Server message not appearing for everyone in the server?

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#1

I am trying to get the server to send a message to the chat that someone has unboxed something.

But… come to find out it only sends a message for the player.

-- Server script:
Remotes.ShowChatItemUnboxed:FireAllClients({
	Text = "[Server]: "..Player.Name.." has unboxed ["..ItemModule.GetRarity(ChosenItem).."] ".. ItemModule.GetInfo(ChosenItem).."!";
	Color = ItemModule.GetRarityColor(ChosenItem);
	Font = Enum.Font.SourceSansBold;
	FontSize = Enum.FontSize.Size24
})

--Local:
Remotes.ShowChatItemUnboxed.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(chatProperties)
	game:GetService("StarterGui"):SetCore("ChatMakeSystemMessage", chatProperties)
end)

I also tried getting players…

for i, v in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
   Remotes.ShowChatItemUnboxed:FireClient(v, {
		Text = "[Server]: "..Player.Name.." has unboxed ["..ItemModule.GetRarity(ChosenItem).."] ".. ItemModule.GetInfo(ChosenItem).."!";
		Color = ItemModule.GetRarityColor(ChosenItem);
		Font = Enum.Font.SourceSansBold;
		FontSize = Enum.FontSize.Size24
	})
end

Is there anything I could do? Thank you in advanced.

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How to make a message send for all players?
#2 
Remotes.ShowChatItemUnboxed:FireAllClients({
	Text = "[Server]: "..Player.Name.." has unboxed ["..ItemModule.GetRarity(ChosenItem).."] ".. ItemModule.GetInfo(ChosenItem).."!";
	Color = ItemModule.GetRarityColor(ChosenItem);
	Font = Enum.Font.SourceSansBold;
	FontSize = Enum.FontSize.Size24
})

Notice the ;'s, you are supposed to have commas, here is the right code:

Remotes.ShowChatItemUnboxed:FireAllClients({
	Text = "[Server]: "..Player.Name.." has unboxed ["..ItemModule.GetRarity(ChosenItem).."] ".. ItemModule.GetInfo(ChosenItem).."!",
	Color = ItemModule.GetRarityColor(ChosenItem),
	Font = Enum.Font.SourceSansBold,
	FontSize = Enum.FontSize.Size24
})
#3

Well, that doesnt make a difference :man_shrugging:,
I was really looking on how I could send a message (not to the player localally), but through the server (which everyone could see the message.)

#4

Ok, so what if you pass the title, and color on the server?

#5

Well, you cant really do SetCore through server, thats only localally.

#6

No, I mean you pass the title, and color event IN the event…

#8

Yeah it works, but still isnt sending to everyone, just that player.

PLAYER 2: -------------------------------------- PLAYER 1:
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#9

Wait I think I know what the problem is…

#10

I finally fixed it! It was only because I had put this event inside of another event which was fired for only that player.

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#11

Good deal, happy you found the solution!

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#12

I’d like to point you towards a different way of doing this, if I could.

Introducing the Lua Chat System, which has an absolutely amazing range of customisability and features. With a little bit more hard work, you would be able to obtain this same thing (or better) while keeping the message sending all on the server. Some benefits:

  • You don’t need to maintain a server-client message sender on your own
  • Don’t have to rely on the unpredictability of SetCore and its registry
  • Potentially easier to do after learning the concepts
  • Canonically correct (afaik this supersedes ChatMakeSystemMessage)

The LCS can create a bot chat speaker so we can have it send out a message as if it were like a regular player. You could even change the name colour if you want. For the sake of keeping things consistent, I’ll keep the name and chat colours the same.

-- This would be near the top with all your declarations and whatnot
local ChatService = require(game:GetService("ServerScriptService"):WaitForChild("ChatServiceRunner").ChatService)

local DEFAULT_CHANNEL = "All"
local UNBOX_MESSAGE = "%s has unboxed [%s] %s!"

local serverSpeaker = ChatService:AddSpeaker("Server")

-- This part would be where you send the message
local rarity = ItemModule.GetRarity(ChosenItem)
local rarityColor = ItemModule.GetRarityColor(ChosenItem)
local info = ItemModule.GetInfo(ChosenItem)

-- I don't know if there are font ExtraData keys, but try to stay away from them
-- Larger chats consume more chat space, are spammy and are annoying to read
serverSpeaker:SayMessage(UNBOX_MESSAGE:format(Player.Name, rarity, info), "All", {
    NameColor = rarityColor,
    ChatColor = rarityColor
})
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