Changing color of HUD_PRINTTALK

[Thane17]

Anyone know how you'd go about changing the color of

HUD_PRINTTALK

text?

[Rubat]

You can't.

[boxama]

If you really need to change the color of the text, just use [img]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/favicon.ico[/img] [url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/draw/DrawText]draw.DrawText[/url] with an xAlign (last argument) of TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER to center it.

[Thane17]

[QUOTE=Internet1001;50604400]If you really need to change the color of the text, just use [img]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/favicon.ico[/img] [url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/draw/DrawText]draw.DrawText[/url] with an xAlign (last argument) of TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER to center it.[/QUOTE]
This would work but I need to be calling it from the server side rather than client.

[Klaes4Zaugen]

If you wan't to just do a single color + single string you could always do

[lua]
if ( SERVER ) then

util.AddNetworkString("ColoredMessage");

local meta = FindMetaTable("Player");

function meta:ColoredMessage( msg, r, g, b, a )

if ( !msg ) then msg = "No message"; end
if ( !r ) then r = 255; end
if ( !g ) then g = 255; end
if ( !b ) then b = 255; end
if ( !a ) then a = 255; end

net.Start("ColoredMessage");
net.WriteString( msg );
net.WriteColor( Color( r, g, b, a ) );
net.Send( self );

end

end

if ( CLIENT ) then

net.Receive("ColoredMessage", function( len )

local msg = net.ReadString();
local color = net.ReadColor();

chat.AddText( color, msg );

end)

end
[/lua]

[Thane17]

[QUOTE=Klaes4Zaugen;50604448]If you wan't to just do a single color + single string you could always do

[lua]
if ( SERVER ) then

util.AddNetworkString("ColoredMessage");

local meta = FindMetaTable("Player");

function meta:ColoredMessage( msg, r, g, b, a )

if ( !msg ) then msg = "No message"; end
if ( !r ) then r = 255; end
if ( !g ) then g = 255; end
if ( !b ) then b = 255; end
if ( !a ) then a = 255; end

net.Start("ColoredMessage");
net.WriteString( msg );
net.WriteColor( Color( r, g, b, a ) );
net.Send( self );

end

end

if ( CLIENT ) then

net.Receive("ColoredMessage", function( len )

local msg = net.ReadString();
local color = net.ReadColor();

chat.AddText( color, msg );

end)

end
[/lua][/QUOTE]

Well the way I have it set up, the server taking the value of a text box from the client and putting it through HUD_PRINTTALK that way the chat is printed to all players from a player in game

[c👌de_g🎷]

[QUOTE=Thane;50604927]Well the way I have it set up, the server taking the value of a text box from the client and putting it through HUD_PRINTTALK that way the chat is printed to all players from a player in game[/QUOTE]

Then network it to all players and draw it clientside. ChatPrint uses usermessages internally anyway.

[Thane17]

[QUOTE=code_gs;50605129]Then network it to all players and draw it clientside. ChatPrint uses usermessages internally anyway.[/QUOTE]

So do what Klaes4Zaugen said and on serverside make it go to each player connected?

[Klaes4Zaugen]

[QUOTE=Thane;50604927]Well the way I have it set up, the server taking the value of a text box from the client and putting it through HUD_PRINTTALK that way the chat is printed to all players from a player in game[/QUOTE]

Instead of doing
[lua]
for _,ply in pairs ( player.GetAll() ) do

ply:PrintMessage(HUD_PRINTTALK, "ur shit");

end
[/lua]

do

[lua]
for _,ply in pairs ( player.GetAll() ) do

ply:ColoredMessage( "ur shit", 255, 255, 255 );

end
[/lua]

^ this makes it white text

[Thane17]

[QUOTE=Klaes4Zaugen;50605544]Instead of doing
[lua]
for _,ply in pairs ( player.GetAll() ) do

ply:PrintMessage(HUD_PRINTTALK, "ur shit");

end
[/lua]

do

[lua]
for _,ply in pairs ( player.GetAll() ) do

ply:ColoredMessage( "ur shit", 255, 255, 255 );

end
[/lua]

^ this makes it white text[/QUOTE]

I'm rather new to Lua so I'll need a little more of an explanation on what to do with this, lol

[Klaes4Zaugen]

[QUOTE=Thane;50605568]I'm rather new to Lua so I'll need a little more of an explanation on what to do with this, lol[/QUOTE]

Just do the last one in where you recieve the data from the client

[Thane17]

[QUOTE=Thane;50604927]Well the way I have it set up, the server taking the value of a text box from the client and putting it through HUD_PRINTTALK that way the chat is printed to all players from a player in game[/QUOTE]

And where do I put this? In a shared file?

Sorry I put this in shared?

 if ( SERVER ) then

	util.AddNetworkString("ColoredMessage");
	
	local meta = FindMetaTable("Player");
	
	function meta:ColoredMessage( msg, r, g, b, a )
	
		if ( !msg ) then msg = "No message"; end
		if ( !r ) then r = 255; end
		if ( !g ) then g = 255; end
		if ( !b ) then b = 255; end
		if ( !a ) then a = 255; end

		net.Start("ColoredMessage");
			net.WriteString( msg );
			net.WriteColor( Color( r, g, b, a ) );
		net.Send( self );
		
	end
	
end

if ( CLIENT ) then

	net.Receive("ColoredMessage", function( len )
	
		local msg = net.ReadString();
		local color = net.ReadColor();
		
		chat.AddText( color, msg );
	
	end)
	
end

[Tupac]

If you want to have multiple colors, I recommend keeping it simple and using SendLua()
Here's an example:

ply:SendLua([[ --> Send the player the code in between these brackets
    chat.AddText(Color(0, 255, 0), "[TEST] ", Color(255, 255, 255), "Testing123") --> Set "[TEST]" to green, and set "Testing123" to white.
]])

Edit:

Keep in mind you can't send them server-side variables through this.
Aaaaaaand code_gs is right.

[c👌de_g🎷]

[QUOTE=Tupac;50605589]If you want to have multiple colors, I recommend keeping it simple and using SendLua()
Here's an example:

ply:SendLua([[ --> Send the player the code in between these brackets
    chat.AddText(Color(0, 255, 0), "[TEST] ", Color(255, 255, 255), "Testing123") --> Set "[TEST]" to green, and set "Testing123" to white.
]])

[/QUOTE]

Way more expensive, and insecure for new programmers who don't know what they're looking for.

[Thane17]

[QUOTE=code_gs;50605607]Way more expensive, and insecure for new programmers who don't know what they're looking for.[/QUOTE]

Alright so I could i put the stuff in the "if ( server )" in my server file and the stuff in "if ( client )" in my client file

[Klaes4Zaugen]

[QUOTE=Thane;50605659]Alright so I could i put the stuff in the "if ( server )" in my server file and the stuff in "if ( client )" in my client file[/QUOTE]

You can yes, just remove the if ( CLIENT/SERVER ) then end

[Thane17]

[QUOTE=Klaes4Zaugen;50605755]You can yes, just remove the if ( CLIENT/SERVER ) then end[/QUOTE]

this is too experienced for me lol I'll try some other time. Thanks anyways guys!

[RedXVIII]

:snip:

[Thane17]

Here's the finished working code that Red-XIII was able to help me out with

in shared.lua

if ( SERVER ) then
    util.AddNetworkString( "ColoredMessage" );
    local meta = FindMetaTable("Player");
 
    function meta:ColoredMessage( tmpS, r, g, b, a )
        if ( !tmpS ) then tmpS = "No message"; end
        if ( !r ) then r = 255; end
        if ( !g ) then g = 255; end
        if ( !b ) then b = 255; end
        if ( !a ) then a = 255; end
 
        net.Start( "ColoredMessage" );
            net.WriteString( tmpS );
            net.WriteColor( Color( r, g, b, a ) );
        net.SendOmit( self );
    end
 
    net.Receive("ColoredMessage", function( len, ply )
        local tmpS = net.ReadString();
        local tmpC = net.ReadColor();
 
        ply:ColoredMessage(tmpS, tmpC.r, tmpC.g, tmpC.b, tmpC.a);
    end)
end
 
if ( CLIENT ) then
    net.Receive("ColoredMessage", function( len )
        local tmpS = net.ReadString();
        local tmpC = net.ReadColor();
 
        chat.AddText( tmpC, tmpS );
    end)
 
    function ColoredMessage( tmpS, tmpC )
        chat.AddText( tmpC, tmpS );
 
        net.Start( "ColoredMessage" );
            net.WriteString( tmpS );
            net.WriteColor( tmpC )
        net.SendToServer();
    end
end

And on the client side

local TextEntry = vgui.Create( "DTextEntry", divider )
	TextEntry:SetPos(5, 54)
	TextEntry:SetSize( 120, 20 )
	TextEntry:SetText( "" )
	TextEntry.OnEnter = function()
		ColoredMessage( TextEntry:GetValue(), Color( 255, 1, 1, 255 ) )
end

Works beautifully