How would I check if a player types a certain message in the chat?

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#1

Player typed certain message in chat function? How would I do it?

I want to make it so when a player types in chat the system checks if its a certain message (Example: /remove) and then there is space for me to code a function

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How to make chat commands
#2 
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
    Player.Chatted:Connect(function(Chat)
        print(Chat)
    end)
end)

or if your using local script stuff:

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer

Player.Chatted:Connect(function(Chat)
    print(Chat)
end)
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#3

But how do i check if the message chatted is a certain message (Example: /remove)

#4

This is the wrong category. Please go to #help-and-feedback:scripting-support

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#5 
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
    Player.Chatted:Connect(function(Chat)
        if Chat == "/remove" then
            print("Removing Thing")
        end
    end)
end)
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#6

@ScriptLocalize not working neither printing any errors to the output…

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#7

what are you using? local script thats in the player or server script?

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#8

I am using a Local Script in the workspace

#9

i think local scripts only works if its in the player…

i mean like “StarterGui”, etc.
try to use server script

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#10

Localscripts doesn’t work inside Workspace unless they are parented by a player character.

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#11

still does not work, i will try putting it in the player

#12

ofc it will not…

try this on the local script

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer

Player.Chatted:Connect(function(Chat)
    if Chat == "/remove" then
        print("Removing Thing")
    end
end)
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#13

where do i put the local script, workspace

#14

StarterPlayer.StarterPlayerScripts

#15

try to put it in the StarterGui

#16

A LocalScript isn’t the right thing to use in this scenario since you want everyone else to see what you’re doing. You should make it a Script in ServerScriptService instead(it’s bad practice to put Scripts in the Workspace since it’s disorganized).

Edit: Also, if you want to make commands I recommend you follow this tutorial instead of using the Chatted event.

#17

Hello, you would probably want to do it server sided, so you can replicate it to all clients at once. For that you have to make a Script in ServerScriptService and the code should be like:

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
  player.Chatted:Connect(function(msg)
        if string.sub(msg, 1, 8) == "/remove " then
              local arguement = string.sub(msg, 9) --If you want to get the string in chat after your prefix
        end
  end)
end)
#18

You can set the listener through a LocalScript which will only run once it’s replicated to a client, so it’s the same thing in functionality as far as the OP is concerned - the OP only requires a method to check for a certain phrase in a message sent from a player and that’s been answered a few times here already.

-- pseudo, get the player either through the client or server through the Players.PlayerAdded event.
local function onChatted(message)
    if message:match("/remove") then
    --// if it includes "/remove" anywhere in the message.. use string.sub or expand on the current function to ensure the phrase is at the beginning
    --// do something
    end
end
player.Chatted:Connect(onChatted)
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#19

try to put the localscript in the StarterPlayer > StarterPlayerScripts, because these scripts are shored in the PlayerScripts, and they don’t require a playeradded event since they get added after (not sure) the player, so you can try this

local player = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
local command = "/remove" -- there is a better way to do this, but for the sake of this post, im doing it the easy way

player.Chatted:Connect(function(message) -- when the player chats
    if message:lower():sub(1,#message) == command:lower() then -- this allows you to run the command even if you dont put the right capitilization, like if you say /RemOve, it will still work,
        -- Your code to do something here
    end
end)

also suggest you use a remote event to do stuff, or use the chatted event in SSS

#20

Still nothing happening, I have no idea why this is happening.