Roblox Chat Service with XBOX

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#1

So on Xbox you are not allowed to include text chatting systems in your game, but I am wondering how this works with the base Roblox chat functions.

For example, if I make use of something like this, except with a PC player’s message…

ChatService:Chat(part, "Blame John!", "Red")
https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/function/Chat/Chat

Would this automatically be disabled for console players? Meaning, would the bubble chat show locally for them, or would I have to take specific steps to disable it for console support?

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#2

I cannot test this myself at the moment, but you could try doing this with the device emulation feature in Studio.

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#3

I’m pretty sure it’s the latter. ChatService:Chat can be used on either objects or Players, so just disable the ability for players to chat to each other using this while on Xbox.

Every other usage should (maybe?) be fine.

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#4

When I try this I can see all chat bubbles. I’m not sure if this is fully representative of XBOX because I was under the impression that Xbox players can’t see any chat bubbles, including those normally sent.

#5

Alright, well in my opinion, they should be able to considering I remember seeing the dialogue system being used on xbox (which probably uses ChatService:Chat).

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