[Michael Shoe Maker]

Jellow,

I'm using this plugin to add chat tags and colours easier and better (https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=286913).

However there are limitations concerning the length of the name of the client. Which at a max is 32...

To elaborate, this is what I did before (Very messy):

PHP Code:

public Action OnClientSayCommand(int client, const char[] command, const char[] args)
{
    if(client == 0 || args[0] == '@' || args[0] == '/' || BaseComm_IsClientGagged(client) || warden_iswarden(client))
    {
        return Plugin_Continue;
    }

    if((g_bTagLoaded[client] && !g_bCustomTagDisabled[client]) || (IsClientAdmin(client) && !g_bAdminTagDisabled[client]))
    {
        char sChatString[256];
    
        if(IsClientAdmin(client) && !g_bAdminTagDisabled[client])
        {
            char sGroup[32];
            GetClientAdminGroup(client, sGroup, sizeof(sGroup));
            
            if(strlen(sGroup) > 0)
            {
                FormatEx(sChatString, sizeof(sChatString), "{default}[{blue}%s{default}] ", sGroup);
            }
        }
    
        if(g_bTagLoaded[client] && !g_bCustomTagDisabled[client])
        {
            FormatEx(sChatString, sizeof(sChatString), "%s{default}[%s{default}] ", sChatString, g_sTagFormatString[client]);
        }
        
        FormatEx(sChatString, sizeof(sChatString), "%s%s%N{default}: %s", sChatString, (g_bTagLoaded[client] && !g_bCustomTagDisabled[client]) ? g_sNameColourString[client] : g_sTeamColours[GetClientTeam(client) - 1], client, (g_bTagLoaded[client] && !g_bCustomTagDisabled[client]) ? g_sTextColourString[client] : g_sTeamColours[GetClientTeam(client) - 1]);

        if(StrEqual(command, "say"))
        {
            switch(GetClientTeam(client))
            {
                case 1:
                {
                    CPrintToChatAll("%s%s", sChatString, args);
                }
                case 2:
                {
                    CPrintToChatAll("%s %s%s", !IsPlayerAlive(client) ? "{yellow}*DEAD*" : "", sChatString, args);
                }
                case 3:
                {
                    CPrintToChatAll("%s %s%s", !IsPlayerAlive(client) ? "{bluegrey}*DEAD*" : "", sChatString, args);
                }
            }
        }
        else if(StrEqual(command, "say_team"))
        {
            for(int i = 1; i <= MaxClients; i++)
            {
                if(IsValidClient(i))
                {
                    if(GetClientTeam(client) == GetClientTeam(i))
                    {
                        switch(GetClientTeam(client))
                        {
                            case 1:
                            {
                                CPrintToChat(i, "{default}(Spectator) %s%s", sChatString, args);
                            }
                            case 2:
                            {
                                CPrintToChat(i, "%s {yellow}(Terrorist) %s%s", !IsPlayerAlive(client) ? "{yellow}*DEAD*" : "", sChatString, args);
                            }
                            case 3:
                            {
                                CPrintToChat(i, "%s {bluegrey}(Counter-Terrorist) %s%s", !IsPlayerAlive(client) ? "{bluegrey}*DEAD*" : "", sChatString, args);
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        
        PrintToServer("%L: %s", client, args);
        LogToGame("\"%L\" say \"%s\"", client, args);
        
        return Plugin_Handled;
    }
    
    return Plugin_Continue;
} 


And I tried this but it won't work with the limit:

PHP Code:

public Action OnChatMessage(int &iAuthor, ArrayList hRecipients, char[] sFlagString, char[] sName, char[] sMessage, bool &ProcessColours, bool &RemoveColours)
{
    if(!IsValidClient(iAuthor) || sMessage[0] == '@' || sMessage[0] == '/' || BaseComm_IsClientGagged(iAuthor))
    {
        return Plugin_Continue;
    }
    
    if(IsClientAdmin(iAuthor) && g_iTagFlags[iAuthor] & TAG_SHOWADMIN)
    {
        char sGroup[32];
        GetClientAdminGroup(iAuthor, sGroup, sizeof(sGroup));
        
        if(strlen(sGroup) > 0)
        {
            FormatEx(sName, MAXLENGTH_NAME, "{default}[{blue}%s{default}] ", sGroup);
        }
    }
    
    if(g_iTagFlags[iAuthor] & TAG_LOADED && g_iTagFlags[iAuthor] & TAG_SHOWCUSTOM)
    {
        FormatEx(sName, MAXLENGTH_NAME, "%s{default}[%s{default}] ", sName, g_sTagFormatString[iAuthor]);
    }
    
    FormatEx(sName, MAXLENGTH_NAME, "%s%N", sName, iAuthor);
    
    return Plugin_Changed;
} 


Any ideas? Or do I just do it the bad way.

[KissLick]

Try to call CProcessVariables(str, strLen) to translate the color names to codes.

[Michael Shoe Maker]

Originally Posted by KissLick Try to call CProcessVariables(str, strLen) to translate the color names to codes.

Tried this and setting "ProcessVariables" to true. Just resulted in the name overlapping into the message and creating some weird bug.

[KissLick]

Looks like name is 64 chars long - https://github.com/Drixevel/Chat-Pro...ocessor.inc#L8

Anyway, you can recompile Chat Processor with modified name length

[Drixevel]

I'm pretty sure the limitations set in the defines for the plugin are engine limits. If they can be increased then let me know but I think those are defaults.

[404UserNotFound]

I'm guessing you're attempting the same thing I already attempted and half-succeeded at doing. What with the many support threads I made on this, I'm surprised no-one here mentioned that to you. You can't actually bypass the client name maxlen, but you can work around it.

Here's a paste of the Chat Processor Tags plugin I created, released, and then removed because it actually suffered from a bug that redwerewolf and I haven't been able to fix in TF2, where it will spam chat with multiple copies of the same chat message (one copy for each player currently on the server): http://pastebin.com/iMk84iGP

Specifically, I'll direct you to line 569 (OnChatMessagePost) to see how I go about working around the client name maxlen that allowed me to successfully have long, multicolored tags without having half the client name chopped off by the maxlen.

Now right off the bat you'll notice I'm doing a bad thing and using CPrintToChatAll within OnChatMessagePost which is advised against because it can lead to said message duplication issues, but at the time redwerewolf and I were looking at red's Chat Processor plugin and trying to find a way to manually send the chat message out to each client via something like a standard CPrintToChat, but to no avail.

So yeah, feel free to continue trying to make this work, but as shown above, I already tried, succeeded somewhat, but failed overall.

Here's the final product, long multicolored tags without half my name being cut off, plus I showed how many characters still show up for the chat message. I hit the limit on text I could send through the chatbox with the message below:


And if you want my research, here's a thread full of it.

[Michael Shoe Maker]

Originally Posted by abrandnewday I'm guessing you're attempting the same thing I already attempted and half-succeeded at doing. What with the many support threads I made on this, I'm surprised no-one here mentioned that to you. You can't actually bypass the client name maxlen, but you can work around it. Here's a paste of the Chat Processor Tags plugin I created, released, and then removed because it actually suffered from a bug that redwerewolf and I haven't been able to fix in TF2, where it will spam chat with multiple copies of the same chat message (one copy for each player currently on the server): http://pastebin.com/iMk84iGP Specifically, I'll direct you to line 569 (OnChatMessagePost) to see how I go about working around the client name maxlen that allowed me to successfully have long, multicolored tags without having half the client name chopped off by the maxlen. Now right off the bat you'll notice I'm doing a bad thing and using CPrintToChatAll within OnChatMessagePost which is advised against because it can lead to said message duplication issues, but at the time redwerewolf and I were looking at red's Chat Processor plugin and trying to find a way to manually send the chat message out to each client via something like a standard CPrintToChat, but to no avail. So yeah, feel free to continue trying to make this work, but as shown above, I already tried, succeeded somewhat, but failed overall. Here's the final product, long multicolored tags without half my name being cut off, plus I showed how many characters still show up for the chat message. I hit the limit on text I could send through the chatbox with the message below: And if you want my research, here's a thread full of it.

Thanks for such a detailed reply. This is quite a bummer. I wanted to use CP since it required so little fuss with managing chat.

PrintToChat seems like such a messy and bad way to do things :/

[Michael Shoe Maker]

I've decided to just limit the size of the tag because this is just a massive hassle, but to my delight it turns out I can't even get this right.

I tried:

PHP Code:

public Action OnChatMessage(int& iAuthor, ArrayList hRecipients, char[] sFlagString, char[] sName, char[] sMessage, bool& bProcessColours, bool& bRemoveColours)
{
    if(!IsValidClient(iAuthor))
    {
        return Plugin_Continue;
    }

    //Format(sName, MAXLENGTH_NAME, " ");
    
    /* if(g_iTagFlags[iAuthor] & TAG_LOADED && g_iTagFlags[iAuthor] & TAG_SHOWCUSTOM)
    {
        Format(sName, MAXLENGTH_NAME, "%s{default}[%s{default}] ", sName, g_sTagFormatString[iAuthor]);
    } */
    
    Format(sName, MAXLENGTH_NAME, "{red}%s", sName);
    
    Format(sMessage, MAXLENGTH_MESSAGE, "{blue}%s", sMessage);

    return Plugin_Changed;
} 


And only the message colour works in all chat, and both work only in team chat??

[404UserNotFound]

I was actually shown a fix for the multiple message error by nosoop. His version of SCP has a proper fix for the issue.: https://git.csrd.science/nosoop/CSRD...atprocessor.sp

Originally Posted by nosoop The way I solved it is to map unique messages (stored as, for example, #TF_Chat_All:Hi everyone!) to an ArrayList with all recipients in a per-client StringMap. During a SDKHook_PostThink hook, the messages are processed and passed to forwards, then flushed out to chat if permitted.

Potentially, someone could take the above fix, implement it and then create a brand new chat tags plugin with the ability to use multi-colored chat tags and incredibly long tags. I'm already working on a similar system but it's private (the main body of the system is a private commission I paid for and haven't been able to use yet due to the multi-message spam glitch)

[Michael Shoe Maker]

Decided to just keep it simple and make the chat uniform and have a limited size tag.

I want to check if the name of the player exceeds the max, this is easy but I want to squeeze the most characters into the string. I thought I could convert the colours into codes with CProcessVariables and set ProcessColours to false. This didnt work at all.