custom chat?

[UndeadxAssassin]

It's shift + \
I vaguely remember a way to do this, I just can't remember...I'll edit when I find it again.

[YellowAfterlife]

@yellow
hmm i always wondered...is that character before and after the c00000000 a lowercase L or the shift+\?
and...i thought the hex colors only had 6 chars (aka 000000 or FF00FF)
and...i thought player names can only be 15 characters long including the color code

It's shift+\, a vertical line\separator symbol.You can always detect it because it's taller than other symbols. l,| - for comparsion.
You may set player names to any string, using triggers (in-game). Normal names are limited to 15 characters because longer names will cut player's messages (end of message not displayed).
The longer the name gets, more and more text gets 'cut'. Massing color characters like |c########|r helps to achieve a technically 'extremely long', but zero visibility name & messages.
Warcraft 3 hex color code is 8 chars long because first 2 chars are alpha. Alpha was never used in text drawing, though.

[naturesfury]

mmm thats neat
so....the code would go something along these lines:

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globals
string Activator="-thisistheactivator"
force Cheaterz=CreateForce()
trigger hidenametrigger=CreateTrigger()
endglobals

function hidenamefunction takes nothing returns nothing
local string hiddenplayername=GetPlayerName(GetTriggerPlayer())
call SetPlayerName(GetTriggerPlayer(),"|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r")
call ForceAddPlayer(Cheaterz, GetTriggerPlayer())
call TriggerRegisterPlayerChatEvent(thecheats, GetTriggerPlayer(), "-", false)
call SetPlayerName(GetTriggerPlayer(), hiddenplayername)
endfunction

function main takes nothing returns nothing
local integer hideme=0
loop
exitwhen hideme>11
call TriggerRegisterPlayerChatEvent(hidenametrigger, Player(hideme), Activator, true)
set hideme=hideme+1
endloop
call TriggerAddAction(hidenametrigger, function hidenamefunction)
endfunction

then i would make the actual cheat function and add that as the action to thecheats trigger
then add a condition to check if the player is in the force Cheaterz
and at the beginning of every cheat there would be "call SetPlayerName(GetTriggerPlayer(),"|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r")"
at the end there would a line at the end to set it back to normal after the cheat is done....

but.,...i was thinking....(yea i do that alot)....if WC3 detects the Activator, would it do my functions first then show the message(the one the player typed, aka the activator itself (-thisistheactivator)) or would it have to actually show the typed message first...cuase if its the latter, it would make it much much harder....

[initialD]

let me know if it works after testing.

[naturesfury]

mmmmmmmm dang...
doesnt work...
i tested three times each a bit different...
results:
first time:

Spoiler:

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globals
string Activator="-thisistheactivator"
force Cheaterz=CreateForce()
trigger hidenametrigger=CreateTrigger()
endglobals

function hidenamefunction takes nothing returns nothing
local string hiddenplayername=GetPlayerName(GetTriggerPlayer())
call SetPlayerName(GetTriggerPlayer(),"|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r")
call ForceAddPlayer(Cheaterz, GetTriggerPlayer())
call SetPlayerName(GetTriggerPlayer(), hiddenplayername)
endfunction

function main takes nothing returns nothing
call TriggerRegisterPlayerChatEvent(hidenametrigger, Player(0), Activator, true)
call TriggerAddAction(hidenametrigger, function hidenamefunction)
endfunction

i put in the JASS code into the booty bay w3m from the WC3 maps folder
i was red and wanted to simplify things
i started the game and typed in -thisistheactivator
unfortunately....it showed >.< plus anything else i typed showed up as well
RESULT: Fail.
CONCLUSION: Doesn't work.

second time:

Spoiler:

I did the same thing as the first time except i took out this line: call SetPlayerName(GetTriggerPlayer(), hiddenplayername)
RESULT: Fail. When i typed the activator, it showed up. And, whatever i typed after showed up as
[All] : (typed message)
CONCLUSION: need more color code...

third time:

Spoiler:

this time, i took out call ForceAddPlayer(Cheaterz, GetTriggerPlayer()) and edited this line {call SetPlayerName(GetTriggerPlayer(),"|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r")}
to this {call SetPlayerName(GetTriggerPlayer(),"|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r|c00000000|r")}
basically, there's now 20 |c00000000|r's, or 240 chars...
RESULT: Some success. Started the game....typed activator....(which showed clearly)....then typed some more stuff....what came out was:
[All]
So...it works to some degree
that [All] gives away someone is doing something abnormal but still....the name and message is now invisible ^^
CONCLUSION: simple JASS wont cut it...(heck...i dont think advanced JASS would cut it either)

Final Conclusion (and the answer to my question): You can't hide the message T.T

[YellowAfterlife]

Well, you can look up for the similar topic in Triggering forum.
You can disable [All] text for ALL players by changing game interface constants. But that spoils the game a bit.

[Lanaya]

Should try this:

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function Message_Actions takes nothing returns nothing
    local unit u = gg_unit_Hmkg_0000
    local player p = GetTriggerPlayer()
    local string s = udg_pcolor[GetPlayerId(p)]+GetPlayerName(p)+"|r: "+GetEventPlayerChatString()
    local real time = StringLength(s)*0.1
    local texttag tag = CreateTextTagUnitBJ(s,u,60,10,100,100,100,0)
    
    call SetTextTagPermanent(tag,false)
    call SetTextTagVisibility(tag,IsUnitVisible(u,GetLocalPlayer()))
    call SetTextTagLifespan(tag,time+1)
    call SetTextTagFadepoint(tag,time)
    
    set u = null
    set tag = null
endfunction
function InitTrig_Message takes nothing returns nothing
    local integer x = 0
    set gg_trg_Message = CreateTrigger()
    loop
        exitwhen x==12
        call TriggerRegisterPlayerChatEvent( gg_trg_Message, Player(x), "", false )
        set x = x + 1
    endloop
    call TriggerAddAction( gg_trg_Message, function Message_Actions )
endfunction
function InitTrig_Colors takes nothing returns nothing
    set udg_pcolor[0] = "|cFFFF0000"
endfunction

Also, download this and extract it into your Warcraft III directory
Then open up world editor and go to Advance/Game interfaces and replace [all],[allies],[private],[referees] to empty spaces.

Google helps
http://www.wc3c.net/showthread.php?p=77 ... 473#771473

[initialD]

I was thinking of putting it into a CP. Surely it can be done, but not in pure JASS. So it would be pointless to put it into a cp and make the installation of the CP more complicated.
Thanks naturesfury