redirect messages from outputChatBox

Author: nrzull

chat2_client.lua

@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ function show(bool)
   if chatInstanceLoaded ~= true then
     if chatInstanceLoading ~= true then
       create()
-      setTimer(show, 300, 1, bool)
+      return setTimer(show, 300, 1, bool)
     else
-      setTimer(show, 300, 1, bool)
+      return setTimer(show, 300, 1, bool)
     end
   end
 
@@ -83,6 +83,24 @@ function onChatSendMessage(message, messageType)
   triggerServerEvent("onChat2SendMessage", resourceRoot, message, messageType)
 end
 
+function listenForOutputChatBox(_, _, _, _, _, message, r, g, b)
+  local hexColor = ""
+
+  if (r and g and b) then
+    hexColor = RGBToHex(r, g, b)
+  end
+
+  output(string.format("%s%s", hexColor, message))
+end
+
+function onClientResourceStart()
+  addDebugHook("postFunction", listenForOutputChatBox, {"outputChatBox"})
+end
+
+function onClientResourceStop()
+  removeDebugHook("postFunction", listenForOutputChatBox)
+end
+
 addEventHandler("onClientResourceStart", resourceRoot, onResourceStart)
 addEventHandler("onClientResourceStop", resourceRoot, onResourceStop)
 addEventHandler("onChat2Loaded", resourceRoot, onChatLoaded)
@@ -91,3 +109,5 @@ addEventHandler("onChat2SendMessage", resourceRoot, onChatSendMessage)
 addEventHandler("onChat2Output", localPlayer, output)
 addEventHandler("onChat2Clear", localPlayer, clear)
 addEventHandler("onChat2Show", localPlayer, show)
+addEventHandler("onClientResourceStart", resourceRoot, onClientResourceStart)
+addEventHandler("onClientResourceStop", resourceRoot, onClientResourceStop)

chat2_server.lua

@@ -25,14 +25,6 @@ function useCustomEventHandlers(bool)
   isDefaultOutput = not bool
 end
 
-function RGBToHex(red, green, blue)
-  if (red < 0 or red > 255 or green < 0 or green > 255 or blue < 0 or blue > 255) then
-    return nil
-  end
-
-  return string.format("#%.2X%.2X%.2X", red, green, blue)
-end
-
 function onChatSendMessage(message, messageType)
   if type(message) ~= "string" or utf8.len(message) < minLength or utf8.len(message) > maxLength then
     return
@@ -102,13 +94,26 @@ function onPlayerChat(message, messageType)
   end
 end
 
--- listen for messages that were sent from resources
-function onChatMessage(message, elementOrResource)
-  if not isElement(elementOrResource) then
-    output(root, message)
+function listenForOutputChatBox(_, _, _, _, _, message, receiver, r, g, b)
+  receiver = receiver or root
+  local hexColor = ""
+
+  if (r and g and b) then
+    hexColor = RGBToHex(r, g, b)
   end
+
+  output(receiver, string.format("%s%s", hexColor, message))
+end
+
+function onResourceStart()
+  addDebugHook("postFunction", listenForOutputChatBox, {"outputChatBox"})
+end
+
+function onResourceStop()
+  removeDebugHook("postFunction", listenForOutputChatBox)
 end
 
 addEventHandler("onChat2SendMessage", resourceRoot, onChatSendMessage)
 addEventHandler("onPlayerChat", root, onPlayerChat)
-addEventHandler("onChatMessage", root, onChatMessage)
+addEventHandler("onResourceStart", resourceRoot, onResourceStart)
+addEventHandler("onResourceStop", resourceRoot, onResourceStop)

chat2_shared.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+function RGBToHex(red, green, blue)
+  if (red < 0 or red > 255 or green < 0 or green > 255 or blue < 0 or blue > 255) then
+    return nil
+  end
+
+  return string.format("#%.2X%.2X%.2X", red, green, blue)
+end

meta.xml

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <meta>
   <info name="chat2" type="script" version="0.3.0" author="nrzull" />
 
+  <script src="chat2_shared.lua" type="shared" />
   <script src="chat2_server.lua" type="server" />
   <script src="chat2_client.lua" type="client" />
   <file src="index.html" />