I was trying to migrate my game to the new textchatservice, but doing so broke my chat tags I had for myself and some gamepass owners.
I tried to fix it but couldnt, any help?
local TextChatService = game:GetService("TextChatService")
local function IsDonator(Player)
if not Player then return 0 end
local count = 0
for i, v in pairs(GamepassList) do
if MS:UserOwnsGamePassAsync(Player.UserId, v) then
count = count + 1
end
end
return count
end
game:GetService("Players").PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
local AdminCheck, Find = IsAdmin(Player)
Player.Chatted:Connect(function(message)
if AdminCheck then
local formattedMessage = "[Owner] " .. message
TextChatService:SendMessage(formattedMessage, Enum.TextChatColor.Red, Player)
return
end
local DonatorRank = IsDonator(Player)
if DonatorRank > 0 then
local rankTag = string.format("[⚡%d]", DonatorRank)
local formattedMessage = rankTag .. " " .. message
TextChatService:SendMessage(formattedMessage, Enum.TextChatColor.Yellow, Player)
return
end
TextChatService:SendMessage(message, Enum.TextChatColor.White, Player)
end)
end)
function IsAdmin(Player)
if not Player then return end
local Find = Names[Player.UserId]
if Find then
return true, Find
else return false
end
end
local DonatorRank = IsDonator(Player)
if DonatorRank > 0 then
Rank.Text = string.format("Donator Rank %d", DonatorRank)
Rank.TextColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(245, 205, 48)
end
these are pieces of my complete script that have to do with the tagging system, this is also a system to create a tag above player heads in-game.
But that works, only trouble is chat tags
Assuming by ‘Chat Tags’ you mean prefixes to the player’s name in the chat box?
TextChatService.SendMessage doesn’t exist.
I think what you’re looking for is the TextChatService.OnIncomingMessage callback, which you can use to apply chat tags. It must be used on the client.
local tcs = game:GetService("TextChatService")
local players = game:GetService("Players")
tcs.OnIncomingMessage = function(message: TextChatMessage): TextChatMessageProperties
--create the properties
local prop = Instance.new("TextChatMessageProperties")
--get player
local sender = message.TextSource and players:GetPlayerByUserId(message.TextSource.UserId)
if (not sender) then --it's a system message
return prop
end
--you can do certain checks for the player here and assign tags appropriately.
--let's say you wanted an orange chat tag:
prop.PrefixText = "<font color = 'rgb(255, 170, 0)'>[Orange]</font>["..sender.Name.."]:"
--just return it at the end
return prop
end
so after some playing around i’ve abandoned the original script and tried to do this seperately
In a localscript in StarterPlayerScripts (which i think is the correct way)
i’ve added this:
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local TextChatService = game:GetService("TextChatService")
local OWNER_PLAYER_ID = 98053578 -- My ID
TextChatService.OnIncomingMessage = function(message)
local sender = message.TextSource and Players:GetPlayerByUserId(message.TextSource.UserId)
if not sender then return message end
local properties = Instance.new("TextChatMessageProperties")
if sender.UserId == OWNER_PLAYER_ID then
properties.PrefixText = "<font color='rgb(255, 0, 0)'>[Owner]</font>"
else
properties.PrefixText = ""
end
properties.Text = message.Text
return properties
end
I apologise if this is really basic or I sound stupid but now my NAME is Owner so text comes out like:
Owner: test test
It’s not stupid at all! We’ve all got to start somewhere when learning new things.
So the reason it only comes out as Owner is because the PrefixText of the Message contains your name to be displayed as a prefix to the message. You’re overwriting that with Owner, which is why your name doesn’t show up and only Owner does. You’ll need to add the name manually, or you can make use of the already existing Message.PrefixText to get it. The choice is yours.
I just tested with 2 different players, For some reason the chats are only visible to the person who send them.
is this because the script is a localscript?
If each client has the localscript, it should work for all the clients. It must be a client script because you can only use that callback on the client.
Is it that the whole message isnt showing or just the chat tag? Because you’re assigning a blank prefix if they aren’t thr owner, going off of your prevoous script. Also, you don’t need to assign the message text as the property text. Blank fields on the properties default to the message properties.
The whole messages aren’t appearing, not even bubbles are appearing above heads.
This is the script I’m using, I modified it a bit to fit more of my game. It works for the people it should work but yea, only client sided.
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local TextChatService = game:GetService("TextChatService")
local MS = game:GetService("MarketplaceService")
local OWNER_PLAYER_ID = 98053578 -- My ID
local GamepassList = {9228818, 9248248, 9248266, 9300503, 11534141}
local function IsDonator(Player)
if not Player then return 0 end
local count = 0
for _, gamepassId in pairs(GamepassList) do
if MS:UserOwnsGamePassAsync(Player.UserId, gamepassId) then
count = count + 1
end
end
return count
end
TextChatService.OnIncomingMessage = function(message)
local sender = message.TextSource and Players:GetPlayerByUserId(message.TextSource.UserId)
if not sender then return message end
local properties = Instance.new("TextChatMessageProperties")
local donatorRank = IsDonator(sender)
if sender.UserId == OWNER_PLAYER_ID then
properties.PrefixText = "<font color='rgb(255, 0, 0)'>[Owner]</font> " .. sender.Name .. ":"
elseif donatorRank > 0 then
properties.PrefixText = "<font color='rgb(255, 170, 0)'>[Donator Rank " .. donatorRank .. "]</font> " .. sender.Name .. ":"
else
properties.PrefixText = sender.Name .. ":"
end
properties.Text = message.Text
return properties
end
When you use MarketplaceService:UserOwnsGamePassAsync() on the client, you’re only allowed to use it for the local player.
So, when your client receives the callback call for your own message, the request is authenticated and the rest of the code is executed.
But, when you get a callback call for a different player, the function will error and execution will stop, so the properties are never returned, so the message is never sent.
Plus, doing an API call like that every time a message is sent is unneccessary and leaves more room for errors. Instead, I’d recommend assigning the player attribute(s) based on their chat tag eligibility when they first join on the server. Then, whenever the player sends a message, have each client check the attributes.
