Colored Chat Text in TTT

[HarmlesKitten]

Trying to get it to announce the victims killer, their role IN COLOR and whether dna was found leading to the victim or not. Somebody help me.

function wasDnaFound(finder,dnaOwner,entFoundOn)
	victimIdDna = dnaOwner:SteamID()
end
hook.Add("TTTFoundDNA","Was DNA Found", wasDnaFound)

function sayThatName(victim,inflictor,killer)
	local killerCodeRole = killer:GetRole()
	local killerStringRole = "ERROR: Role not found"
	local victimId = victim:SteamID()

	if killerCodeRole == ROLE_TRAITOR then
		killerStringRole = Color(255, 0, 0), "traitor"
	elseif killerCodeRole == ROLE_INNOCENT then
		killerStringRole = Color(0,255,0), "innocent"
	elseif killerCodeRole == ROLE_DETECTIVE then
		killerStringRole = Color(0,0,255), "detective"
	end

	victim:PrintMessage(HUD_PRINTTALK, killer:Nick().." killed you! They were a ".."killerStringRole".." they found DNA leading to you!")

	if victimId == victimIdDna then
		victim:PrintMessage(HUD_PRINTTALK, killer:Nick().." killed you! They were a "..killerStringRole.." they found DNA leading to you!")
	elseif victimId ~= victimIdDna then
		victim:PrintMessage(HUD_PRINTTALK, killer:Nick().." killed you! They were a "..killerStringRole.." DNA was not found that lead to you!")
	end
end
hook.Add("PlayerDeath","Inform Murder Victims", sayThatName)

[c👌de_g🎷]

local role_color = {
	   [ROLE_TRAITOR]   = Color(255,0,0,255),
	   [ROLE_INNOCENT]  = Color(0,255,0,255),
	   [ROLE_DETECTIVE] = Color(0,0,255,255)
	}
function TTTDeath(ply, attacker, dmginfo)
    if IsValid(attacker) and attacker:IsPlayer() then
        ply:ChatPrint(role_color[attacker:GetRole()],"You were killed by "..attacker:Nick().." who is a"..attacker:GetRoleString()..".")
    end
end
hook.Add("DoPlayerDeath", "TTTDeaths", TTTDeath)

Pardon the awful spacing, did this on my phone.

[brandonj4]

[QUOTE=code_gs;43469755]

function TTTDeath(ply, attacker, dmginfo)
	local role_color = {
	   [ROLE_TRAITOR]   = Color(255,0,0,255),
	   [ROLE_INNOCENT]  = Color(0,255,0,255),
	   [ROLE_DETECTIVE] = Color(0,0,255,255)
	}
    if IsValid(attacker) and attacker:IsPlayer() then
        ply:ChatPrint(role_color[attacker:GetRole()],"You were killed by "..attacker:Nick().." who is a"..attacker:GetRoleString()..".")
    end
end
hook.Add("DoPlayerDeath", "TTTDeaths", TTTDeath)

[/QUOTE]

That table should be outside the function.

[c👌de_g🎷]

[QUOTE=brandonj4;43470335]That table should be outside the function.[/QUOTE]

Why? It's only used inside that function; nowhere else.

[brandonj4]

[QUOTE=code_gs;43470361]Why? It's only used inside that function; nowhere else.[/QUOTE]

You're making the code do more work by creating the table every single time that function is called.

[c👌de_g🎷]

Oh, you're right. Fixed it.

[HarmlesKitten]

lol

Wheres the fixed version?

BTW thanks for the dumb vote brandon >.>

[HarmlesKitten]

chatprint refuses to accept a color and just returns error with argument 1: string expected

[Aj]

chat.AddText is how you display colored messages, but it is a client side function

[HarmlesKitten]

So then how would be able to store the data clientside and call it with the server?

[Fortune_.]

ply:SendLua([[chat.AddText(Color(0,0,200), "Dem Colors")]])

You can use that for sending players colored chat.

Or maybe not. >.>

[Nookyava]

[url]http://maurits.tv/data/garrysmod/wiki/wiki.garrysmod.com/index2b09.html[/url]

Works client, so you can change the color without messy networking.

[HarmlesKitten]

[QUOTE]
[url]https://github.com/garrynewman/garry...e/lang_shd.lua[/url]

TTT has specific functions for this sort of stuff.[/QUOTE]

I need to learn a LOT more about lue before I can even begin to COMPREHEND that stuff XD

Cant I just use

[QUOTE]ply:SendLua([[chat.AddText(Color(0,0,200), "Dem Colors")]])

You can use that for sending players colored chat.[/QUOTE]

[HarmlesKitten]

[QUOTE=Fortune11709;43483983]

ply:SendLua([[chat.AddText(Color(0,0,200), "Dem Colors")]])

You can use that for sending players colored chat.

Or maybe not. >.>[/QUOTE]

Solved my problem solely because of this guy. Thanks everyone else for trying though.