Massive Sign Text Problem ( does not tag profanity )

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#1

so i made a block building game while i was playing it with some random ppl and one guy was annoyed by me so what he did… ( theres a sign block that u can input any text ) was make the sign block text swearing at me??? i instanty banned him and searched for results i found some filter and broadcast thing but it returns as error pls help:

script.Parent.PartPlaced.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, Face, Target, SignText)
	local character = player.Character
	if character and character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart") then

		local Block = game.ReplicatedStorage.Block14:Clone()

		Block.SurfaceGui.TextLabel.Text = SignText

		if Face == Enum.NormalId.Top then
			Block.Position = Target.Position + Vector3.new(0, 4, 0)
			Block.SurfaceGui.Face = Face
		elseif Face == Enum.NormalId.Left then
			Block.Position = Target.Position + Vector3.new(-4, 0, 0)
			Block.SurfaceGui.Face = Face
		elseif Face == Enum.NormalId.Right then
			Block.Position = Target.Position + Vector3.new(4, 0, 0)
			Block.SurfaceGui.Face = Face
		elseif Face == Enum.NormalId.Bottom then
			Block.Position = Target.Position + Vector3.new(0, -4, 0)
			Block.SurfaceGui.Face = Face
		elseif Face == Enum.NormalId.Back then
			Block.Position = Target.Position + Vector3.new(0, 0, 4)
			Block.SurfaceGui.Face = Face
		elseif Face == Enum.NormalId.Front then
			Block.Position = Target.Position + Vector3.new(0, 0, -4)
			Block.SurfaceGui.Face = Face
		end

		Block.Parent = workspace.Blocks
	end
end)
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#2
#3

i tried this but doesnt filter:

script.Parent.PartPlaced.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, Face, Target, SignText)
	local character = player.Character
	if character and character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart") then

		local Block = game.ReplicatedStorage.Block14:Clone()
		local filterResult

		local success, errorMessage = pcall(function()
			filterResult = game:GetService("TextService"):FilterStringAsync(SignText, player.UserId)
		end)

		if success then
			Block.SurfaceGui.TextLabel.Text = filterResult:GetNonChatStringForBroadcastAsync()
		else
			--
		end

		if Face == Enum.NormalId.Top then
			Block.Position = Target.Position + Vector3.new(0, 4, 0)
			Block.SurfaceGui.Face = Face
		elseif Face == Enum.NormalId.Left then
			Block.Position = Target.Position + Vector3.new(-4, 0, 0)
			Block.SurfaceGui.Face = Face
		elseif Face == Enum.NormalId.Right then
			Block.Position = Target.Position + Vector3.new(4, 0, 0)
			Block.SurfaceGui.Face = Face
		elseif Face == Enum.NormalId.Bottom then
			Block.Position = Target.Position + Vector3.new(0, -4, 0)
			Block.SurfaceGui.Face = Face
		elseif Face == Enum.NormalId.Back then
			Block.Position = Target.Position + Vector3.new(0, 0, 4)
			Block.SurfaceGui.Face = Face
		elseif Face == Enum.NormalId.Front then
			Block.Position = Target.Position + Vector3.new(0, 0, -4)
			Block.SurfaceGui.Face = Face
		end

		Block.Parent = workspace.Blocks
	end
end)
#4

ok i did smth and it worked like it prints the filtered text except its not filtered…

#5

If you’re testing this in Studio, that’s why it doesn’t filter. Studio lacks the chat filter, and this seems to apply to TextService methods too.

I ran the same piece of code, once in Studio, once in the Roblox server-sided developer console:

print(game:GetService("TextService"):FilterStringAsync(--[[F word and S word as a string]], --[[my UserId]], Enum.TextFilterContext.PublicChat):GetNonChatStringForBroadcastAsync())

In Studio, I got unfiltered text. In Roblox servers, it came back as hashtags.
Please remember to use a pcall. I did not since it was a one line test.

Try testing it in game servers and see if the issue still persists.

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#6

oh it does… bruh thx for telling im dumb

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#7

what does a pcall do btw its already working without one sooo

#8

pcall basically just catches errors. If you use it right in this context, you can catch any errors that could occur during the filter process.

There’s a common misconception that anything ending in Async needs a pcall. Some things that end in Async do, because they are asynchronous network requests that can fail, but don’t always fail. I can’t remember if TextService’s filter methods are part of that group which need pcalls, but there’s no harm in doing so.

I’d actually recommend an xpcall for easier handling.

local _, filtered = xpcall(function()
    return TextService:FilterStringForBroadcast(text, userId, Enum.TextFilterContext.PublicChat):GetNonChatStringForBroadcastAsync()
end, function(_err)
    --you can filter text yourself here. This code will only run if the previous code fails.
    return filteredText
end)

--now, no matter what, you will always have some kind of filtered text.
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