Vice City: Multiplayer

VC:MP Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: TheMallard on Feb 15, 2016, 01:21 PM

Title: Prevent chat messages from disappearing
Post by: TheMallard on Feb 15, 2016, 01:21 PM
Hello everyone!
Is this possible to prevent chat messages from disappearing?
Can you create a setting for this?
This is really annoying, because there is no dialogs in VCMP, so the chat is the only method for information to stay at the screen for a long time, but since messages are disappearing, this is impossible.
Title: Re: Prevent chat messages from disappearing
Post by: KAKAN on Feb 15, 2016, 01:28 PM
You can create textdraws :)

Here is the format:-
CreateTextdraw( string szText, int x, int y, colour{ 0xAARRGGBB } )
Here's an example of textdraw( i have full HD monitor )
Yucker <- CreateTextdraw("Sample text",200,200,0xFFFFFFFF );
Yucker.SetRelativeForAll( true );
Untested
Title: Re: Prevent chat messages from disappearing
Post by: . on Feb 15, 2016, 01:31 PM
Use announcements:

Announce("daaaaayuuuuuummmn son!", da_player); // default style
Announce("daaaaayuuuuuummmn son!", da_player, 5); // specific style
// http://wiki.vc-mp.org/wiki/Game_Text_Codes_and_Styles

Or use Textdraws for a more permanent solution.
Title: Re: Prevent chat messages from disappearing
Post by: TheMallard on Feb 15, 2016, 01:34 PM
Yeah, I know about these features. But I want to use the Unicode support plugin, but there is no fonts for Russian, Chinese (ha-ha, Chinese font for Vice City) and other languages, so I think that only chat will be supported by this plugin.
Title: Re: Prevent chat messages from disappearing
Post by: . on Feb 15, 2016, 01:35 PM
Then you should've specified that from the beginning. Don't you think?
Title: Re: Prevent chat messages from disappearing
Post by: TheMallard on Feb 15, 2016, 01:38 PM
I was just talking about chat in general: is it possible to prevent chat messages from dissappearing and can VCMP developers add a feature to disable it.
Title: Re: Prevent chat messages from disappearing
Post by: KAKAN on Feb 15, 2016, 01:42 PM
Quote from: TheMallard on Feb 15, 2016, 01:38 PMI was just talking about chat in general: is it possible to prevent chat messages from dissappearing and can VCMP developers add a feature to disable it.
Use textdraws, VCMP devs won't add everything. But, I like the disappearing chats :D
Title: Re: Prevent chat messages from disappearing
Post by: . on Feb 15, 2016, 02:16 PM
You peoplez aks some of the most useless features.
Title: Re: Prevent chat messages from disappearing
Post by: Stormeus on Feb 15, 2016, 02:53 PM
1. The console can be expanded to see past messages anyway.
2. The time it takes for chat messages to disappear is a client-side setting. If it's so short that your players wouldn't be able to read it, they'd increase it.
3. Chat is a bad place in general for a menu. Use textdraws like other people have suggested (and already done).
Title: Re: Prevent chat messages from disappearing
Post by: aXXo on Feb 15, 2016, 06:16 PM
Quotecon_disappear

Description
The amount of time, in seconds, it takes for each message in the console to disappear.

Allowed Values
Any whole number (at least 0)

Note
Hidden messages can be seen by expanding the console (see: con_openkey). Setting this to 0 disables disappearing messages.
/setconfig con_disappear 0
should help you.
Title: Re: Prevent chat messages from disappearing
Post by: TheMallard on Feb 15, 2016, 11:37 PM
Thank you very much! Topic closed.