How would I mirror a players chat message?

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#1

So lately I have been thinking is there a way to mirror or flip the player’s message when they chat.

Example.
Hello How are you? = ?uoy era woH ollwH

Any help would be appreciated.

#2

You could use string.reverse() in a player.Chatted event.

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#3

Adding onto what Amora said, here’s an example

game:GetService("Players").PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	player.Chatted:Connect(function(message)
		local reversed = message:reverse() -- string.reverse(message) will have the same effect
		print(reversed)
	end)
end)
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#4

You could also add a RemoteEvent to fire, where the client will then make a message in chat with it.

Server code 
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local replicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	player.Chatted:Connect(function(message, recipient)
		local reversedMessage = string.reverse(message)
		print(reversedMessage)
		replicatedStorage:WaitForChild("SendReversedMessage"):FireAllClients(player.Name, reversedMessage)
	end)
end)
Client code 
local replicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local starterGui = game:GetService("StarterGui")

replicatedStorage:WaitForChild("SendReversedMessage").OnClientEvent:Connect(function(playerName, message)
	starterGui:SetCore("ChatMakeSystemMessage",{
		Text = "["..playerName.."]: "..message;
		Color = Color3.fromRGB(255, 75, 75);
		font = Enum.Font.SourceSansSemibold;
		FontSize = Enum.FontFize.Size32;
	})
end)
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#9

I suggest when you do implement the function that you put the reversed text through TextService:FilterStringAsync(), even if you only grab the messages that the filter accepts.

If someone finds a way to bypass that filter (i.e reversing the word), your game and/or account could be liable to face moderation.

#11

From what @x1_EE and I did (using a Player.Chatted event), that is unnecessary because it will pass the already automatically filtered message into the string.reverse, so the chat filter cannot be bypassed. The chat filter will filter inappropriate words spelt backwards.

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#12

Because I’m just WONDERING. What, is it a CRIME to be curious?

#13

I didn’t say it’s a crime, I just asked