how to set colour on player id

[orangetom1]

i need to put a colour for example when i say something it would be in red this is the script so far:

local chatRadius = 25 --units

function sendMessageToNearbyPlayers( message, messageType )

if messageType == 1 then

local posX, posY, posZ = getElementPosition( source )

local chatSphere = createColSphere( posX, posY, posZ, chatRadius )

local nearbyPlayers = getElementsWithinColShape( chatSphere, "player" )

destroyElement( chatSphere )

for index, nearbyPlayer in ipairs( nearbyPlayers ) do

outputChatBox( message, nearbyPlayer )

end

end

end

addEventHandler( "onPlayerChat", getRootElement(), sendMessageToNearbyPlayers )

function blockChatMessage()

cancelEvent()

end

addEventHandler( "onPlayerChat", getRootElement(), blockChatMessage )

function onChat ( message, messageType )

if messageType == 0 then

local root = getRootElement()

outputChatBox ( getPlayerName ( source ) .. .. message, getRootElement(), true )

cancelEvent()

end

end

addEventHandler ( "onPlayerChat", getRootElement(), onChat )See Also

[Exploit]

I don't know why you did those 2 extra functions 'onChat' and 'blockChatMessage' so I removed them.

Basically to display the chat in color all you had to do is add the color you wanted in hex format

Red in hex format is #FF0000

chatRadius = 25 -- Units
 
function sendMessageToNearbyPlayers( message, messageType )
if messageType == 1 then
local posX, posY, posZ = getElementPosition( source )
 
local chatSphere = createColSphere( posX, posY, posZ, chatRadius )
local nearbyPlayers = getElementsWithinColShape( chatSphere, "player" )
destroyElement( chatSphere )
 
for index, nearbyPlayer in ipairs( nearbyPlayers ) do
-- PUT COLOR IN HEX format, example red = #FF0000
outputChatBox ( "#FF0000" .. getPlayerName ( source ) .. " says: " .. message, nearbyPlayer )
end
end
end
addEventHandler( "onPlayerChat", getRootElement(), sendMessageToNearbyPlayers )

[Dark Dragon]

unfortunately your hex code will fail coloring anything as long as you don't allow color code to be used in outputChatBox's arguments (it's disabled by default). you also forget to add cancelEvent(), in the current form you would see everything on the chat twice.

chatRadius = 25 -- Units
 
function sendMessageToNearbyPlayers( message, messageType )
if messageType == 1 then
local posX, posY, posZ = getElementPosition( source )
 
local chatSphere = createColSphere( posX, posY, posZ, chatRadius )
local nearbyPlayers = getElementsWithinColShape( chatSphere, "player" )
destroyElement( chatSphere )
 
for index, nearbyPlayer in ipairs( nearbyPlayers ) do
-- PUT COLOR IN HEX format, example red = #FF0000
outputChatBox ( "#FF0000" .. getPlayerName ( source ) .. " says: " .. message, nearbyPlayer,255,255,255,true )
end
cancelEvent()
end
end
addEventHandler( "onPlayerChat", getRootElement(), sendMessageToNearbyPlayers )

besides, i guess he wants to have different players having different colors.

for your use i'd suggest screwing the colshape and just use getDistanceBetweenPoints3D for each player (getElementsByType("player")) element and the player who sent it, for the colors you could just use getPlayerNametagColor or get/setElementData

of course you can keep it the way you currently do it and just use getPlayerNametagColor or get/setElementData and the color argument in outputChatBox

in both cases you should use the color code to color the text after the players name in some neutral color