★ UTChat 20 ★ [updated 3/12/2021]

[Que]

Nexgen (like) Chat Hud minus the Controller.

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UTChat by ProAsm and no0ne - 2021
Compatible with 436, 451 and 469.

Installation
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Add UTChat<version>.u to your UTServer/System folder.
Open your Server.ini file and add under:

[Engine.GameEngine]
ServerPackages=UTChat<version>

Add to the command line:
?Mutators=UTChat<version>.UTChat
NB: This needs to be the last mutator in the command line.

Configurations
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bShowChatMessages (Default True) Also in Menu.
Setting this to False will disable the Mutator.

bBotsInServerChat (Default False) Also in Menu.
When set to True, the Chatbox on a server game will also show Bot messages.

ChatsTextColor=(R=200,G=180,B=2,A=0)
This the admin can configure and is the color of the text in the top chat box.

OtherTextColor=(R=50,G=250,B=250,A=0)
This the all the text below the chatbox.

The configuration .ini file also holds the last 200 chat lines by the players.
This can be viewed in a window by typing in the console:

Mutate UTChat ShowChatLog
or !Chat as a chat message.

If logged in as an Admin, a Clear Chat Log option will be available to clear all chats.

If the last 2 characters in a chat line are for instance :) then an emoji will appear in it's place.
Current emoji's
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:) = smile
:( = grin
:^ = eyes
:+ = thumb up
:- = thumb down
:o = lol
:f = fist
:k = ok hand
:t = thinking
:b = bomb
:c = cool
:u = point up
:p = tongue out
:s = poop
:w = wave
:q = question mark
:z = zZz

If :? is in the Say then a list of abbreviations will be shown.

If you wish to use UTChat instead of Nexgen's chat:
In Nexgen.ini set useNexgenHUD=False.

To Open Chat Window in game;
Console: Mutate UTChat ShowChatLog
you may bind to a key ie;

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set input <key> Mutate UTChat ShowChatLog

or type !Chat as a chat message.

Known Bugs:

ChangeLog

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UTChat Changelog
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v17c
Fixed several access nones.
Added Admin message to Players.

v17b
Removed GUI scaling.

v17
Added auto scaling to menus.
Fixed 436/451 GPF crashes.

v16f
Fixed black text color at startup.

v16e
Added * prefix to player in menu if muted.

v16
[UTChat16.UTChatSvrAdds]
ServerAddsSymbol="-"
ServerAddsColor=(R=255,G=255,B=0,A=0)

The ServerAddsSymbol= is the first 1, 2 or 3 symbol characters you need to add infront of your serveradds.
For instance all lines need to be something like -=< This is the line >=-
Now you would have ServerAddsSymbol="-="
This is so the code can recognize a ServerAdds message & Change the Color of the ServerAdds to your Custom Color.

v15
Added private messaging window.
Private message 100 save option.
Removed configs from chat windows.
Added Config Tab for all configs.
Fixed !Cmds not being passed.
Added 8 new banner emojis.
Adjust emoji position to size.
Added Admin options to disable emojis.
Added Admin options to disable private messages.
Fixed other lines text length.
Added help labels in Configs.
Added banner names to display.
Re-aligned logon logo.
Removed banners and emojis if bNoEmoticons.

v14
Emojis no longer case sensitive.
Add DM/LMS Player single color option.
Reduced Smallfont vertical emoji size.
Spaced lines for better emoji display.
Added option for number of chat lines.
Added option for number of other lines.
Added logo image with option.
Added Transparent option.
Added Chatlog Keybind.
Added UTBots compatibility option.
Fixed Spectator using !chat.

v13
Small improvements on utchats disable.
Added several new emojis.
Set SmallFonts as default.
Fixed Spectator message double names.
Added Spectator message text always silver.
Added logon intro.

v12
Fixed original hud for newnet and nexgen.
Reduced chatbox border thickness.
Added enable client emojis in menu.
Added use client smaller fonts in menu.
Added client chatlog save in menu.
Added enable client chat in menu.
Added spectator mutate for menu.

[asosed]

The first thing I noticed after testing.
1. Chat kills HUD NewNet (timer and anti-gravity boots)
2. Can you make it so that can highlight and copy (Ctrl-C) messages from the chat window?
3. Can you make the emoji's always appear, regardless of the end of the sentence and so that they can be turned off (bemoji=True/False)?
4. Can you make links clickable in the chat window?

[ProAsm]

Hi asosed, well in answer to your questions.
1. Has been fixed.
2. A HUD does not recognize keystrokes etc so I added a save option in the menu so you can save the whole of the chatlog on your pc.
4. I will look into this but I doubt it.
3. This can be done but would be very time consuming as the code would have to check every character in a message instead of just the last 2.
Also the placing of the image midstream would be difficult because when the lines scroll up, it would be difficult to see where these inline images need to go.
Currently we'll skip this but I will fiddle with it and see if I can find a shortcut somewhere

[Que]

//UPDATED 16F//

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v16f
Fixed black text color at startup.

v16e
Added * prefix to player  in menu if muted.

v16
[UTChat16.UTChatSvrAdds]
ServerAddsSymbol="-"
ServerAddsColor=(R=255,G=255,B=0,A=0)

The ServerAddsSymbol= is the first 1, 2 or 3 symbol characters you need to add infront of your serveradds.
For instance all lines need to be something like -=< This is the line >=-
Now you would have ServerAddsSymbol="-="
This is so the code can recognize a ServerAdds message  & Change the Color of the ServerAdds to your Custom Color.

//UPDATED 16G//

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v16g
Fixed possible local GPF crashes.

[Que]

//UPDATED//

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v17b
Removed GUI scaling.

v17
Added auto scaling to menus.
Fixed 436/451 GPF crashes.

NOTE: earlier versions of this mod may cause users running 436/451 D3DDrv Renderer to Crash.

[Que]

//minor update//

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v17c
Fixed several access nones.
Added Admin message to Players.

[esnesi]

I've set UTChat as an ServerActor recently instead of a mutator in my 63 gametype configs.
All works fine, but i noticed on gametypes where i run SmartSB, UTChat gets replaced by it.
This results into the normal chathud in game, although !chat menu can be loaded.

Could there something be done about this you think ?
When i run this as extra mutator, the HUD is replaced correctly, only its loaded 2 times cause of the actor ofcourse.
If it's better to run as Mutator only i'll just reverse to that.

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HudType = SmartSB102s.SmartSBHudTeam | OldHud = UTChat17c.UTChatHudTM | ScoreBoard = SmartSB102s.SmartSBScoreBoard | MaxPlayers = 32 | ServerInfo = SmartSB102s.SmartSBServerInfo
UTChat: OriginalHUDClass = CTF4.CTF4HUD | Current HUD = UTChat17c.UTChatHudTM | ServerInfo = Botpack.ServerInfoTeam | bShowChatMessages = True

HudType = SmartSB102s.SmartSBHudTeam | OldHud = UTChat17c.UTChatHudTM | ScoreBoard = SmartSB102s.SmartSBScoreBoard | MaxPlayers = 32 | ServerInfo = SmartSB102s.SmartSBServerInfo

[ProAsm]

Oops, sorry for the late reply but been a bit busy with 102t which has a massive update
I found running as a Mutator works best and I too have found strange things happen with UTChat.
However, I found it depends a lot in where you load UTChat.
I run my test server as follows.
Mutator=SmartSB102s.SmartSB,UTCmds7.UTCmds,UTChat17c.UTChat

[esnesi]

Oops, sorry for the late reply but been a bit busy with 102t which has a massive update
I found running as a Mutator works best and I too have found strange things happen with UTChat.
However, I found it depends a lot in where you load UTChat.
I run my test server as follows.
Mutator=SmartSB102s.SmartSB,UTCmds7.UTCmds,UTChat17c.UTChat

Yeah, i also got it at the end of the mutatorstring.
No issues when it's there, but indeed only when it's ran as ServerActor on a gametype where SmartSB is active.
The result is that the HUD ain't visible, but UTChat is active when running !chat.
Somehow only when it's set as actor it's getting replaced by SmartSB. (Actor is also set as last)

[ProAsm]

The result is that the HUD ain't visible, but UTChat is active when running !chat.
Somehow only when it's set as actor it's getting replaced by SmartSB. (Actor is also set as last)

In UTChat18 I have added a ServerActor class which seems to have solved your problem.

ServerActors=UTChat18.UTChatActor

[esnesi]

The result is that the HUD ain't visible, but UTChat is active when running !chat.
Somehow only when it's set as actor it's getting replaced by SmartSB. (Actor is also set as last)

In UTChat18 I have added a ServerActor class which seems to have solved your problem.

ServerActors=UTChat18.UTChatActor

Great news, thanks in advance.
If it won't bother you;

Would it be possible to have these variables set server-sided as well?;
bNoEmoticons
bSmallFonts

(Or maybe all the variables on the config window)
Motivation for the request is that my preference would be no emoticons disabled, with smallfonts by default.
Experience learns it's the first thing players do, personally not a fan of them, but that's personal ofcourse

[Que]

bNoEmoticons
bSmallFonts

Personal?. Open UTChat and disable them by saying !chat

Done.

[esnesi]

bNoEmoticons
bSmallFonts

Personal?. Open UTChat and disable them by saying !chat
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Done.

Would it be possible to have these variables set server-sided as well?;
bNoEmoticons
bSmallFonts

Server-sided is the request > simplified > Meaning the ability to set them true/false by default for all players.

[ProAsm]

Server-sided is the request > simplified > Meaning the ability to set them true/false by default for all players.

This could be a problem as most the settings are clientside as the options are personal.
If I make the options serverside then I must remove them from the client.
Surely its the players choice what he wants to see and not the admin to tell him what to do.
Currently bNoEmoticons are serverside and I have made the bSmallFonts=True as default.

[esnesi]

Server-sided is the request > simplified > Meaning the ability to set them true/false by default for all players.

This could be a problem as most the settings are clientside as the options are personal.
If I make the options serverside then I must remove them from the client.
Surely its the players choice what he wants to see and not the admin to tell him what to do.
Currently bNoEmoticons are serverside and I have made the bSmallFonts=True as default.

Ah i see, that's unfortunate.
If it's not possible to keep client- and serversided, the player should keep their freedom of setting it by them selfs indeed.
Experience learned that alot of players asked to change to smallfonts, and disable the emoticons.
My thinking was to prevent this, by changing the default values.