Chat Room

[Emera]

I have constructed a simple chat room GUI, with the help of players on the forums, so many thanks to them. It enables you to chat with a neat GUI interface to the servers players, that is, if the players have the weapon! There isn't really any cool features I have added to it, but feel free to add them or suggest some ideas. Here is the code.

PHP Code:

function onActionServerSide() {
  if (params[0] == "sendtext") {
    for (temp.pl: allplayers) {
      if (temp.pl.level != NULL) {
        temp.pl.triggerclient(this.name, "gettext", params[1], player.nick);
      }
    }
  }
}

//#CLIENTSIDE
function onCreated() {
  new GuiWindowCtrl("Msg_Window1") {
    profile = GuiBlueWindowProfile;
    clientrelative = true;
    clientextent = "320,240";
    canmaximize = false;
    canmove = true;
    canresize = false;
    closequery = false;
    destroyonhide = true;
    text = "Staff Chat Channel";
    x = 517;
    y = 203;
    new GuiScrollCtrl("Msg_Chatbox_Scroll") {
      profile = GuiBlueScrollProfile;
      height = 215;
      hscrollbar = "dynamic";
      vscrollbar = "dynamic";
      width = 316;
      x = 2;
      y = 2;
      new GuiMLTextCtrl("Msg_Chatbox") {
        profile = GuiBlueMLTextProfile;
        height = 17;
        horizsizing = "width";
        text = "<b><font color = white>System</b>: Input /clear to clear the message box.";
        width = 312;
        profile.fontsize = 14.3;
        profile.fonttype = "Arial";
        profile.textshadow = true;
      }
    }
    new GuiTextEditCtrl("Msg_ChatBar") {
      profile = GuiBlueTextEditProfile;
      height = 20;
      width = 316;
      x = 2;
      y = 219;
    }
  }
}

function Msg_ChatBar.onAction() {
  temp.msg = "";
  if (Msg_ChatBar.text == "/clear") {
    Msg_Chatbox.text = "Cleared!";
  } else {
    if (Msg_ChatBar.text != NULL) {
      temp.msg = Msg_ChatBar.text;
      triggerserver("weapon", this.name, "sendtext", temp.msg);
      Msg_ChatBar.text = "";
    }
  }
  if (temp.msg.starts("/font ")) {
    say2("Works");
  }
}

function onActionClientSide() {
  if (params[0] == "gettext") {
    Msg_Chatbox.addtext("<br><b><font color = cyan>" @ params[2] @ "</b>: " @ params[1], false);
    Msg_ChatBox.scrolltobottom();
  }
} 


[SoundFreak]

What would really be nice mate is if you made a little *blip* sound when you receive a message. I can cook you up one if you like. <3
Also, couldn't you make a public function to add messages, so you can add messages to the system with other scripts, like a miniature RC? Say if a player logged in, you could then add a message like...

PHP Code:

sendtochatroom("Message Here", "Title (System:)", red, green, blue); 


Could you guys help him out with doing that? I would really like to see that done.

[Emera]

Trashed the window and added a border instead. Looks much nicer.

PHP Code:

function onActionServerSide() {
  if (params[0] == "sendtext2") {
    for (temp.pl: allplayers) {
      if (temp.pl.level != NULL) {
        temp.pl.triggerclient(this.name, "gettext2", params[1], player.nick);
      }
    }
  }
}

//#CLIENTSIDE
function onCreated() {
  new GuiControl("Msg2_Window1") {
    useownprofile = true;
    profile.border = 1;
    profile.opaque = true;
    profile.fillColor = {0, 55, 150, 225};
    width = 328.5;
    destroyonhide = true;
    height = 250;
    canmove = true;
    x = 517;
    y = 203;
    new GuiScrollCtrl("Msg2_Chatbox_Scroll") {
      profile = GuiBlueScrollProfile;
      height = 215;
      hscrollbar = "dynamic";
      vscrollbar = "dynamic";
      width = 316;
      x = 6.5;
      y = 6.5;
      new GuiMLTextCtrl("Msg2_Chatbox") {
        profile = GuiBlueMLTextProfile;
        height = 17;
        horizsizing = "width";
        text = "<b><font color = white>System</b>: Input /clear to clear the message box.";
        width = 312;
        profile.fontsize = 14.3;
        profile.fonttype = "Arial";
        profile.textshadow = false;
      }
    }
    new GuiTextEditCtrl("Msg2_ChatBar") {
      profile = GuiBlueTextEditProfile;
      height = 20;
      width = 316;
      x = 6;
      y = 225;
    }
  }
}

function Msg2_ChatBar.onAction() {
  temp.msg2 = "";
  if (Msg2_ChatBar.text == "/clear") {
    Msg2_Chatbox.text = "Cleared!";
  } else {
    if (Msg2_ChatBar.text != NULL) {
      temp.msg2 = Msg2_ChatBar.text;
      triggerserver("weapon", this.name, "sendtext2", temp.msg2);
      Msg2_ChatBar.text = "";
    }
  }
  if (temp.msg2.starts("/font ")) {
    say2("Works");
  }
}

function onActionClientSide() {
  if (params[0] == "gettext2") {
    Msg2_Chatbox.addtext("<br><b><font color = cyan>" @ params[2] @ "</b>: " @ params[1], false);
    Msg2_ChatBox.scrolltobottom();
  }
} 


[Emera]

I have no idea on how to make public functions.

[salesman]

Should look into sendtext() and irc for a chat room system

[Emera]

Originally Posted by salesman

Should look into sendtext() and irc for a chat room system

I did but I don't want to add anything like that yet. This is purely for me to learn.

[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by Emera

I have no idea on how to make public functions.

Originally Posted by cbk1994

Let's say you have a level NPC with this code:

PHP Code:

function hit() {
  this.chat = "I was hit!";
} 


If you tried to call this function from another script, you wouldn't be able to.

PHP Code:

myNPC.hit(); 


You would see a "function not accessible" error.

When you make it public, it can be called by another script. To make something public, all you need to do is change "function" to "public function".

For example, if you have a system named Health, and you wanted to add a function for healing a player, your code might look like this:

PHP Code:

// weapon Health
//#CLIENTSIDE
public function heal() {
  player.hearts = player.fullhearts;
} 


then, in any other clientside script, you could do

PHP Code:

Health.heal(); 


in order to call the 'heal' function in the Health weapon.

In object-oriented programming, it's good style to make all of your internal functions private. The idea is to provide easy functions like "player.heal()" or "player.hurt()". Then, if you ever change how your HP system works, you don't have to change any scripts that use those public functions. You want to hide the nitty-gritty stuff and just provide functions for doing certain tasks.

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[Emera]

I am trying to post the code but my browser returns an incapsula error saying the server is protecting me from a risk. I think it might be detecting something with my scripting. Is it that bad xD
Pastebin file
:O Never mind fixed it. The RGBA doesn't work though

[furry_mougle]

If you join an NPC with a class I think you can execute a function even if it's not declared public, don't quote me on that though.