[Roger Devil]

Hi folks,
since the last update from 14.03.2007 they must have changed the way to display playernames in the team-colour for chat-messages.

	bf_write *pWrite;
	pWrite = engine->UserMessageBegin((IRecipientFilter *)&filter,3);
	pWrite->WriteByte(nId); // nId is the id of the player
	pWrite->WriteString("Player xxxx is camping);
	pWrite->WriteByte(1);
	engine->MessageEnd();

Does anyone have an solution ???

[BeetleFart]

Originally Posted by Roger Devil Hi folks, since the last update from 14.03.2007 they must have changed the way to display playernames in the team-colour for chat-messages. bf_write *pWrite; pWrite = engine->UserMessageBegin((IRecipientFilter *)&filter,3); pWrite->WriteByte(nId); // nId is the id of the player pWrite->WriteString("Player xxxx is camping); pWrite->WriteByte(1); engine->MessageEnd(); Does anyone have an solution ???

i added pWrite->WriteByte(0x02); before the text string
and added pWrite->WriteByte(0x01);
after the text string and its working for me

[Roger Devil]

Thx a lot, it works

[c0ldfyr3]

Originally Posted by BeetleFart i added pWrite->WriteByte(0x02); before the text string and added pWrite->WriteByte(0x01); after the text string and its working for me

So..

	bf_write *pWrite;
	pWrite = engine->UserMessageBegin((IRecipientFilter *)&filter,3);
	pWrite->WriteByte(0x02); 
	pWrite->WriteString("Player xxxx is camping);
        pWrite->WriteByte(0x01);
	pWrite->WriteByte(1);
	engine->MessageEnd();

OR

	bf_write *pWrite;
	pWrite = engine->UserMessageBegin((IRecipientFilter *)&filter,3);
	pWrite->WriteByte(nId); // nId is the id of the player
	pWrite->WriteByte(0x02); 
	pWrite->WriteString("Player xxxx is camping);
        pWrite->WriteByte(0x01);
	engine->MessageEnd();

OR

	bf_write *pWrite;
	pWrite = engine->UserMessageBegin((IRecipientFilter *)&filter,3);
	pWrite->WriteByte(nId); // nId is the id of the player
	pWrite->WriteByte(0x02); 
	pWrite->WriteString("Player xxxx is camping);
        pWrite->WriteByte(0x01);
        pWrite->WriteByte(1);
	engine->MessageEnd();

[Saul]

This works:

        // Color of player index
        pWrite->WriteByte( PlayerIndex );    // For global message: 0
        pWrite->WriteByte(0x02);

        // Add the message
        pWrite->WriteString( Message );        // Add the message

        // Add color byte
        pWrite->WriteByte(0x01);
        pWrite->WriteByte(0);

        // Send the message
        engine->MessageEnd();

[Nicolous]

This method does not make possible to place other colors than the colour of the team in the message.
I found an other method which make possible to place multi-colours in the message :

// void sayMsg(char * mess, int playerIndex = 0);
void sayMsg(char * mess, int playerIndex)
{
	MRecipientFilter filter; 
	filter.AddAllPlayers();
	bf_write * pBitBuf = engine->UserMessageBegin( &filter, SAYTEXT ); // SAYTEXT == 3
	pBitBuf->WriteByte(playerIndex); // playerIndex is the index of the player whose name is quoted in the message
	pBitBuf->WriteString(mess);
	pBitBuf->WriteByte(1);  // or 0, I don't know the difference
	engine->MessageEnd();
}

Example :

char buf[64];
Q_snprintf(buf,sizeof(buf),"\004Player \003%s\001 is dead\n",player->GetName());
sayMsg(buf,engine->IndexOfEdict(pEntity));

can display :

Player Nicolous is dead

if Nicolous is CT
When "indexPlayer" is 0, the text is lightgreen.

If I use this function :

void sayMsg(const char * mess) // No index provided
{
	MRecipientFilter filter; 
	filter.AddAllPlayers();
	bf_write * pBitBuf = engine->UserMessageBegin( &filter, MESSAGE_SAYTEXT );
	// pBitBuf->WriteByte(index); // NO index provided
	pBitBuf->WriteByte(0x02);
	pBitBuf->WriteString(buf);
	pBitBuf->WriteByte(0x01);
	pBitBuf->WriteByte(1);
	engine->MessageEnd();
}

when I write

sayMsg("This text is \003red or blue\001\n");

the text "red or blue" is randomly red or blue. However "red or blue” is not the name of a player

[Saul]

Maybe its thinking 0x02 (which as an integer is 2) is the index. And probably the first person on CT or T will be index 2?

[Nicolous]

Well, in reality on a dedicated server the color is always white, not randomly red or blue

On my listen server when I'm CT the message appears red, and it appears blue when I'm T It's not fully logic

[Fredd]

Nicolous: i been trying to use your second way but it doesnt seem to work with SayText or SayText2...i just get all orange text