Hide chat permanently

[Piorun]

Hi guys,

I want to ask you how to hide chat permanently. I tried to cancelEvent after "showchat" command but it doesnt work so then i tried to unbind 't' and 'y' key - doesn't work. I used on c-side

unbindKey("t") 

unbindKey("y") 

[John Smith]

showChat(false) 

This will hide the chat and it's input permanently, unless other script turns chat back on.

[Piorun]

but u can use "showchat" via console and magic's gone .

[Piorun]

Ok i did it like that:

addEventHandler("onClientRender",root,function()showChat(false)end) 

I don't know if it's optimal but now i dont care .

[John Smith]

I don't really use showChat alot, so excuse my mistake ^^ but you could also try canceling onPlayerCommand event if command was 'showchat' (not sure if will work, but if it does, its better solution rather than using showChat each frame)

[vx89]

What event did you try to cancel?

Try this (server-side code):

addEventHandler("onPlayerChat", root, function() cancelEvent() end) 

[Mega9]

What event did you try to cancel?

Try this (server-side code):

addEventHandler("onPlayerChat", root, function() cancelEvent() end) 

He wants to hide the chat, not prevent messages from being sent.

[Tails]

I don't really use showChat alot, so excuse my mistake ^^ but you could also try canceling onPlayerCommand event if command was 'showchat' (not sure if will work, but if it does, its better solution rather than using showChat each frame)

I believe only server-side commands can be blocked.

[Revolt]

First hide the chat, then output a bunch of blank messages, and cancel out 'onPlayerChat' event.

[ViRuZGamiing]

indeed, showchat is in here;

https://wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/Co ... _and_CVars

[vx89]

What event did you try to cancel?

Try this (server-side code):

addEventHandler("onPlayerChat", root, function() cancelEvent() end) 

He wants to hide the chat, not prevent messages from being sent.

OK, depends on his usecase, this is indeed true if some players can see the chat and some players will not, where only the first group can really speak with each other.

In that case client-side event onClientChatMessage could be canceled instead.

[myonlake]

Ok i did it like that:

addEventHandler("onClientRender",root,function()showChat(false)end) 

I don't know if it's optimal but now i dont care .

Holy crap, don't do that.

Use https://wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/OnConsole and call showChat whenever someone tries to show it.

Not sure if MTA's internal command system is considered as "existing command handler" in this case, but test it at least.