Chat Prefix

[Kroket]

How would i add an prefix to players that meet certain requirements such as being a donator.

Example: [Donator] pName Says: Hi!

I can just add the prefix to the world packet?

[Kroket]

I tried:

void Player::Say(const std::string& text, const uint32 language)
{
   WorldPacket data(SMSG_MESSAGECHAT, 100);
   if(isDonator()) {
       std::string prefix = "[Donator] ";
       data << prefix.length()+1;
       data << prefix;
   }
   BuildPlayerChat(&data, CHAT_MSG_SAY, text, language);
   SendMessageToSetInRange(&data,sWorld.getConfig(CONFIG_FLOAT_LISTEN_RANGE_SAY),true);
}

But that wont work.

[Patman128]

Yeah, because you are packing the packet with data improperly. Just use if(isDonator()) text.insert(0, "[Donator] "); and let BuildPlayerChat() take care of packing it.

[Kroket]

Cool! i will try it.

[Kroket]

..\\..\\src\\game\\Player.cpp(15796) : error C2663: 'std::basic_string<_Elem,_Traits,_Ax>::insert' : 10 overloads have no legal conversion for 'this' pointer

2> with

2> [

2> _Elem=char,

2> _Traits=std::char_traits<char>,

2> _Ax=std::allocator<char>

2> ]

[Patman128]

I can't tell you how to fix it if you don't post the code, sorry.

[Kroket]

void Player::Say(const std::string& text, const uint32 language)
{
   WorldPacket data(SMSG_MESSAGECHAT, 100);
   if(isDonator()) text.insert(0, "[Donator] ");
   BuildPlayerChat(&data, CHAT_MSG_SAY, text, language);
   SendMessageToSetInRange(&data,sWorld.getConfig(CONFIG_FLOAT_LISTEN_RANGE_SAY),true);
}

[VladimirMangos]

const std::string& text

You can't modify constant objects,s o can't use 'insert' to 'text'

[darkstalker]

void Player::Say(const std::string& text, const uint32 language)
{
   WorldPacket data(SMSG_MESSAGECHAT, 100);
   std::string str;
   if(isDonator()) str += "[Donator] ";
   str += text;
   BuildPlayerChat(&data, CHAT_MSG_SAY, str, language);
   SendMessageToSetInRange(&data,sWorld.getConfig(CONFIG_FLOAT_LISTEN_RANGE_SAY),true);
}

offtopic: personally i would find annoying if all my chat messages contained "Donator" or stuff like that

[Kroket]

   if(type == CHAT_MSG_SAY) {
               if(GetPlayer()->isDonator()) msg.insert(0, "[Donator] ");
               GetPlayer()->Say(msg, lang);
           }

But now it appears INFRONT of the message and not infront of the player name.

[Patman128]

   if(type == CHAT_MSG_SAY) {
               if(GetPlayer()->isDonator()) msg.insert(0, "[Donator] ");
               GetPlayer()->Say(msg, lang);
           }

But now it appears INFRONT of the message and not infront of the player name.

I think that's client-side, not server-side.

[Kroket]

Are you sure? few years ago when i had an arcemu server i managed to add it infront of the player name.

There also was this server that added people's country code infront of their name (if im not mistaken).