TextServiceChat Private Channel For Local Player?

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#1

I want to make a combat log channel only for a local player. Kind of like when they kill a mob theres a dedicated chat log for that. Unfortuantely I dont know how to add players to the chat so that only they can see it.

I technically I can have unique channel names like Combat_{player.UserID} and add each player to them so only that player can see it. But then the name shows Combat1923823 rather than Combat which isnt feasible. Is there a way to do this specifically?

The following code works but shows up as:
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local Players = game.Players
local TextChannelService = game.TextChatService

local textChannels = TextChannelService:WaitForChild("TextChannels")


local globalChannel = Instance.new("TextChannel")
globalChannel.Name = "Global"
globalChannel.Parent = textChannels

local combatLog ={}

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player: Player)
	globalChannel:AddUserAsync(player.UserId)
	
	if not combatLog[player.UserId] then
		local combatChannel = Instance.new("TextChannel")
		combatChannel.Name = "Combat" .. player.UserId
		combatChannel:AddUserAsync(player.UserId)
		combatChannel.Parent = textChannels
	end
end)

The code will work but then you have many combat with user id channels

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#2

But? The code will make it so only the player you add to the channel will see the channel so idk what you’re looking for… Are you saying you want a unique identifier without putting it in the channel name?

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#3

Yea I wanted a unique id without it being in the channel name, But then I realized… I could just use an event message and filter off that.

So its pretty simple. Heres a solution. Feel free to provide other suggestions

Working code:

--server
local Players = game.Players
local TextChannelService = game.TextChatService

local CombatMessage:RemoteEvent = Instance.new("RemoteEvent", game.ReplicatedStorage)
CombatMessage.Name = "CombatMessage"

local ChannelTabsConfiguration = TextChannelService:WaitForChild("ChannelTabsConfiguration")
local textChannels = TextChannelService:WaitForChild("TextChannels")
ChannelTabsConfiguration.Enabled = true
local globalChannel = Instance.new("TextChannel")
globalChannel.Name = "Global"
globalChannel.Parent = textChannels
local combatChannel = Instance.new("TextChannel")
combatChannel.Name = "Combat"
combatChannel.Parent = textChannels

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player: Player)
	globalChannel:AddUserAsync(player.UserId)
	combatChannel:AddUserAsync(player.UserId)
end)

-- some example loop
while(true) do
	task.wait(5)
	local players = Players:GetPlayers()
	local randomPlayer = players[math.random(1, #players)]
	CombatMessage:FireClient(randomPlayer, tick().. " Gained 10 Exp from Enemy")
end

Client:

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local TextChatService = game:GetService("TextChatService")
local combatChannel = TextChatService:WaitForChild("TextChannels"):WaitForChild("Combat")

local CombatMessage: RemoteEvent = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("CombatMessage")

CombatMessage.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(message: string)
	combatChannel:DisplaySystemMessage(string.format("<font color='#949494'>[COMBAT]</font>: <font color='#949494'>%s</font>", message))
end)
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#4

You figured out the solution on your own, meaning this post is solved. Mark your response as the solution

It’s not recommended to do this, just set the parent manually

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#5

Ah thanks for the feedback! Could you explain why not to do this? I typically use third party Networking modules so Im not familiar on best practices with the remote events.

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