I'm making a makeshift chat system that allows Xbox players to chat, but through the Developer console and by Print() since I'm too lazy to script a whole UI and all of the UI scripting.

(Just note that I'm somewhat new to RemoteEvents/RemoteFunctions)

I have a remoteEvent located in game:GetService('ReplicatedStorage') that fires to all clients with the player's name and the text that they want to send. Here I have a Server script that gets executed when you hit the Send button...

local btn = script.Parent
local cooldown = false

btn.MouseButton1Down:Connect(function()
	
	if cooldown == false then
		
		cooldown = true
		
		local RS = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
		local RF = RS.Stuff.Remotes.SendMessageE
		
		local playerName = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Name
		local inp = script.Parent.Parent.Frame.TextBox.Text
		
		RF:FireAllClients(playerName, inp)
		
		wait(5)
		
		cooldown = false
		
	elseif cooldown == true then
		
		warn("Please wait before sending another message.")
		
	end
	
end)

The "playerName" will be the sender's name, and the "inp" will be the input from the TextBox.

Then, I have a LocalScript in the same path as the Server script (underneath the "Send" button) containing the following script...

local RS = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local RE = RS.Stuff.Remotes:WaitForChild("SendMessageE")

RE.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(playerName, inp)
	print(tostring(playerName).." : "..tostring(inp))
end)

It should print out like this... [Timestamp] -- SenderNameExample : Hello!

But it ends up being this... [Timestamp] -- SenderNameExample : <-- No text at all, only the name and timestamp.

Any help please? I'm not gonna be on for a while because It's waayyy to late for me.

Anonymous

5 comments

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The User Interface belongs to the Client, and with FE regulations, any modification made will not reflect to the Server; the Server cannot see what you typed. You need to have the Client send their data to the Server in which is is then filtered and distributed.

Anonymous#
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So do I make another remoteEvent that sends the name and input data to the server to update it. Then, fire the first remoteEvent to all clients?

Anonymous#
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Ok, I actually managed to fix this problem by doing what you said, Ziffixture. I went to another script for another remoteEvent that updates the input, then once it's sent to the server, I used :FireAllClients(player, input) on the server script. Then, on the localscript that receives the data, I used RE.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(player, input) to print the values of player and input.

Anonymous#
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I went onto my test game with my alt account and main account to test it, everything is refreshing and sending properly like intended.

Anonymous#
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Can you post that message you sent as an answer down there /, so I can check it as the answer?

Anonymous#