[TheTealTeal]

Hey, so im making a source mod plugin where you put a command in and you says a line of text in chat, but i need help with being able to color the letters in chat.

Thanks in advanced!

[blaacky]

Colors can work slightly different based on the game but here are two functions that are useful for printing colored messages

PHP Code:

/**
* Used to print messages to all players and allows special colors without annoying hexadecimal spam in console
*/
stock void PrintColorTextAll(const String:msg[], any:...)
{
    decl String:buffer[300];
    VFormat(buffer, sizeof(buffer), msg, 2);
    new Handle:hMessage = StartMessageAll("SayText2"); 
    if (hMessage != INVALID_HANDLE) 
    {
        if(GetFeatureStatus(FeatureType_Native, "GetUserMessageType") == FeatureStatus_Available && GetUserMessageType() == UM_Protobuf) 
        {
            PbSetInt(hMessage, "ent_idx", 0);
            PbSetBool(hMessage, "chat", true);
            PbSetString(hMessage, "msg_name", buffer);
            PbAddString(hMessage, "params", "");
            PbAddString(hMessage, "params", "");
            PbAddString(hMessage, "params", "");
            PbAddString(hMessage, "params", "");
        }
        else
        {
            BfWriteByte(hMessage, 0);
            BfWriteByte(hMessage, true);
            BfWriteString(hMessage, buffer);
        }
        
        EndMessage();
    }
}

/**
* Used to print messages to a single player and allows special colors without annoying hexadecimal spam in console
*/
stock void PrintColorText(client, const String:msg[], any:...)
{
    if(IsClientInGame(client))
    {
        new String:buffer[300];
        VFormat(buffer, sizeof(buffer), msg, 3);
        
        new Handle:hMessage = StartMessageOne("SayText2", client); 
        if (hMessage != INVALID_HANDLE) 
        { 
            if(GetFeatureStatus(FeatureType_Native, "GetUserMessageType") == FeatureStatus_Available && GetUserMessageType() == UM_Protobuf) 
            {
                PbSetInt(hMessage, "ent_idx", client);
                PbSetBool(hMessage, "chat", true);
                PbSetString(hMessage, "msg_name", buffer);
                PbAddString(hMessage, "params", "");
                PbAddString(hMessage, "params", "");
                PbAddString(hMessage, "params", "");
                PbAddString(hMessage, "params", "");
            }
            else
            {
                BfWriteByte(hMessage, client);
                BfWriteByte(hMessage, true);
                BfWriteString(hMessage, buffer);
            }
            
            EndMessage();
        }
    }
} 


Examples

PrintColorText(client, "\x07FF00FFHello world"); // Hex code (doesn't work in all games)
PrintColorTextAll("\x02Hello world"); // Can usually do \x01, \x02, \x03, etc depends on the game to know how many there are
PrintColorTexAll("\x08FFFF0099Hello world!"); // Alpha channel (doesn't work in all games)

[BraveFox]

If your game is TF2 you can use morecolors.inc