Toggle Chat Tags in game (sorry i'm new to this)

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#1

I’m trying to figure out a way to say “/tog” in chat and then it’ll toggle the chat tags. Also maybe allow only the people with chat tags to use the command. I don’t know how to do it… I’ve been searching on youtube and on the developer hub for a while, haven’t seen anything that can help…

Heres the script:

local ServerScriptService = game:GetService("ServerScriptService")

local ChatServiceRunner = ServerScriptService:WaitForChild("ChatServiceRunner")
local ChatService = require(ChatServiceRunner.ChatService)

local SPECIAL_DATA = {
	[890996562] = {--WxlfEclxpse
		ChatColor = BrickColor.new("White").Color,
		Tags = {
			{
				TagText = "Co-Founder",
				TagColor = Color3.new(0.991318, 0.573877, 0.249638),
			},
			
			{
				TagText = "Developer",
				TagColor = Color3.new(0.946151, 0.822858, 0.487465),
			}
			-- Other tags here
		}
		-- Other message formats here
	},
	-- Other user here
	[3634738499] = { --Rat
		ChatColor = BrickColor.new("White").Color,
		Tags = {
			{
				TagText = "Concept Artist",
				TagColor = Color3.new(0.233143, 0.878538, 0.692668),
			},

			{
				TagText = "Content Creator",
				TagColor = Color3.new(0.309743, 1, 0.622644),
			}
			-- Other tags here
		}
		-- Other message formats here
	},
	--Other user here
	[1143428772] = {--Dragon826K
		ChatColor = BrickColor.new("White").Color,
		Tags = {
			{
				TagText = "Head Concept Artist",
				TagColor = Color3.new(0.190127, 0.687053, 0.549599),
			},

			{
				TagText = "Mod",
				TagColor = Color3.new(0.712535, 0.372519, 0.949508),
			}
			-- Other tags here
		}
		-- Other message formats here
	},
}

local function handleSpeaker(speakerName)
	local speaker = ChatService:GetSpeaker(speakerName)
	local player = speaker:GetPlayer()

	if player then
		local extraData = SPECIAL_DATA[player.UserId]
		if extraData then
			for key, value in pairs(extraData) do
				speaker:SetExtraData(key, value)
			end
		end
	end
end

ChatService.SpeakerAdded:Connect(handleSpeaker)
for _, speakerName in pairs(ChatService:GetSpeakerList()) do
	handleSpeaker(speakerName)
end
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#2

you can do this to toggle it off:

local function toggleoff(speakerName)
	local speaker = ChatService:GetSpeaker(speakerName)
	local player = speaker:GetPlayer()

	if player then
		if SPECIAL_DATA[player.UserId] then
			speaker:SetExtraData('Tags', {})
		end
	end
end

setting the data to {} returns it to default. Also, it seems white is the ChatColor for every special tag, so you don’t need to change it back, but you can if you want.

#3

I put this script after the script i pasted above. Do i have to say a certain word for it to toggle? Cause when i speak in chat, it doesn’t do anything.

#4

Well, you probably didn’t add it to the chat commands.

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	plr.Chatted:Connect(function(msg)
		if msg:lower() == "/tog" then
			toggleoff(plr.Name)
		end
	end)
end)
#5

Hmm… I tried it. It didn’t work, I also checked output in case, and there isn’t any error

#6

Could you add a print into the function?

local function toggleoff(speakerName)
	print(speakerName)
	local speaker = ChatService:GetSpeaker(speakerName)
	local player = speaker:GetPlayer()

	if player then
		if SPECIAL_DATA[player.UserId] then
			print("Resetting tags")
			speaker:SetExtraData('Tags', {})
		else
			print("Doesn't have special tags")
		end
	else
		print("No player?")
	end
end
#7

I added a print, it didn’t appear in the developer console and output.

#8

That’s also weird, the function should at least be called. Try adding this as well:

for i, plr in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
	plr.Chatted:Connect(function(msg)
		if msg:lower() == "/tog" then
			toggleoff(plr.Name)
		end
	end)
end

I’m assuming that the player joins before the PlayerAdded was called.

#9

oo it works! Is there a way for me to turn it on again?

#10

Against TOS anyways. Don’t do it, as it has no impact on gameplay.

#11

Chat tags are against TOS? i don’t think so because i’ve seen a few other games have chat tags as well.

#12

Chat tags aren’t against TOS and nor are custom commands, so I’m not sure where you got this from.

#13

To toggle it, I’ll change the function a bit.

local toggles = {}

local function toggle(speakerName)
	local speaker = ChatService:GetSpeaker(speakerName)
	local player = speaker:GetPlayer()

	if player then
		if SPECIAL_DATA[player.UserId] then
			if not toggles[player.UserId] then
				toggles[player.UserId] = true
				speaker:SetExtraData('Tags', {})
			else
				toggles[player.UserId] = false
				speaker:SetExtraData('Tags', SPECIAL_DATA[player.UserId].Tags)
			end
		end
	end
end

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	plr.Chatted:Connect(function(msg)
		if msg:lower() == "/tog" then
			toggle(plr.Name)
		end
	end)
end)

game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(plr)
	if toggles[plr.UserId] then
		toggles[plr.UserId] = nil
	end
end)

for i, plr in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
	plr.Chatted:Connect(function(msg)
		if msg:lower() == "/tog" then
			toggle(plr.Name)
		end
	end)
end

This combined all of the stuff I provided, so replace everything I had provided.

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#14

Where did you get your information? The OP is referring to chat tags in game, example: [OWNER] [builderman]: Hello!

If you are referring to the chat filter, please read this topic again.

TL;DR: It is not against TOS, plus, why would they make this a thing in LuaU to use chat tags? (if it was against TOS)

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#15

You could use this to remove all tags off:

speaker:SetExtraData('Tags', nil)

You can set up a .Chatted event for the /tog command; and a for loop to check if the player is whitelisted to use it, if so, use a bool variable to check if it’s toggled or not, then, just readd the tags back.

#16

One more thing! Is there a way for it to not show up in chat?

#17

Not too good at this myself, but here’s a post that could help.