Rename Chat Speaker

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I fixed this issue in a system fork that I made for nicknames. To ‘rename’ a ChatSpeaker, you’ll want to set some extra data called ‘DisplayName’.

You’ll need to fork the following scripts:

  • DefaultChatMessage

(to fork the chat system, run the game and copy all the items in game.Chat, stop the game and paste it back into game.Chat)

Find the line that contains

local formatUseName = string.format("[%s]:", fromSpeaker)

and replace it with

local formatUseName
if extraData.DisplayName then --check if the user has a custom name
	formatUseName = string.format("[%s]:", extraData.DisplayName) --set the name format to it
else
	formatUseName = string.format("[%s]:", fromSpeaker) --else use their player name
end

Finally, set the extra data “DisplayName” and the name will appear in chat

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