Lua chat tags ulx mixup

[Lord Octagon]

The problem I'm facing is that when someone is in headmoderator their tag comes up as "Head Admin" and if they are in headadmin their tag comes up as "Admin", what am I doing wrong?

garrysmod\addons\darkrpmodification-master\lua\darkrp_modules\chatthing\cl_chatthing.lua

hook.Add("OnPlayerChat", "chat thing", function(ply, text, teamOnly, alive, prefixText, color1, color2)
    if ply:IsSuperAdmin() then
        chat.AddText(Color(255, 0, 0, 255), "[SuperAdmin] ", color1, prefixText, color2, ": "..text)
        return true
    end
    if ply:IsAdmin() then
        chat.AddText(Color(255, 0, 0, 255), "[Admin] ", color1, prefixText, color2, ": "..text)
        return true
    end
    if ply:IsUserGroup("donator") then
        chat.AddText(Color(255, 0, 191), "[Donator] ", color1, prefixText, color2, ": "..text)
        return true
    end
    if ply:IsUserGroup("owner") then
        chat.AddText(Color(127, 0, 95), "[Owner] ", color1, prefixText, color2, ": "..text)
        return true
    end
    if ply:IsUserGroup("headadmin") then
        chat.AddText(Color(0, 255, 63), "[Head Admin] ", color1, prefixText, color2, ": "..text)
        return true
    end
    if ply:IsUserGroup("headmoderator") then
        chat.AddText(Color(255, 93, 0), "[Head Moderator] ", color1, prefixText, color2, ": "..text)
        return true
    end
    if ply:IsUserGroup("moderator") then
        chat.AddText(Color(29, 0, 255), "[Mod] ", color1, prefixText, color2, ": "..text)
        return true
    end
    if ply:IsUserGroup("trusted") then
        chat.AddText(Color(255, 255, 0), "[Trusted] ", color1, prefixText, color2, ": "..text)
        return true
    end
    if ply:GetNWString("usergroup") ~= "user" then
        chat.AddText(Color(255, 0, 0, 255), "[" .. ply:GetNWString("usergroup") .. "] ", color1, ply:Nick(), color2, ": "..text)
        return true
    end

end)

[c👌de_g🎷]

Use elseif statements. Or better yet, put them into a table.

[Lord Octagon]

[QUOTE=code_gs;47288546]Use elseif statements. Or better yet, put them into a table.[/QUOTE]

I couldn't quite get it to work, it's only headadmin that doesn't work (turns up as "Admin" instead of "Head Admin")

[editline]9th March 2015[/editline]

Never mind, changed
if ply:IsAdmin() then

to

if ply:IsUserGroup("admin") then

[nikorev]

A table is the most efficient way of doing this. It makes it easier to edit and change to your needs. Use a for loop with the table to gather the information.

RanksandTags = {}

RankandTags[1]={"superadmin", "[SuperAdmin]", Color(255, 0, 0, 255)}
RankandTags[2]={"admin", "[Admin]", Color(255, 0, 0, 255)}
RankandTags[3]={"donator", "[Donator]", Color(255, 0, 191)}
RankandTags[4]={"owner", "[Owner]", Color(127, 0, 95)}
RankandTags[5]={"headadmin", "[Head Admin]", Color(0, 255, 63)}
RankandTags[6]={"headmoderator", "[Head Moderator]", Color(255, 93, 0)}
RankandTags[7]={"moderator", "[Mod]", Color(29, 0, 255)}
RankandTags[8]={"trusted", "[Trusted]", Color(255, 255, 0)}


function ChatPrefixes(ply, message, teamchat, dead)
for k,v in pairs(RanksandTags) do
     if ply:IsUserGroup(v[1]) then
         chat.AddText(v[3], v[2], Color(255,255,255), ply:GetName()..":", message)
     else
          chat.AddText(Color(255,255,255), ply:GetName()..":", message)
end
hook.Add("OnPlayerChat", "ChatPrefixes", ChatPrefixes)

There may be some errors but this is the basic idea.

The point is to loop through the table and see if the player is the first argument in the table (v[1]).
After it detects that, it retrieves the third argument for the color (v[3]).
Then it gets the prefix name (v[2]).
And lastly prints the message.

[jit26]

Actually I will be nice but please learn from this

[lua]local ranks = {
developer = { "Developer", Color( 200, 0, 200 ) },
owner = { "Owner", Color( 252, 194, 0 ) },
superadmin = { "S. Admin", Color( 150, 0 ,255 ) },
admin = { "Admin", Color( 20, 180, 0 ) },
member = { "Member", Color( 0, 0, 255 ) },
user = { "Guest", Color( 255, 255, 255 ) },
}

local white = Color( 255, 255, 255 )

hook.Add( "OnPlayerChat", "Chat Tags", function( ply, txt, tonly )

local tab = {}
local rank = nil

if ply:IsPlayer() then

rank = ply:GetUserGroup()

end

if ranks[rank] != nil then

table.insert( tab, white )
table.insert( tab, "[" )
table.insert( tab, ranks[rank][2] )
table.insert( tab, ranks[rank][1] )
table.insert( tab, white )
table.insert( tab, "] " )

end

if !ply:IsPlayer() then

if !ply:Alive() then

table.insert( tab, Color( 255, 0, 0 ) )
table.insert( tab, "*DEAD* " )

end

if tonly then

table.insert( tab, Color( 0, 255, 0 ) )
table.insert( tab, "(TEAM) " )

end

table.insert( tab, team.GetColor( ply:Team() ) )

end

table.insert( tab, ply:Nick() )
table.insert( tab, white )
table.insert( tab, ": " )
table.insert( tab, str )

chat.AddText( unpack( tab ) )

return true

end )[/lua]

Set the ranks in the ranks table at the top, just put it in a clientside lua script. I'm not saying it will work with DarkRP because this is for stock gmod but you can hopefully use this to help you learn

[Acecool]

I have a few examples too:

[url]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26074909/tutoring/chat_tags/chat_tags_example.lua.html[/url]

[url]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26074909/tutoring/chat_tags/simple_chat_tags_example_using_init_table.lua.html[/url]

[url]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26074909/tutoring/chat_tags/simple_chat_tags_example_using_table_insert.lua.html[/url]

[ NOTE ] Remove .html to view / copy .Lua ...

Also, use color_white instead of re-defining it, not that it matters much but meh...

[nikorev]

[QUOTE=ZombieWizzard;47291703]Actually I will be nice but please learn from this

[lua]local ranks = {
developer = { "Developer", Color( 200, 0, 200 ) },
owner = { "Owner", Color( 252, 194, 0 ) },
superadmin = { "S. Admin", Color( 150, 0 ,255 ) },
admin = { "Admin", Color( 20, 180, 0 ) },
member = { "Member", Color( 0, 0, 255 ) },
user = { "Guest", Color( 255, 255, 255 ) },
}

local white = Color( 255, 255, 255 )

hook.Add ("OnPlayerChat", "Chat Tags", function( ply, txt, tonly )

local rank = nil

if ply:IsPlayer() then

rank = ply:GetUserGroup()

end

if ranks[rank] != nil then

table.insert( tab, white )
table.insert( tab, "[" )
table.insert( tab, ranks[rank][2] )
table.insert( tab, ranks[rank][1] )
table.insert( tab, white )
table.insert( tab, "] " )

end

if !ply:IsPlayer() then

if !ply:Alive() then

table.insert( tab, Color( 255, 0, 0 ) )
table.insert( tab, "*DEAD* " )

end

if tonly then

table.insert( tab, Color( 0, 255, 0 ) )
table.insert( tab, "(TEAM) " )

end

table.insert( tab, team.GetColor( ply:Team() ) )

end

table.insert( tab, ply:Nick() )
table.insert( tab, white )
table.insert( tab, ": " )
table.insert( tab, str )

chat.AddText( unpack( tab ) )

return true

end )[/lua]

Set the ranks in the ranks table at the top, just put it in a clientside lua script. I'm not saying it will work with DarkRP because this is for stock gmod but you can hopefully use this to help you learn[/QUOTE]

Way to blow mine out of proportion. lol

You are much more experienced that me. But please learn from this like he said.