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Overwriting a default chat script?

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5 years ago

As a default, when joining a server in Roblox, a message always appears saying, "Chat '/?' or '/help' for a list of chat commands."

I want to remove this and replace it with my own custom welcome message.

I have managed to create my own new welcome message using: game.StarterGui:SetCore("ChatMakeSystemMessage", {Text = "Welcome message."})

However, the default message still remains. I was browsing through the default scripts that load when a player joins and found the relevant script.

In the script Chat>ChatModules>ChatCommandsTeller there is a line that creates this message.

I want to know if it is possible to overwrite this default script or somehow prevent it from running.

(Default script provided by Roblox)

--  // FileName: ChatCommandsTeller.lua
--  // Written by: Xsitsu
--  // Description: Module that provides information on default chat commands to players.

local Chat = game:GetService("Chat")
local ReplicatedModules = Chat:WaitForChild("ClientChatModules")
local ChatSettings = require(ReplicatedModules:WaitForChild("ChatSettings"))
local ChatConstants = require(ReplicatedModules:WaitForChild("ChatConstants"))

local ChatLocalization = nil
pcall(function() ChatLocalization = require(game:GetService("Chat").ClientChatModules.ChatLocalization) end)
if ChatLocalization == nil then ChatLocalization = {} end

if not ChatLocalization.FormatMessageToSend or not ChatLocalization.LocalizeFormattedMessage then
    function ChatLocalization:FormatMessageToSend(key,default) return default end
end

local function Run(ChatService)

    local function ShowJoinAndLeaveCommands()
        -- Irrelevant function
    end

    local function ProcessCommandsFunction(fromSpeaker, message, channel)
        -- Irrelevant function
    end

    ChatService:RegisterProcessCommandsFunction("chat_commands_inquiry", ProcessCommandsFunction, ChatConstants.StandardPriority)

    if ChatSettings.GeneralChannelName then
        local allChannel = ChatService:GetChannel(ChatSettings.GeneralChannelName)
        if (allChannel) then
            allChannel.WelcomeMessage = ChatLocalization:FormatMessageToSend("GameChat_ChatCommandsTeller_AllChannelWelcomeMessage","Chat '/?' or '/help' for a list of chat commands.")
        end
    end
end

return Run

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Answered by

zone_cboat 52

5 years ago

Edited 5 years ago

Good news, I know I am late, but I was searching for something else and stumbled upon this question. After messing around a bit I figured out it has something to do with the localization table. So if you change this part "GameChat_ChatCommandsTeller_AllChannelWelcomeMessage" to anything else such as ""GameChat_ChatCommandsTeller_CustomChatMessage" It will allow you to change the text. Here is the script.


--  // FileName: ChatCommandsTeller.lua
--  // Written by: Xsitsu
--  // Description: Module that provides information on default chat commands to players.

local Chat = game:GetService("Chat")
local ReplicatedModules = Chat:WaitForChild("ClientChatModules")
local ChatSettings = require(ReplicatedModules:WaitForChild("ChatSettings"))
local ChatConstants = require(ReplicatedModules:WaitForChild("ChatConstants"))

local ChatLocalization = nil
pcall(function() ChatLocalization = require(game:GetService("Chat").ClientChatModules.ChatLocalization) end)
if ChatLocalization == nil then ChatLocalization = {} end

if not ChatLocalization.FormatMessageToSend or not ChatLocalization.LocalizeFormattedMessage then
    function ChatLocalization:FormatMessageToSend(key,default) return default end
end

local function Run(ChatService)

    local function ShowJoinAndLeaveCommands()
        if ChatSettings.ShowJoinAndLeaveHelpText ~= nil then
            return ChatSettings.ShowJoinAndLeaveHelpText
        end
        return false
    end

    local function ProcessCommandsFunction(fromSpeaker, message, channel)
        if (message:lower() == "/?" or message:lower() == "/help") then
            local speaker = ChatService:GetSpeaker(fromSpeaker)
            speaker:SendSystemMessage(ChatLocalization:FormatMessageToSend("GameChat_ChatCommandsTeller_Desc","These are the basic chat commands."), channel)
            if ChatSettings.AllowMeCommand then
                speaker:SendSystemMessage(ChatLocalization:FormatMessageToSend("GameChat_ChatCommandsTeller_MeCommand","/me <text> : roleplaying command for doing actions."), channel)
            end
            speaker:SendSystemMessage(ChatLocalization:FormatMessageToSend("GameChat_ChatCommandsTeller_SwitchChannelCommand","/c <channel> : switch channel menu tabs."), channel)
            if ShowJoinAndLeaveCommands() then
                speaker:SendSystemMessage(ChatLocalization:FormatMessageToSend("GameChat_ChatCommandsTeller_JoinChannelCommand","/join <channel> or /j <channel> : join channel."), channel)
                speaker:SendSystemMessage(ChatLocalization:FormatMessageToSend("GameChat_ChatCommandsTeller_LeaveChannelCommand","/leave <channel> or /l <channel> : leave channel. (leaves current if none specified)"), channel)
            end
            speaker:SendSystemMessage(ChatLocalization:FormatMessageToSend("GameChat_ChatCommandsTeller_WhisperCommand","/whisper <speaker> or /w <speaker> : open private message channel with speaker."), channel)
            speaker:SendSystemMessage(ChatLocalization:FormatMessageToSend("GameChat_ChatCommandsTeller_MuteCommand","/mute <speaker> : mute a speaker."), channel)
            speaker:SendSystemMessage(ChatLocalization:FormatMessageToSend("GameChat_ChatCommandsTeller_UnMuteCommand","/unmute <speaker> : unmute a speaker."), channel)

            local player = speaker:GetPlayer()
            if player and player.Team then
                speaker:SendSystemMessage(ChatLocalization:FormatMessageToSend("GameChat_ChatCommandsTeller_TeamCommand","/team <message> or /t <message> : send a team chat to players on your team."), channel)
            end

            return true
        end

        return false
    end

    ChatService:RegisterProcessCommandsFunction("chat_commands_inquiry", ProcessCommandsFunction, ChatConstants.StandardPriority)

    if ChatSettings.GeneralChannelName then
        local allChannel = ChatService:GetChannel(ChatSettings.GeneralChannelName)
        if (allChannel) then
            allChannel.WelcomeMessage = ChatLocalization:FormatMessageToSend("GameChat_ChatCommandsTeller_CustomChatMessage","----------------------CUSTOM MESSAGE HERE-----------------------------------")
        end
    end
end

return Run

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