.UserId) then
			table.insert(ogs,plr.UserId)
		end
		end
	end)
end
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Hello. You forgot to return the TextChatMessageProperties

local TextChatService = game:GetService("TextChatService")
local Player = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer

TextChatService.OnIncomingMessage:Connect(function(message: TextChatMessage)
	local props = Instance.new("TextChatMessageProperties")
	if Player.Name == "AdSomnum" then
		props.PrefixText = "<font color='#000001'>[Owner]</font> " .. message.PrefixText
		return props
	end
end)
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TextChatService - Chat Tags

    local dev = {}
    local specificPlayer = "username" -- Change to your username

    game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	if plr.Name == specificPlayer then
		table.insert(dev, plr.UserId)
	end
end)

game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(plr)
	for i, id in ipairs(dev) do
		if id == plr.UserId then
			table.remove(dev, i)
			break
		end
	end
         end)

local TextChatService = game:GetService("TextChatService")

    TextChatService.OnIncomingMessage = function(message)
	local fromUser = message.TextSource.UserId

	local props = Instance.new("TextChatMessageProperties")

	if table.find(dev, fromUser) then
		props.PrefixText = "[Developer]" .. message.PrefixText
	end

	return props
end

for _, plr in ipairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
	if plr.Name == specificPlayer then
		table.insert(dev, plr.UserId)
	end
end
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It is not advised to use your username for stuff like this, as you basically won’t be recognized by the script anymore. Use UserId instead! (i apologize for the necro…)

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don’t mind if i do… ctrl+c, ctrl+v, your code is now my property

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Hi @AdSomnum i see that you have a problem, anyways try this out:

local TextChatService = game:GetService("TextChatService")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local LocalPlayer = Players.LocalPlayer

TextChatService.OnIncomingMessage = function(msg: TextChatMessage)
	local prop = Instance.new("TextChatMessageProperties")

	if msg.TextSource then
		local plr = Players:GetPlayerByUserId(msg.TextSource.UserId)

		if plr then
			if plr.Name == "AdSomnum" then
				prop.PrefixText = "<font color='#000001'>[Owner]</font> " .. plr.Name .. ": "
			else
				prop.PrefixText = plr.Name .. ": "
			end
		end
	end

	return prop
end

Important

  • with = function(stringParameter: TextChatService) ← the service you want the string to parent with? Is use to say that you want the TextChatService.OnIncommingMessage be a function. The OnIncommingMessage is a function within tje Chat that allowed you to get messages for it as we do in the code.
  • we get the player by its userId while checking the MessageId of the Messafe the Player sends: local plr = Players:GetPlayerByUserId(msg.TextSource.UserId) at the end we will put the scope where the code should find the userId to the MessageId of it so the player gets target.
  • after all that we will check if the player was found by typing in: if plr then meaning when plr that we have set with GetPlayerByUserId was or has been found then do if plr.Name == "YOUR_NAME" then prop.PrefixText = "[Owner] " .. plr.Name .. ": " else prop.PrefixText = plr.Name .. ": " end

Anyways it should work?