Do you have to filter something in a singleplayer game?

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#1

I have a game where you can print whatever words you want from a printer but players can print unfiltered swear words, the game is singleplayer so is that a problem? if so how can I filter the text?

#2

Can you show me the code when your printer prints the text?

#3

Like:

for _,filter in ipairs(filterWords) do
    if filter in textToPrint then
         -- if blacklist word
    else
         -- if no blacklist word
    end
end
#4

You must filter text only if this text saved and loaded back to player, even for the same player. In other situations - nope.

#5

I know it’s spaghetti code

script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()

local paper = game.ReplicatedStorage.Part:Clone()
local label = paper.SurfaceGui.TextLabel

local screenGuiText = script.Parent.Parent.TextBox
local surfaceGuiText = label
local button = script.Parent
	
surfaceGuiText.Text = screenGuiText.Text
label.Font = script.Parent.Parent.TextBox.Font
	
paper.Parent = game.Workspace
paper.Position = game.Workspace.printer.printpart.Position
paper.Orientation = game.Workspace.printer.printpart.Orientation
	
local tweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")
local part = paper
	
local tweeningInformation = TweenInfo.new(
	2, -- lenght
	Enum.EasingStyle.Linear,
	Enum.EasingDirection.Out,
	0, -- if repeating is true then how many times should it repeat?
	false, -- repeating?
	0 -- delay
)
local partProperties = {
		Position = game.Workspace.printer.paperdone.Position;
}
	
	local Tween = tweenService:Create(part,tweeningInformation,partProperties)
	
	Tween:Play()
	
	game.Workspace.printer.printpart.Printer:Play()
	script.Parent.Visible = false
	script.Parent.BackgroundColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(135, 135, 136)
	wait(2)
	script.Parent.BackgroundColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(143, 143, 144)
	script.Parent.Visible = true
end)

Didn’t bother to remove the BackgroundColor3 stuff

#6

If the text is going to be displayed to other users it must be filtered. If the text is only going to be displayed to the user that wrote it I don’t think it needs to be filtered(I can’t find much official information and only went off what it says in the developer hub page below). However, I would filter it anyway just to be safe.

At the bottom of this page it sort of answers your question about whether to filter text if it’s only displayed to the user that wrote it.

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