Keep getting errors when implementing a ROBLOX chat filter system into my chatbot game

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1

I’m just going to keep it short: I’ve been making a ROBLOX chat filter on my chatbot (with user input via a TextBox.), but when I do so, it keeps giving me errors.

My code is

local playerFrom = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local message = script.Parent.Text

FilteredString = game:GetService("Chat"):FilterStringForBroadcast (message, playerFrom)
script.Parent.FocusLost:connect(
	function(enterPressed)
		if enterPressed then
			game:GetService("Chat"):Chat(game.Workspace.FrankieRichBoy.Head, FilteredString, Enum.ChatColor.White)
		end
	end

)

It’s all about the game:GetService(“Chat”):Chat (etc) line. after the game.WorkSpace.FrankieRichBoy.Head, it shows “FilteredString”, I want the filtered string to show up above the dummy’s head when a user puts in a swear word. But, it keeps giving me the error “message must be non-empty” . Does anyone know what the problem is?

Thanks for reading, it’s appreciated!
:smiley:

2

If you don’t have any default text in your textbox, it’s going to error because it does the filteredString stuff outside of that event. I think you wanted it to so it filters when you stop focusing, in which case, do this

local playerFrom = game.Players.LocalPlayer

script.Parent.FocusLost:Connect(function(enterPressed)
	if enterPressed then
		local message = script.Parent.Text
		local FilteredString = game:GetService("Chat"):FilterStringForBroadcast(message, playerFrom)
		game:GetService("Chat"):Chat(game.Workspace.FrankieRichBoy.Head, FilteredString, Enum.ChatColor.White)
	end
end)

So it gets the latest info from the textbox when enter is pressed

3

It doesn’t error anymore, but it does not filter the messages…?

4

Looking at the documentation on that command, It only works from the Server, it doesn’t work if you do it on the client, try this?

local playerFrom = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local textserv = game:GetService("TextService")

script.Parent.FocusLost:Connect(function(enterPressed)
	if enterPressed then
		local message = script.Parent.Text
		local FilteredString = textserv:FilterStringAsync(message,playerFrom.UserId):GetNonChatStringForBroadcastAsync()
		game:GetService("Chat"):Chat(game.Workspace.FrankieRichBoy.Head, FilteredString, Enum.ChatColor.White)
	end
end)