So I am using Roblox’s default chat, is there a way to get a rainbow text color using HSV?
Roblox’s Extra Data Initializer Script:
-- // FileName: ExtraDataInitializer.lua
-- // Written by: Xsitsu
-- // Description: Module that sets some basic ExtraData such as name color, and chat color.
local SpecialChatColors = {
Groups = {
{
--- ROBLOX Interns group
GroupId = 2868472,
Rank = 100,
ChatColor = Color3.new(175/255, 221/255, 1),
},
{
--- ROBLOX Admins group
GroupId = 1200769,
ChatColor = Color3.new(1, 215/255, 0),
},
},
Players = {
{
--- Left as an example
-- UserId = 2231221,
-- ChatColor = Color3.new(205/255, 0, 0)
{
UserId = 9214887,
ChatColor = Color3.fromHSV(hue/256, .5, .8),
},
}
}
}
local function MakeIsInGroup(groupId, requiredRank)
assert(type(requiredRank) == "nil" or type(requiredRank) == "number", "requiredRank must be a number or nil")
return function(player)
if player and player.UserId then
local userId = player.UserId
local inGroup = false
local success, err = pcall(function() -- Many things can error is the IsInGroup check
if requiredRank then
inGroup = player:GetRankInGroup(groupId) > requiredRank
else
inGroup = player:IsInGroup(groupId)
end
end)
if not success and err then
print("Error checking in group: " ..err)
end
return inGroup
end
return false
end
end
local function ConstructIsInGroups()
if SpecialChatColors.Groups then
for _, group in pairs(SpecialChatColors.Groups) do
group.IsInGroup = MakeIsInGroup(group.GroupId, group.Rank)
end
end
end
ConstructIsInGroups()
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local function GetSpecialChatColor(speakerName)
if SpecialChatColors.Players then
local playerFromSpeaker = Players:FindFirstChild(speakerName)
if playerFromSpeaker then
for _, player in pairs(SpecialChatColors.Players) do
if playerFromSpeaker.UserId == player.UserId then
return player.ChatColor
end
end
end
end
if SpecialChatColors.Groups then
for _, group in pairs(SpecialChatColors.Groups) do
if group.IsInGroup(Players:FindFirstChild(speakerName)) then
return group.ChatColor
end
end
end
end
local function Run(ChatService)
local NAME_COLORS =
{
Color3.new(253/255, 41/255, 67/255), -- BrickColor.new("Bright red").Color,
Color3.new(1/255, 162/255, 255/255), -- BrickColor.new("Bright blue").Color,
Color3.new(2/255, 184/255, 87/255), -- BrickColor.new("Earth green").Color,
BrickColor.new("Bright violet").Color,
BrickColor.new("Bright orange").Color,
BrickColor.new("Bright yellow").Color,
BrickColor.new("Light reddish violet").Color,
BrickColor.new("Brick yellow").Color,
}
local function GetNameValue(pName)
local value = 0
for index = 1, #pName do
local cValue = string.byte(string.sub(pName, index, index))
local reverseIndex = #pName - index + 1
if #pName%2 == 1 then
reverseIndex = reverseIndex - 1
end
if reverseIndex%4 >= 2 then
cValue = -cValue
end
value = value + cValue
end
return value
end
local color_offset = 0
local function ComputeNameColor(pName)
return NAME_COLORS[((GetNameValue(pName) + color_offset) % #NAME_COLORS) + 1]
end
local function GetNameColor(speaker)
local player = speaker:GetPlayer()
if player then
if player.Team ~= nil then
return player.TeamColor.Color
end
end
return ComputeNameColor(speaker.Name)
end
local function onNewSpeaker(speakerName)
local speaker = ChatService:GetSpeaker(speakerName)
if not speaker:GetExtraData("NameColor") then
speaker:SetExtraData("NameColor", GetNameColor(speaker))
end
if not speaker:GetExtraData("ChatColor") then
local specialChatColor = GetSpecialChatColor(speakerName)
if specialChatColor then
speaker:SetExtraData("ChatColor", specialChatColor)
end
end
if not speaker:GetExtraData("Tags") then
--// Example of how you would set tags
--[[
local tags = {
{
TagText = "VIP",
TagColor = Color3.new(1, 215/255, 0)
},
{
TagText = "Alpha Tester",
TagColor = Color3.new(205/255, 0, 0)
}
}
speaker:SetExtraData("Tags", tags)
]]
speaker:SetExtraData("Tags", {})
end
end
ChatService.SpeakerAdded:connect(onNewSpeaker)
for _, speakerName in pairs(ChatService:GetSpeakerList()) do
onNewSpeaker(speakerName)
end
local PlayerChangedConnections = {}
Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(player)
local changedConn = player.Changed:connect(function(property)
local speaker = ChatService:GetSpeaker(player.Name)
if speaker then
if property == "TeamColor" or property == "Neutral" or property == "Team" then
speaker:SetExtraData("NameColor", GetNameColor(speaker))
end
end
end)
PlayerChangedConnections[player] = changedConn
end)
Players.PlayerRemoving:connect(function(player)
local changedConn = PlayerChangedConnections[player]
if changedConn then
changedConn:Disconnect()
end
PlayerChangedConnections[player] = nil
end)
end
return Run
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