What do you want to achieve? well, i’d like to acheive that a certain player (specified with a userid) has a keybind set that executes a script that gives the user a different chat tag.
What is the issue? i’m very new to scripting, so i kind of just frankensteined a couple scripts together and now things are going wrong and i don’t know how to get it to work, whenever i press the keybind it just doesn’t change my chat tag.
What solutions have you tried so far? i’ve tried changing the order of the lines, finding different ways to get the userid of everyone, and i’ve tried numerous tutorials, but none of them is as specific as this. what do i need to do to get this working correctly?
i think it’s also worth mentioning that this script worked if i didn’t include the specific userid part. it works fine until the userid specification.
the “group” half of the chat tag creation part is irrelevant but i got it from a youtube tutorial so oueoghjegu
here is the script i have so far:
local userInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
userInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(input, gameProcessedEvent)
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
if player.UserId == 7937493120 and input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.KeypadPeriod then
local TextChatService = game:GetService("TextChatService")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local owners = {7937493120} -- Add user IDs here
local groupId = nil -- Replace this with the ID of your group
TextChatService.OnIncomingMessage = function(message)
local properties = Instance.new("TextChatMessageProperties")
local textSource = message.TextSource
if textSource then
local player = Players:GetPlayerByUserId(message.TextSource.UserId)
local isOwner = false
local isInGroup = false
for i, v in pairs(owners) do
if v == player.UserId then
isOwner = true
break
end
end
if groupId and player:IsInGroup(groupId) then
isInGroup = true
end
if isOwner then
properties.PrefixText = "<font color='rgb(255,146,37)'>{ARCHER}</font> " .. message.PrefixText
elseif isInGroup then
properties.PrefixText = "<font color='rgb(0,255,0)'>[MEMBER]</font> " .. message.PrefixText
end
end
return properties
end
end
end
Dont nest Playeradded inside a connection, As well as not nesting the oncoming message inside of it
you could instead nest UIS inside the playeradded (as its on the server you’d have to) and unnest the textchatservice to its own scope
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instead of looping your table to find isowner is true or not, try table.find instead if table.find(owners, player.UserId)
Not sure if this will work or not but give it a try
I removed the groups as you said it’s irrelevant
local Players = game:GetService("Players");
local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService");
local TextChatService = game:GetService("TextChatService");
local owners = {7937493120} -- Add user IDs here
UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(input, gameProcessedEvent)
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
if player.UserId == table.find(owners, player.UserId) then
TextChatService.OnIncomingMessage = function(message)
local properties = Instance.new("TextChatMessageProperties")
local textSource = message.TextSource
if textSource then
local player = Players:GetPlayerByUserId(message.TextSource.UserId)
local isOwner = false
for i, v in pairs(owners) do
if v == player.UserId then
isOwner = true
break
end
end
if isOwner then
properties.PrefixText = "<font color='rgb(255,146,37)'>{ARCHER}</font> " .. message.PrefixText
end
end
return properties
end
end
end)
end)
it did not work, same problem as last time where it just doesnt change the tag at all
could it be of any use the information that my character already has a chat tag, and my attempt with this script is to change it to something else?
– side question if it’s not too late, i know this is a super rookie stupid dumb question here but where the hell do i put this localscript??? a tutorial told me in startergui but that sounds strange
If that is true then yes, the chat tag script that you posted is probably being overridden by the one that is already there. Are you using another script to create the other chat tag? Or is it part of Roblox?
the other chat tag is another localscript yeah, that one works perfectly because i was able to follow a tutorial haha
though its strange because despite that script being active, without the userid fussbuss, it still worked
heres the other constant chattag’s script
local TextChatService = game:GetService("TextChatService")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local owners = {7937493120} -- Add user IDs here
local groupId = nil -- Replace this with the ID of your group
TextChatService.OnIncomingMessage = function(message)
local properties = Instance.new("TextChatMessageProperties")
local textSource = message.TextSource
if textSource then
local player = Players:GetPlayerByUserId(message.TextSource.UserId)
local isOwner = false
local isInGroup = false
for i, v in pairs(owners) do
if v == player.UserId then
isOwner = true
break
end
end
if groupId and player:IsInGroup(groupId) then
isInGroup = true
end
if isOwner then
properties.PrefixText = "<font color='rgb(255,146,37)'>{TEMPO}</font> " .. message.PrefixText
elseif isInGroup then
properties.PrefixText = "<font color='rgb(0,255,0)'>[MEMBER]</font> " .. message.PrefixText
end
end
return properties
end
wait but um i might be stupid but where do you specify the keybind here?? the keybind i want is the period on the numberpad and i dont see that anywhere specified gere
oh gosh… thank you so much for the instructions but i’m afraid i can’t follow these instructions too well, not because of you, when i say i’m new, i’m fresh out of the box i don’t even truly believe i am at the level of coding to even think of doing something as strange and complicated as the one i’m hoping to make right now, but it is required for my game to be satisfying to me could you um explain a bit further or pprovide examples or anything like that /nf
Try this code out, I simplified the code so it’s easier for me to understand. If this is the intended behavior then I’ll compile and post the complete script.
local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local TextChatService = game:GetService("TextChatService")
TextChatService.OnIncomingMessage = function(message)
local properties = Instance.new("TextChatMessageProperties")
local textSource = message.TextSource
if textSource then
properties.PrefixText = "<font color='rgb(255,146,37)'>{TEMPO}</font> " .. message.PrefixText
end
return properties
end
UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(input, gameProcessedEvent)
if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.KeypadPeriod then
TextChatService.OnIncomingMessage = function(message)
local properties = Instance.new("TextChatMessageProperties")
local textSource = message.TextSource
if textSource then
properties.PrefixText = "<font color='rgb(255,146,37)'>{ARCHER}</font> " .. message.PrefixText
end
return properties
end
end
end)
I just combined both of them as there is no reason for them to be in separate files
Here you go
You can delete the other script, I just put it all in one script
Also I kept the group thing in case you want to use it in the future
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local TextChatService = game:GetService("TextChatService")
local switch = false;
local ownerTag = "<font color='rgb(255,146,37)'>{TEMPO}</font> ";
local owners = {7937493120}
local groupId = nil
UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(input, gameProcessedEvent)
if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.KeypadPeriod and switch == false then
ownerTag = "<font color='rgb(255,146,37)'>{ARCHER}</font> ";
switch = true;
elseif input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.KeypadPeriod and switch == true then
ownerTag = "<font color='rgb(255,146,37)'>{TEMPO}</font> ";
switch = false;
end
end)
TextChatService.OnIncomingMessage = function(message)
local properties = Instance.new("TextChatMessageProperties")
local textSource = message.TextSource
if textSource then
local player = Players:GetPlayerByUserId(message.TextSource.UserId)
local isOwner = false
local isInGroup = false
for i, v in pairs(owners) do
if v == player.UserId then
isOwner = true
break
end
end
if groupId and player:IsInGroup(groupId) then
isInGroup = true
end
if isOwner then
properties.PrefixText = ownerTag .. message.PrefixText
elseif isInGroup then
properties.PrefixText = "<font color='rgb(0,255,0)'>[MEMBER]</font> " .. message.PrefixText
end
end
return properties
end
FRIEND!! SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED it seems to have perfectly worked in the playtest, but when i applied it to the rea game it DOESNT WORK ANYMORE!! do you have any reason?? is the script in the wrong place??
(i’ve 100% deleted the other script!!)
by that i mean, the chattag {TEMPO} will appear, but it will not switch!!
You should probably create another post as this is already a completely separate issue.
Also please don’t remove the Solution to this post as this could help others who come across this same issue as you.
As for the deleted scripts, you posted both of your scripts here so you can just copy paste them back
i don’t even truly believe i am at the level of coding to even think of doing something as strange and complicated as the one i’m hoping to make right now, but it is required for my game to be satisfying to me 
it seems to have perfectly worked in the playtest, but when i applied it to the rea game it DOESNT WORK ANYMORE!! do you have any reason?? is the script in the wrong place??