Possible to stop Chat from clearing lines "Over time"

[Mötley]

Yes. I would like to know if it is possible for server owners to prevent the server chat lines from clearing?

This is very helpful.


If not can this be a request server side not client/player side?

I think it is very ugly. Also that you can not close the chat only deduct chat lines ...
I prefer better operations for my server thats all

[Kewun]

i guess this isnt even possible because its built in vcmp

[Thijn]

If this is going to be implemented, it should stay on the client side. I personally like the feature, and wouldn't play on servers that force me to keep the lines.

[vito]

You can use GUI to force players to read text. I more want to control tag_maxdist from user's config because it's hard to do it using GUI without knowing to know rotate element to player in 3D world.

[PunkNoodle]

If this is going to be implemented, it should stay on the client side. I personally like the feature, and wouldn't play on servers that force me to keep the lines.

I don't know if by client side you were specifically referring to client scripts, if you weren't then it's already possible by typing /setconfig con_disappear <value in seconds> (which by default is 45) as a chat command. Also possible by editing the vcmp_config.txt located in C:\Users\***\AppData\Roaming\VCMP\04beta.

[Thijn]

If this is going to be implemented, it should stay on the client side. I personally like the feature, and wouldn't play on servers that force me to keep the lines.

I don't know if by client side you were specifically referring to client scripts, if you weren't then it's already possible by typing /setconfig con_disappear <value in seconds> (which by default is 45) as a chat command. Also possible by editing the vcmp_config.txt located in C:\Users\***\AppData\Roaming\VCMP\04beta.

I was referring to the client itself, so that config option is exactly what I meant

[KAKAN]

Besides that, it's possible using GUIs.
For ex:-

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function onPlayerChat( player, text ){
//Send streams to all players.
....
//Return 0 to avoid the VCMP's builtin chat to display the message.
return 0; //or simply adding return will work too I guess :D
}And in the client side, create a GUI memobox, insert the text into it, after a specific number of lines, clear the memobox or remove the first message of it. It's a bit time-taking if you want something efficient or you will just lag the shit out of the client's PC.