rename useDefaultOutput to useCustomEventHandlers

listen for onChatMessage event

README.md

@@ -75,14 +75,20 @@ This chat is using CEF and it tries to simulate behavior of default chat
 ```lua
 addEventHandler("onPlayerJoin", root, function()
  exports.chat2:output(source, "#ccff00hello #ffcc00world")
- exports.chat2:useDefaultOutput(false) -- disable built-in handler and use own handlers that listen for "onPlayerChat2" event
+ exports.chat2:useCustomEventHandlers(true) -- need to be executed if you want to disable default output handler and use your own output handlers
 end)
 
-addEventHandler("onPlayerChat2", root, function(sender, message, messageType)
- local text = string.format("%s wrote: %s", getPlayerName(sender), message)
+-- listen for say/teamsay commands from console
+-- may be created if useDefaultOutput was set to 'false'
+addEventHandler("onPlayerChat", root, function(message, messageType)
+  -- some logic
+end)
 
- for _, player in ipairs(getElementsByType("player")) do
-    output(player, text)
-  end
+-- listen for direct output from chat
+-- may be created if useDefaultOutput was set to 'false'
+addEventHandler("onPlayerChat2", root, function(sender, message, messageType)
+ if message == "ping" then
+   exports.chat2:output(sender, "pong")
+ end
 end)
 ```

chat2_server.lua

@@ -5,17 +5,6 @@ local isDefaultOutput = true
 local minLength = 1
 local maxLength = 96
 
-local rootPlayers = createElement("rootPlayers")
-setElementParent(rootPlayers, root)
-
-function registerPlayer(p)
-  setElementParent(p or source, rootPlayers)
-end
-
-for _, p in ipairs(getElementsByType("player")) do
-  registerPlayer(p)
-end
-
 function clear(player)
   triggerClientEvent(player, "onChat2Clear", player)
 end
@@ -32,8 +21,8 @@ function output(player, message)
   triggerClientEvent(player, "onChat2Output", player, message)
 end
 
-function useDefaultOutput(bool)
-  isDefaultOutput = bool
+function useCustomEventHandlers(bool)
+  isDefaultOutput = not bool
 end
 
 function RGBToHex(red, green, blue)
@@ -61,7 +50,7 @@ function onChatSendMessage(message, messageType)
   messageType = tonumber(messageType)
 
   if not isDefaultOutput then
-    triggerEvent("onPlayerChat2", rootPlayers, client, message, messageType)
+    triggerEvent("onPlayerChat2", root, client, message, messageType)
     return
   end
 
@@ -106,14 +95,20 @@ function handleCommand(client, input)
   executeCommandHandler(cmd, client, unpack(splittedInput))
 end
 
-function onPlayerJoin()
-  registerPlayer(source)
+-- listen for "say / teamsay" from player console
+function onPlayerChat(message, messageType)
+  if isDefaultOutput then
+    defaultOutput(source, message, messageType)
+  end
 end
 
-function onPlayerChat(message, messageType)
-  defaultOutput(source, message, messageType)
+-- listen for messages that were sent from resources
+function onChatMessage(message, elementOrResource)
+  if not isElement(elementOrResource) then
+    output(root, message)
+  end
 end
 
 addEventHandler("onChat2SendMessage", resourceRoot, onChatSendMessage)
-addEventHandler("onPlayerJoin", root, onPlayerJoin)
 addEventHandler("onPlayerChat", root, onPlayerChat)
+addEventHandler("onChatMessage", root, onChatMessage)

meta.xml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <meta>
-  <info name="chat2" type="script" version="0.2.0" author="nrzull" />
+  <info name="chat2" type="script" version="0.3.0" author="nrzull" />
 
   <script src="chat2_server.lua" type="server" />
   <script src="chat2_client.lua" type="client" />
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@
   <export function="show" type="shared" />
   <export function="output" type="shared" />
   <export function="isVisible" type="shared" />
-  <export function="useDefaultOutput" type="server" />
+  <export function="useCustomEventHandlers" type="server" />
 </meta>