Help with ChatMakeSystemMessage

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#1

Alright, so what I want to do is make a simple system message. I searched up a video on how and I used the same script.

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	plr.Chatted:Connect(function(msg)
		if msg:sub(1,3) == "-m " then
			game.StarterGui:SetCore("ChatMakeSystemMessage", {
				Text = msg:gsub("-m ", "", 1);
				Color = Color3.fromRGB(68, 255, 65)
			})
		end
	end)
end)

I ran the game, said “-m test” but nothing happened. System didn’t chat in the chatbox. And yes I’m using legacy chat but it won’t work. I tried everything but nothing worked.

If anyone can help, it’ll be greatly appreciated since I really need this feature in my game.

#2

Is the script a local script or a server script?

It needs to be in a local script (the ChatMakeSystemMessage), so change it if it is not already.

Additionally, you should have it loop through all players currently in game (for _, player in game.Players:GetPlayers())), and apply the same plr.Chatted code to them.

#3

Additionally, if you do move this to the client like @SeargentAUS said, it’s important to note Player.Chatted does not fire on the client, so you need some kind of alternative.

#4

I think ChatMakeSystemMessage works on both client and server. I searched it up.

And I think the Player:Chatted() event should run fine when a player joins.

Also tried your method like this:

Server

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	plr.Chatted:Connect(function(msg)
		if msg:sub(1, 2) == "-lm" then
			game.ReplicatedStorage.Test:FireAllClients(msg:gsub("-lm ", "", 1))
		end
	end)
end)

Client

game.ReplicatedStorage.Test.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(msg)
	script.Parent:SetCore("ChatMakeSystemMessage", {
		Text = msg;
		Color = Color3.fromRGB(138, 255, 102)
	})
end)

But still, it did not fix it.
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#5

You need to use msg:sub(1, 3) to get all the characters you needed to check for the chat command.

msg:sub(1, 2) --> "-l"
msg:sub(1, 3) --> "-lm"

Try adding print statements at each point in your code so you can figure out where it went wrong.

#6 
local RemoteEvent = game.ReplicatedStorage.RemoteEvent

RemoteEvent.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(Message)
	game.TextChatService.TextChannels.RBXGeneral:DisplaySystemMessage(Message)
end)
#7

Thank you! It finally worked! I guess it should be done in the client.
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