[Request] ! private message system

[gregnator]

Hey guys, i've tried and tried to fix it.. but i cant, the closest i've came was that everytime you talk it says player is not online… i've tried everything... looked in the resources, found a *fix* but that made it worse.. this is most likely going to be my LAST request from you guys..

i just dont know how to fix this...

```
        ' Player message
        If Left$(ChatText, 3) = "!" Then
            Exit Sub
            ChatText = Mid$(ChatText, 2, Len(ChatText) - 3)
            Name = vbNullString

            ' Get the desired player from the user text
            For i = 1 To Len(ChatText)

                If Mid$(ChatText, i, 1) <> Space(1) Then
                    Name = Name & Mid$(ChatText, i, 1)
                Else
                    Exit For
                End If

            Next

            ChatText = Mid$(ChatText, i, Len(ChatText) - 1)

            ' Make sure they are actually sending something
            If Len(ChatText) - i > 0 Then
                MyText = Mid$(ChatText, i + 1, Len(ChatText) - i)
                ' Send the message to the player
                Call PlayerMsg(ChatText, Name)
            Else
                Call AddText("Usage: !playername (message)", AlertColor)
            End If

            MyText = vbNullString
            frmMain.txtMyChat.text = vbNullString
            Exit Sub
        End If
```
I posted my code so that you CAN see that i've tried…

[evilbunnie]

@Captain:

> Hey guys, i've tried and tried to fix it.. but i cant, the closest i've came was that everytime you talk it says player is not online… i've tried everything... looked in the resources, found a *fix* but that made it worse.. this is most likely going to be my LAST request from you guys..
>
> i just dont know how to fix this...
>
> ```
>         ' Player message
>         If Left$(ChatText, 3) = "!" Then
>             Exit Sub
>             ChatText = Mid$(ChatText, 2, Len(ChatText) - 3)
>             Name = vbNullString
>
>             ' Get the desired player from the user text
>             For i = 1 To Len(ChatText)
>
>                 If Mid$(ChatText, i, 1) <> Space(1) Then
>                     Name = Name & Mid$(ChatText, i, 1)
>                 Else
>                     Exit For
>                 End If
>
>             Next
>
>             ChatText = Mid$(ChatText, i, Len(ChatText) - 1)
>
>             ' Make sure they are actually sending something
>             If Len(ChatText) - i > 0 Then
>                 MyText = Mid$(ChatText, i + 1, Len(ChatText) - i)
>                 ' Send the message to the player
>                 Call PlayerMsg(ChatText, Name)
>             Else
>                 Call AddText("Usage: !playername (message)", AlertColor)
>             End If
>
>             MyText = vbNullString
>             frmMain.txtMyChat.text = vbNullString
>             Exit Sub
>         End If
> ```
> I posted my code so that you CAN see that i've tried…

You have to send the player message with the player's index, not the players name.

[gregnator]

this might sound dumb… but could you be more specific about what i did wrong? maybe send a edited version or something?

[Guest]

So you are making a system so the player have to type "!PLAYERNAME MESSAGE" to send a MESSAGE to PLAYERNAME?

[gregnator]

not my system, trying to fix the !playername message private system.. But it doesnt want to work, the closest ive been to making it work was screwing it up.. with that i mean, i could use normal chat, cuz everytime i'd chat like normal it would say: player is not online. and when i did Playername, it send a private message but without text.. so im a bit desperate atm, i could show you the modinput

[Taegan]

Probably would've been easier to just try again. I followed the fix and it worked just fine. Remember to always read the other posts too and not just the topic, since fixes are sometimes posted without the OP being edited. Don't remember if that's the case here.

[gregnator]

I followed it 5 times, did exactly what it said but it screwed up my game, when i typed normal talk y'know it said player not online and the way for me to talk normal was by typing /p something message.. so please? help?

and i aint a noob in followin stuff