I'll give you the one I edited for my server:
-- client:
local textsToDraw = {}
local hideown
local showtime
local characteraddition
local maxbubbles
local showthebubbles = true
function income(player,message)
if player ~= getLocalPlayer() or not hideown then
addText(player,message,messagetype)
end
end
function addText(player,message,messagetype)
local notfirst = false
for i,v in ipairs(textsToDraw) do
if v[1] == player then
v[4] = v[4] + 1
notfirst = true
end
end
local infotable = {player,message,messagetype,0}
table.insert(textsToDraw,infotable)
if not notfirst then
setTimer(removeText,showtime + (#message * characteraddition),1,infotable)
end
end
function removeText(infotable)
for i,v in ipairs(textsToDraw) do
if v[1] == infotable[1] and v[2] == infotable[2] then
for i2,v2 in ipairs(textsToDraw) do
if v2[1] == v[1] and v[4] - v2[4] == 1 then
setTimer(removeText,showtime + (#v2[2] * characteraddition),1,v2)
end
end
table.remove(textsToDraw,i)
break
end
end
end
function getTextsToRemove()
for i,v in ipairs(textsToDraw) do
if v[1] == source then
removeText(v)
end
end
end
function handleDisplay()
if showthebubbles then
for i,v in ipairs(textsToDraw) do
if isElement(v[1]) then
if getElementHealth(v[1]) > 0 then
local camPosXl, camPosYl, camPosZl = getPedBonePosition (v[1], 6)
local camPosXr, camPosYr, camPosZr = getPedBonePosition (v[1], 7)
local x,y,z = (camPosXl + camPosXr) / 2, (camPosYl + camPosYr) / 2, (camPosZl + camPosZr) / 2
--local posx,posy = getScreenFromWorldPosition(x,y,z+0.25)
local cx,cy,cz = getCameraMatrix()
local px,py,pz = getElementPosition(v[1])
local distance = getDistanceBetweenPoints3D(cx,cy,cz,px,py,pz)
local posx,posy = getScreenFromWorldPosition(x,y,z+0.020*distance+0.10)
local elementtoignore1 = getPedOccupiedVehicle(getLocalPlayer()) or getLocalPlayer()
local elementtoignore2 = getPedOccupiedVehicle(v[1]) or v[1]
if posx and distance <= 45 and ( isLineOfSightClear(cx,cy,cz,px,py,pz,true,true,false,true,false,true,true,elementtoignore1) or isLineOfSightClear(cx,cy,cz,px,py,pz,true,true,false,true,false,true,true,elementtoignore2) ) and ( not maxbubbles or v[4] < maxbubbles ) then -- change this when multiple ignored elements can be specified
local width = dxGetTextWidth(v[2],1,"default")
dxDrawRectangle(posx - (3 + (0.5 * width)),posy - (2 + (v[4] * 20)),width + 5,19,tocolor(0,0,0,255))
dxDrawRectangle(posx - (6 + (0.5 * width)),posy - (2 + (v[4] * 20)),width + 11,19,tocolor(0,0,0,40))
dxDrawRectangle(posx - (8 + (0.5 * width)),posy - (1 + (v[4] * 20)),width + 15,17,tocolor(0,0,0,255))
dxDrawRectangle(posx - (10 + (0.5 * width)),posy - (1 + (v[4] * 20)),width + 19,17,tocolor(0,0,0,40))
dxDrawRectangle(posx - (10 + (0.5 * width)),posy - (v[4] * 20) + 1,width + 19,13,tocolor(0,0,0,255))
dxDrawRectangle(posx - (12 + (0.5 * width)),posy - (v[4] * 20) + 1,width + 23,13,tocolor(0,0,0,40))
dxDrawRectangle(posx - (12 + (0.5 * width)),posy - (v[4] * 20) + 4,width + 23,7,tocolor(0,0,0,255))
local r,g,b = 255,255,255
dxDrawText(v[2],posx - (0.5 * width),posy - (v[4] * 20),posx - (0.5 * width),posy - (v[4] * 20),tocolor(r,g,b,255),1,"default","left","top",false,false,false)
end
end
end
end
end
end
function getServerSettings()
triggerServerEvent("onAskForBubbleSettings",getLocalPlayer())
end
function saveSettings(settings)
showtime = settings[1]
characteraddition = settings[2]
maxbubbles = settings[3]
hideown = settings[4]
addEvent("onChatbubblesMessageIncome",true)
addEventHandler("onChatbubblesMessageIncome",getRootElement(),income)
end
function toggleBubblesOnOff()
showthebubbles = not showthebubbles
outputChatBox("Toggled chatbubbles " ..( not showthebubbles and "#FF0000off#FFFFFF." or "#00FF00on#FFFFFF." ),255,255,255,true)
end
addEventHandler("onClientPlayerQuit",getRootElement(),getTextsToRemove)
addEventHandler("onClientRender",getRootElement(),handleDisplay)
addEventHandler("onClientResourceStart",getResourceRootElement(getThisResource()),getServerSettings)
addEvent("onBubbleSettingsReturn",true)
addEventHandler("onBubbleSettingsReturn",getRootElement(),saveSettings)
addCommandHandler("chatbubbles",toggleBubblesOnOff)
-- server:
local showtime = tonumber(get("DefaultTime"))
local characteraddition = tonumber(get("PerCharacterAddition"))
local maxbubbles = get("MaxBubbles")
if maxbubbles == "false" then maxbubbles = false else maxbubbles = tonumber(maxbubbles) end
local hideown = get("HideOwn")
if hideown == "true" then hideown = true else hideown = false end
function sendMessageToClient(player,message)
triggerClientEvent(source,"onChatbubblesMessageIncome",source,player,message)
end
addEvent ( "onLocalChatMessage", true )
addEventHandler("onLocalChatMessage",getRootElement(),sendMessageToClient)
function returnSettings()
local settings =
{
showtime,
characteraddition,
maxbubbles,
hideown
}
triggerClientEvent(source,"onBubbleSettingsReturn",getRootElement(),settings)
end
addEvent("onAskForBubbleSettings",true)
addEventHandler("onAskForBubbleSettings",getRootElement(),returnSettings)
In your local chat script put this after the outputChatBox line:
triggerEvent ( "onLocalChatMessage", v, player, msg )
