How do I add "light influence" to bubble chat?

RVVZ · February 4, 2020, 6:36pm

Having bubble chat can be ruined in horror games, so I am asking:

-Is there a way to change the max distance of it?
-Is there a light influence option?
-Can I change the core mechanics of the bubble chat system?

blokav · February 4, 2020, 6:39pm

Here’s a reply I made to a post regarding disabling chat options:

colbert2677 · February 4, 2020, 6:43pm

Fork the BubbleChat LocalScript and set the properties you want accordingly. The BillboardGui for BubbleChat is created at line 324, so you can integrate the LightInfluence and MaxDistance configuration in its creator function.

github.com

MaximumADHD/Roblox-Client-Tracker/blob/roblox/scripts/CoreScripts/Modules/Server/ClientChat/BubbleChat/BubbleChat.lua#L324


      
          

          function this:SanitizeChatLine(msg)

          	if getMessageLength(msg) > MaxChatMessageLengthExclusive then

          		local byteOffset = utf8.offset(msg, MaxChatMessageLengthExclusive + getMessageLength(ELIPSES) + 1) - 1

          		return string.sub(msg, 1, byteOffset)

          	else

          		return msg

          	end

          end

          

          local function createBillboardInstance(adornee)

          	local billboardGui = Instance.new("BillboardGui")

          	billboardGui.Adornee = adornee

          	billboardGui.Size = UDim2.new(0, BILLBOARD_MAX_WIDTH, 0, BILLBOARD_MAX_HEIGHT)

          	billboardGui.StudsOffset = Vector3.new(0, 1.5, 2)

          	billboardGui.Parent = BubbleChatScreenGui

          

          	local billboardFrame = Instance.new("Frame")

          	billboardFrame.Name = "BillboardFrame"

          	billboardFrame.Size = UDim2.new(1, 0, 1, 0)

          	billboardFrame.Position = UDim2.new(0, 0, -0.5, 0)

Behaviours modification also requires a fork.

RVVZ · February 4, 2020, 6:59pm

Thank you, is it also possible to do the same with name tags?

blokav · February 4, 2020, 7:04pm

For that you could connect a function to the CharacterAdded event to change the DisplayDistanceType property of the player’s Humanoid object.

RVVZ · February 4, 2020, 7:19pm

I’m aware how to do that, It’s just I need it for light influence.

colbert2677 · February 4, 2020, 7:25pm

No, character nameplates are baked into CoreScripts. You can try and replicate nameplates to be able to do this but I don’t have the code for that on me right now.

I know it’s possible because a game I know called “The Final Stand 2” does this. It has a fork of the nameplate and has two health bars. The second one is a blue version of the health bar that represents armour integrity.