Unreal Software - Thread: Local chat

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Armaros
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02.01.15 07:25:16 pm

I'm not really avid in lua, so if there's anyone who could assist me, I'd be grateful.

I'm basically searching for a script that allows the server to enter some sort of local-chat mode, only people nearby can hear each other and nobody else can hear them unless they get too close.

I tried searching for this but it didn't work... could anyone point me towards the right direction?

Re: Local chat

Rainoth
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02.01.15 08:10:47 pm

To explain how it works, here's a few steps
1. Use say hook
2. When a person talks, loop through the list of all people alive
3. Check if the distance of person is close enough to distance of other players
4. Send them a message
5. use return 1 to prevent message from acting like it's supposed to and being shown global

In case you need a bit help with distance (since it involves math knowledge a little), here's the code for it:

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Distance = function(x1, y1, x2, y2)
    return math.floor(math.sqrt(math.pow(x1 - x2, 2) + math.pow(y1 - y2, 2)))
end

The example of such a function call would be

Distance(playerA_x,playerA_y,playerB_x,playerB_y)

where playerA would be your player and playerB would be currently looped player.

It's not hard to write but I'm afraid I'm busy with what I'm working on myself and this isn't rocket science so I believe you can do it yourself.

If there's anything you don't know, feel free to write it and we'll help you out

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