[reBane]

ChatBubbles

Say and TeamSay will trigger cursor annoations above player heads.



The plugins is customizable with client cookies (!settings) that can hide the annotations from players or complete disable the feature for player that don't want to see chat bubbles.

With the convar sm_chatbubble_enabled you can enable chat bubbles for say and teamsay (1) for only teamsay (2) or disable it temporarily (0).

The convar sm_chatbubble_distance defines the maximum distance in hammer units between players that still triggers chat bubbles.

If you don't want chat bubbles to be shown by default I recommend you set sm_chatbubble_default to hidden / send only (2); default (1) is enabled but can also be completely disabled (0).
I recommend not setting this to 0, as it will stop the player from triggering chat bubbles for other players.

Requirements

• tf2hudmsg (on server, for managed CursorAnnotations)

Supports

• Simple Chat Processor (Redux)
• Chat-Processor
• Cider Chat Processor

Chat Processors are fully optional; only install one chat processor if any!

Source and Latest Release are available on GitHub

Changelog

23w45a
- Added support for 100 players
22w04a
- Added word wrap and word break (w50)
- Added support for most chat processors
21w38a
- Rewrote cookies
21w35a
- Fixed !settings loading the state incorrectly, bugging it into being disabled on connect
21w33b
- Updated settings menu
- Added sm_chatbubble_default
21w33a
- Messages should no longer be interpreted as locaizations (requires tf2hudmsg 21w33a or later)

[reBane]

Update 21w33a

• Prevent chat messages from being interpreted as localization keys - requires tf2hudmsg 21w33a or later

[404UserNotFound]

Also, reBane, you're doing work that has needed to be done for years with that annotation library you released. Just wish I was still actively playing TF2, running servers for it, or even doing any sourcemod plugin work because I've got plenty of ideas for uses for the annotation library.

[reBane]

Update 21w33b

• Reworked the !settings menu to be more clear
• Added `sm_chatbubble_default 1` : 0 = completely disabled, 1 = enabled, 2 = hidden / send only
  I recommend not setting this to 0, as it will stop the player from triggering chat bubbles for other players.

[reBane]

Update 21w35a

• Fixed !settings loading the state incorrectly, bugging it into being disabled on connect

[reBane]

21w38a
Rewrote the cookie handling because negations were wrong, incorrectly settings the plugin to disabled with default setting.
New cookie = new settings! Your players will have to redo their display preference in /settings
Please just init the client settings correctly now :<

[reBane]

22w04a

• Added word wrap and word break (w50) to prevent overly wide chat bubbles
• Added support for chat processors. (This breaks a minor team check for disguised spies)

[q1085909155]

Can you set up a command to control whether players want to see each other's ChatBubbles? Because some people don't know how to use it! settings

This only needs to be done once and will not be modified to the player's cookie. Of course, you have a choice

[reBane]

I dont see the benefit of having a new command over just unsing !settings. you have to make your players aware of a command anyways, so why not just tell them about !settings?

[q1085909155]

Originally Posted by reBane I dont see the benefit of having a new command over just unsing !settings. you have to make your players aware of a command anyways, so why not just tell them about !settings?

That's for sure, but there are always some fools who don't understand! settings, because settings also have Settings for other plug-ins.