I'm wondering how to make a script say something in chat. Simply what function lets you do this? I know print() types to the console, but what would say something in player chat?
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How to have a script say something inside chat?
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Yes, you can have the script say something in chat using ChatMakeSystemMessage. Example straight from the wiki:
game:GetService("StarterGui"):SetCore("ChatMakeSystemMessage",{
Text = "Welcome to my game!"; -- Required. Has to be a string!
Color = Color3.new(0,1,1); -- Cyan is (0,255/255,255/255) -- Optional defaults to white: Color3.new(255/255, 255/255, 243/255)
Font = Enum.Font.SourceSans; -- Optional, defaults to Enum.Font.SourceSansBold
FontSize = Enum.FontSize.Size24; -- Optional, defaults to Enum.FontSize.Size18
})
This would have to be in a local script. I just performed some tests on it, as well, and you CAN make multiple messages, triggered by what you choose:
game:GetService("StarterGui"):SetCore("ChatMakeSystemMessage",{
Text = "Testing this out!";
Color = Color3.new(0,1,1);
Font = Enum.Font.SourceSans;
FontSize = Enum.FontSize.Size24;
})
wait(10)
game:GetService("StarterGui"):SetCore("ChatMakeSystemMessage",{
Text = "Let's see if I can do it twice!";
Color = Color3.new(0,1,1);
Font = Enum.Font.SourceSans;
FontSize = Enum.FontSize.Size24;
})
This script produced this result. Here's a link to the wiki, as well.
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If this isn't clear, then let me set an example. In most GMod or Minecraft servers, when a player joins, it will post a comment in chat saying "(name) has joined the server."