New Chat System Now Live!

TheGamer101 · December 11, 2016, 4:49am

I implemented this hack but unfortunelty did not ship it in time. The most recent version of the chat on git-hub has this. I can attach a model here if anyone wants this version.

github.com

ROBLOX/Core-Scripts/blob/master/CoreScriptsRoot/Modules/Server/ClientChat/ChatBar.lua#L353




	local curAbsoluteSizeY = self.GuiObject.AbsoluteSize.Y
	self.GuiObject.Size = endSize
	local endAbsoluteSizeY = self.GuiObject.AbsoluteSize.Y
	self.GuiObject.Size = curSize


	local pixelDistance = math.abs(endAbsoluteSizeY - curAbsoluteSizeY)
	local tweeningTime = math.min(1, (pixelDistance * (1 / self.TweenPixelsPerSecond))) -- pixelDistance * (seconds per pixels)


	local success = pcall(function() self.GuiObject:TweenSize(endSize, Enum.EasingDirection.Out, Enum.EasingStyle.Quad, tweeningTime, true) end)
	if (not success) then
		self.GuiObject.Size = endSize
	end
end


function methods:SetTextSize(textSize)
	if not self:IsInCustomState() then
		if self.TextBox then
			self.TextBox.TextSize = textSize
		end
		if self.TextLabel then

The real fix will be done when we can turn on ScreenGui.ResetOnSpawn and ScreenGui.DisplayOrder.

Usering · December 11, 2016, 5:24am

Yay good to know this is already fixed!

1waffle1 · December 11, 2016, 6:10pm

In Work at a Pizza Place, I can’t see what I’m typing. The text box isn’t there, but I can still chat by pressing /. It’s very offputting and I don’t know if it’s the game or the chat.

SeafoamWolfy · December 12, 2016, 9:35pm

It’s the chat, because it happens on my game as well.

Khodin · December 13, 2016, 7:41am

Is the fade animation going to be made 60 FPS soon?

1waffle1 · December 13, 2016, 7:59pm

Lots of times chat leaves out the last word I typed. Has anyone else noticed this?

MrHistory · December 15, 2016, 10:52pm

I want a function that I can call from some script in ServerScriptService that displays a given message to all clients via the chat window. Is this possible?

1waffle1 · December 15, 2016, 10:59pm

It looks like it is, sort of
http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php?title=API:Class/StarterGui/SetCore

API:Class/StarterGui/SetCore:

game.StarterGui:SetCore("ChatMakeSystemMessage", {
	Text = "Welcome to my game!"; -- Required. Has to be a string!
	Color = Color3.new(0, 1, 1); -- Cyan is (0, 255 / 255, 255 / 255). Optional, defaults to white: Color3.new(255 / 255, 255 / 255, 243 / 255)
	Font = Enum.Font.SourceSans; -- Optional, defaults to Enum.Font.SourceSansBold
	FontSize = Enum.FontSize.Size24; -- Optional, defaults to Enum.FontSize.Size18
})

it can’t be called from ServerScriptService; it would have to fire a signal to all of the clients telling them to do this.

Dummiez · December 16, 2016, 6:08am

The last word gets kinda sandwiched on the chat border, if you have the chat resizeable option to true and resize it appears. Pretty sure text wrapping has to do something with it (or text fits).

TheGamer101 · December 16, 2016, 7:59am

Yeah, this is because we don’t take the scroll bar size away from the AbsoluteWindowSize when calculating the text bounds. This will be fixed soon. The wiki page used to lie and say that AbsoluteWindowSize did not include the scroll bar size

TheGamer101 · January 3, 2017, 7:52pm

This is actually not true, the wiki was right. I am not sure what exactly causes this issue but my fix works

As8D · January 7, 2017, 8:31pm

This happens with the new chat system.

TheGamer101 · January 7, 2017, 9:30pm

This is because the web filter was experiencing problems at this time.

As8D · January 7, 2017, 9:32pm

Hm - I’m just wondering why it’s not pcall’ed? Surely, error feedback is good, but not expecting 3rd-party APIs to error may not be desireable.

WhereIsMyShirt · January 14, 2017, 4:09am

Golly

Merely · January 17, 2017, 5:41pm

I would love for the parts of the chat that can’t be interacted with to not absorb mouse clicks. Is that a possibility?

spotco · January 18, 2017, 3:46am

blog post up with new chat details (https://blog.roblox.com/2017/01/new-chat-system-api/).

of course, still working through all the bugs. more great stuff coming soon.

spotco · January 18, 2017, 4:08am

it’s also got a link to some great documentation and manuals from @Maximum_ADHD and @UristMcSparks

Alkan · January 24, 2017, 3:54am

This has been present and reported since June, still no fix Extremely obnoxious and close to gamebreaking sometimes.

TheGamer101 · January 25, 2017, 1:11am

Looking into this now. I think it should be possible.