Show icon when somone is typing.....

[khepra]

Just want you all to know, that /seticonalpha is now /seticonvis. I made a last minute change and forgot all about it

ok... here is my little surprise.

Cool stuff. I'll definitely put it into the next update. I totally forgot that the helpmanager even exists.

i belive that the icon's default size should be 50%

Heh, I didn't make this easy to change yet, but if you look around line 45 in ktypestatus_cl.lua

local scaled = screenSizex * (1/(2*(dist+5))) *.85 

if you change the .85 to .5, it should start off at half size. I'll probably make this a global variable later.

i have a funy idea for a next release:

when i am chat /[command] the icon dont show, and when i chat with a number or a letter in beginning, the icon are show

I'll have to change some things around, but I'll see what I can do

[MrJax]

There's a few little bugs in this, but I like it, it's original for GTA too

  
function showTextIcon() 
local playerx,playery,playerz = getElementPosition ( getLocalPlayer() ) 
... 
  

When you're drawing things in a 3d world, you need to use the camera position as the origin, not the player's position.

You also need an 'isElementOnScreen' check in there somewhere.

[khepra]

Thanks for taking a look, Jax!

When you're drawing things in a 3d world, you need to use the camera position as the origin, not the player's position.

I'll be sure to try that out instead. Any particular reason why using the player's position is bad?

You also need an 'isElementOnScreen' check in there somewhere.

I'm doing this pretty manually right now. I wasn't aware of this function, but I'm glad it exists! I'll be sure to include this in an update.

Sorry to anyone that may be waiting for another release... It's been a busy month

But I'll still gladly take suggestions under consideration

[tma]

I'll be sure to try that out instead. Any particular reason why using the player's position is bad?

Because the players position isn't necessarily the camera's position. Hence, what you see isn't always what you're near.

[khepra]

That makes sense. Guess I just haven't really noticed before.

[DazzaJay]

khepra, i found a bug with it...

i have noticed that it increases all players uploads in my server by 800%

without it i upload at 1.5kbps constant to the server, but when kchaticon is on, that amount of upload is increased to 12.0kbps

thats over 1000% increase in upload bandwidth.

same happens to download, add 10kbps to the top of what would normally be recived from the server.

any idea on why it would be causing all that bandwidth to be used?

(i have tested it on all 4 of my servers with the same results)

[tma]

It could be because of this :

  
function chatCheckPulse() 
    if( isChatBoxInputActive() ) then 
        triggerServerEvent("playerChatting", getLocalPlayer()) 
    else 
        triggerServerEvent("playerNotChatting", getLocalPlayer()) 
    end 
     
    setTimer( chatCheckPulse, 500, 1) 
end 
  

Twice a second all players send data to the server to inform it of their chat status. This is wrong - it really needs to only send data when a change of chat state happens.

Edit : it's odd that it increases your bandwidth useage so much but I may be wrong. Either way, that code does not need to send the state twice a second.

[DazzaJay]

here is the thing, if it does not check every so often, you will end up with bubbles stuck on your screen.... (a few other similar scripts do that, khepra's does not, but its the only one that uses bandwidth like this)

which makes me think.....

which is worse....

high pings....

or having peoples chat bubbles stuck on your screen.

[Mr.Hankey]

What do you think about this:

chat = false 
  
function check () 
    if isChatBoxInputActive() == true and chat == false then 
        triggerServerEvent("playerChatting", getLocalPlayer()) 
        chat = true 
    elseif isChatBoxInputActive () == false and chat == true then 
        triggerServerEvent("playerNotChatting", getLocalPlayer()) 
        chat = false 
    end 
end 
  
addEventHandler ("onClientRender", getLocalPlayer(), check) 

I haven't tested it yet but maybe it works^^

[tma]

You don't have to send the update constantly to avoid the sticky chat icon. I've done a chat icon display thing and it works fine as I suggested - only send the state to the server when it's changed - Mr.Hankey's code is what you're after. I have this running on a timer in the client :

  
function tuOverlayChatCheck() 
    -- Only inform the server if we're changing chat state (reduce bandwidth) 
    local chatState = isChatBoxInputActive() or isConsoleActive() 
    if chatState ~= gChatting then 
        gChatting = chatState 
        triggerServerEvent("tuOverlayChatUpdate",gMe,chatState) 
    end 
end 
  

Remember that 99% of the data pulses sent by the original code is redundant - there is no state change for the client chat for the vast majority of the time.

[XetaQuake]

reduce bandwidth, ah nice!

can anybody say me on witch place i have to replace the script-code that tma have posted?

[50p]

Like tma said: "I have this running on a timer in the client", that is: "I call this function using timer in client-side script".

setTimer when the resource start (onClientResourceStart) and you should be ok.

[DazzaJay]

wait..... where do i add it in, (yeah yeah in the client script) but where? what line number? and what do i replace? Dont be so vauge all the time.

[[Ska]Vladmo]

I bet XetaQuake is the one to talk to....

[XetaQuake]

what?

yea i don´t know how i have to place the script, same as DazzaJay

[[Ska]Vladmo]

what?

yea i don´t know how i have to place the script, same as DazzaJay

Well on your germen server you have a chat icon thingy.

[tma]

wait..... where do i add it in, (yeah yeah in the client script) but where? what line number? and what do i replace? Dont be so vauge all the time.

It's not a question of being vauge, it's just a question of time. I don't have much time to delve into other peoples code and make it work how it should. I was hoping by posting the snippet people could see the idea behind it or just modify it slightly and use it. The original author should be able to make the change to their resource from what I've posted.

[XetaQuake]

what?

yea i don´t know how i have to place the script, same as DazzaJay

Well on your germen server you have a chat icon thingy.

ah yes but that is the "original version", tma postet a code that's better for server traffic but i don´t know how i have to place it, same as DazzaJay

that's it

[tma]

Right, I don't know if this will work (I'm just coding it here) or if the version of the KChat thing is the correct one, but try swapping:

  
function chatCheckPulse() 
    if( isChatBoxInputActive() ) then 
        triggerServerEvent("playerChatting", getLocalPlayer()) 
    else 
        triggerServerEvent("playerNotChatting", getLocalPlayer()) 
    end 
     
    setTimer( chatCheckPulse, 500, 1) 
end 
  

with this:

  
gChatting = false 
  
function chatCheckPulse() 
    local chatState = isChatBoxInputActive() or isConsoleActive() 
  
    if chatState ~= gChatting then 
        if chatState then 
            triggerServerEvent("playerChatting", getLocalPlayer()) 
        else 
            triggerServerEvent("playerNotChatting", getLocalPlayer()) 
        end 
        gChatting = chatState 
    end 
    setTimer( chatCheckPulse, 500, 1) 
end 
  

I've modified the original code to be like the snippet I posted, with the exception being this one sends two different events - it doesn't need to do that, it could just send the state as a paramater. However, this will work with the existing code (probably). The bandwidth for this resource will drop dramatically.

[XetaQuake]

i thank you! works perfect! very good fix thanks

[[Ska]Vladmo]

Like I saw it looked like this:

local showMyIcon = true 
local chattingPlayers = {} 
local drawDistance = 100 
local transicon = true 
local chatIconFor = {} 
  
local screenSizex, screenSizey = guiGetScreenSize() 
local guix = screenSizex * 0.1 
local guiy = screenSizex * 0.1 
local globalscale = 1 
local globalalpha = .85 
  
addEvent("updateChatList", true ) 
  
function chatCheckPulse() 
    if( isChatBoxInputActive() ) then 
        triggerServerEvent("playerChatting", getLocalPlayer()) 
    else 
        triggerServerEvent("playerNotChatting", getLocalPlayer()) 
    end 
     
    setTimer( chatCheckPulse, 500, 1) 
end 
  
function showTextIcon() 
    local playerx,playery,playerz = getElementPosition ( getLocalPlayer() ) 
    for player, truth in pairs(chattingPlayers) do 
         
        if (player == getLocalPlayer()) then 
            if(not showMyIcon) then 
                return 
            end 
        end 
     
        if(truth) then 
            local chatx, chaty, chatz = getElementPosition( player ) 
            if(isPlayerInVehicle(player)) then 
                chatz = chatz + .5 
            end 
            local dist = getDistanceBetweenPoints3D ( playerx, playery, playerz, chatx, chaty, chatz ) 
            if dist < drawDistance then 
              if (isPlayerDucked(player)==false) then 
                if( isLineOfSightClear(playerx, playery, playerz, chatx, chaty, chatz, true, false, false, false )) then 
                    local screenX, screenY = getScreenFromWorldPosition ( chatx, chaty, chatz+1.2 ) 
                     
                    local scaled = screenSizex * (1/(2*(dist+5))) *.85 
                    local relx, rely = scaled * globalscale, scaled * globalscale 
                    -- -.0025 * dist+.125 
                    --if(dist < 1) then 
                    --  relx, rely = guix, guiy 
                    --end 
                    guiSetAlpha(chatIconFor[player], globalalpha) 
                    guiSetSize(chatIconFor[player], relx, rely, false) 
                    guiSetPosition(chatIconFor[player], screenX, screenY, false) 
                    if(screenX and screenY) then 
                        guiSetVisible(chatIconFor[player], true) 
                    end 
                end 
              end    
            end 
        end 
    end 
end 
  
function updateList(newEntry, newStatus) 
    chattingPlayers[newEntry] = newStatus 
    if(not chatIconFor[newEntry]) then 
        chatIconFor[newEntry] = guiCreateStaticImage(0, 0, guix, guiy, "chat___german_public_server_version--do_not_use.png", false ) 
    end 
    guiSetVisible(chatIconFor[newEntry], false) 
end 
  
function toggleIcon() 
    outputChatBox ( "Your icon is: " ) 
    if( showMyIcon ) then 
        showMyIcon = false 
        outputChatBox ( "off", 255, 0, 0) 
    else 
        showMyIcon = true 
        outputChatBox ( "on", 0, 255, 0) 
    end 
end 
  
function resizeIcon( command, newSize ) 
    if(newSize) then 
        local resize = tonumber( newSize ) 
        local percent = resize/100 
        globalscale = percent 
    end 
    outputChatBox("Chat icons are "..(globalscale * 100).."% normal size") 
end 
  
function setIconAlpha( command, newSize ) 
    if(newSize) then 
        globalalpha = tonumber( newSize ) / 100 
    end 
    outputChatBox("Chat icons are "..(globalalpha * 100).."% visible") 
end 
  
addEventHandler ( "updateChatList", getRootElement(), updateList ) 
  
addEventHandler ( "onClientResourceStart", getRootElement(), chatCheckPulse ) 
addEventHandler ( "onClientPlayerJoin", getRootElement(), chatCheckPulse ) 
addEventHandler ( "onClientRender", getRootElement(), showTextIcon ) 
  
addCommandHandler( "toggleicon", toggleIcon) 
addCommandHandler( "resizeicon", resizeIcon) 
addCommandHandler( "seticonvis", setIconAlpha) 

[DazzaJay]

Right, I don't know if this will work (I'm just coding it here) or if the version of the KChat thing is the correct one, but try swapping:

  
function chatCheckPulse() 
    if( isChatBoxInputActive() ) then 
        triggerServerEvent("playerChatting", getLocalPlayer()) 
    else 
        triggerServerEvent("playerNotChatting", getLocalPlayer()) 
    end 
     
    setTimer( chatCheckPulse, 500, 1) 
end 
  

with this:

  
gChatting = false 
  
function chatCheckPulse() 
    local chatState = isChatBoxInputActive() or isConsoleActive() 
  
    if chatState ~= gChatting then 
        if chatState then 
            triggerServerEvent("playerChatting", getLocalPlayer()) 
        else 
            triggerServerEvent("playerNotChatting", getLocalPlayer()) 
        end 
        gChatting = chatState 
    end 
    setTimer( chatCheckPulse, 500, 1) 
end 
  

I've modified the original code to be like the snippet I posted, with the exception being this one sends two different events - it doesn't need to do that, it could just send the state as a paramater. However, this will work with the existing code (probably). The bandwidth for this resource will drop dramatically.

Thank you tma.

Works good. (i was trying to replace the wrong things, seeing as how nooone said where to put the code)

[XetaQuake]

Hi, there is a bug in the traffic fix, now sometimes the chat icons don´t go away when the player there chating go out of the display, the chat icon are on the side of the display

screen from bug:

i hope someone can fix this pleas

[DazzaJay]

yeah, ive noticed that too, but it dissapears when they close their chat box, so i didnt really think anything of it.

anyone know how to fix that? so if a player goes off the screen, it removes the image?

[tma]

I'm pretty sure the change I suggested doesn't cause this problem. Can you check by swapping back to the original code and trying ?

I only made a change to send less data to the server, not weather they were/were not chatting. Dunno - could be the way the server handles things but it's more likely to be the overlay update code that needs to check if the player is on screen and to show/hide the icon accordingly. Does the original code do this OK ?