Update on Legacy Chat Deprecation and TextChatService Migration

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#92

If they want 100 scripts for each model, then do find all and replace player.Chatted with player:GetAttributeChangedSignal(“LastChatMessage”), set the attribute on server each time player chats

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#93

And if we refuse to upgrade our chat systems, what happens then?

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#94

If no changes are made, you can expect the following to happen:

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#95

if any of u guys want i can make a compatibility shim for old text chat service setcores to work with new chat

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#96

Would be wild if this was the earliest sign of the Switch 2 release date with Roblox as a launch title

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#97

My unmaintained game uses a custom chat ui, but has no private (direct) chat feature, will it be affected by this migration?

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#98

I have tested this for a bit and it seems that the jump issue only happens on TextChatService while the moving issue happens on both.

TextChatService:-

Legacy Chat System:-

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#99

what do you mean?

all square corners & Source Sans Pro are old UI elements now.

i would like it…

if it has the same UI as before, but rounded edges & Builder Sans.

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#100

Please can we get features to move the chatbox to any position on screen as well as a few readable values from the chat window, weather its visible and how faded out it is. A very simple task of fading a background attached to the chat window is currently very hard to do unless you make a totally custom ui implementation (I have not explored that option yet, I have no idea where to even start on something like that.) These will be very helpful to creators who just want the window to be a little more stylized while still just being the default chat window.

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#101

hi guys. i’m kinda shivering in my timbers right now, because the migration is getting ever closer, and there are yet no announcements on textchatservice supporting chat from players in different servers.

this is a huge deal for the group i’m a part of, as our game relies upon global chat for most/all socialization. without it, we may genuinely lose even more players than we already are.

i would be happy to migrate if you guys add this. without it, we are very much in trouble

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#102

I think this is a bad update because the legacy is so nostalgic, also guys DONT SNITCH ON THE OTHER LEGACY COREGUIS

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#103

You can literally use your own custom UI. It is the exact same as the legacy chat system in that a default UI is made but you can turn it off and make your own.

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#104

Any timeframe on when textchat will be coming to playstation/xbox?

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#105

Have to agree. This is something expected because we have an old chat we’re being forced to migrate from that had this functionality. In the same boat but can’t really implement the workaround in my circumstance.

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#106

Is there any way to intercept the message being sent by the client that isn’t interrupted when TextChatCommand gets triggered, SendingMessage just doesn’t return anything when it does and from the description it sounds like it should?

SendingMessage(textChatMessage : TextChatMessage):RBXScriptSignal

Fires when TextChannel:SendAsync() is called by the sending client.

I think TextChatService is such a mess to work with compared to Legacy.

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#107

Honestly I wouldn’t use TextChatCommands just have your own system for it

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#108

With this new chat system is there any way to delete old team channels/tabs? Because any time my players change teams it creates a new team channel and tab - but keeps the old team ones as well.

#109
text chat service bugs ive found

[CRITICAL] Chat Filter Bypass: Allows All Content (Slurs, Swears, PII, etc.)
Script_CoreScripts/ExperienceChatMain Very Slow
TextBoxFocused and TextBoxFocusReleased doesn't work with new Roblox chat
Chat Hotkey on ChatInputBarConfiguration Textbox does not work
Chat does not tween text stroke transparency when going transparent

… and there are other issues along.
The fact that those aren’t being addressed says it all. (exception for the recently reported issues)

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#110

Hello! I am wondering, I have a custom chat system that uses this new system and <13 cant use direct chat. Am I allowed to make direct chatting available for <13 but both ends need to use premade phrases? Chatting is kinda a big feature in the game so I was wondering if that would go against your TOS. Thanks :3

#111

I hate how we never voted on this, my game runs on legacy, and migration is not easy. Thanks Roblox!