/// <summary>Sends a communication message (tell, say, etc.) to the player. Since we are sending this player the message, it is the listener.</summary>
/// <param name="fromName">An optionally blank speaker's name.</param>
/// <param name="toName">An optionally blank target's name.</param>
/// <remarks>Messages should already be scrubbed for validity (GM messages intended only for GMs, etc.)</remarks>
internal void SendChannelMessage(string fromName, string toName, MessageChannel chan, Language lang, int langSkill, string message)
{
ChannelMessage cm = new ChannelMessage();
cm.ChannelId = (int)chan;
cm.Message = message;
cm.SpeakerName = string.IsNullOrEmpty(fromName) ? "ZServer" : fromName; // Why 'ZServer'?
// Looks like even though we know who the message is intended for, the target field can be blank
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(toName))
cm.TargetName = toName;
else if (chan == MessageChannel.Tell)
cm.TargetName = this.Name;
int listenerSkill;
if ((int)lang < Character.MAX_LANGUAGE) { // Is the language being spoken within the allowable range
listenerSkill = this.PlayerProfile.Languages[(int)lang];
cm.LanguageId = (int)lang;
if (chan == MessageChannel.Group && listenerSkill < 100) { // group messages in unmastered languages, check for skill up
if ((this.PlayerProfile.Languages[(int)lang] <= langSkill) && fromName != this.Name)
CheckForSkillUp(lang, langSkill);
}
}
else {
// Not in allowable range, assume common tongue
listenerSkill = this.PlayerProfile.Languages[(int)Language.CommonTongue];
cm.LanguageId = (int)Language.CommonTongue;
}
// Set effective language skill = lower of sender and receiver skills
int effSkill = Math.Min(langSkill, listenerSkill);
effSkill = Math.Min(effSkill, 100); // Cap at 100
cm.LanguageSkill = effSkill;
EQRawApplicationPacket cmPack = new EQRawApplicationPacket(AppOpCode.ZonePlayerToBind, this.Client.IPEndPoint, cm.Serialize());
this.Client.SendApplicationPacket(cmPack);
}
internal static ChannelMessage Deserialize(byte[] rawBytes)
{
ChannelMessage cm = new ChannelMessage();
cm.TargetName = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(rawBytes, 0, 64);
cm.SpeakerName = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(rawBytes, 64, 64);
cm.LanguageId = BitConverter.ToInt32(rawBytes, 128);
cm.ChannelId = BitConverter.ToInt32(rawBytes, 132);
cm.LanguageSkill = BitConverter.ToInt32(rawBytes, 144);
cm.Message = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(rawBytes, 148, rawBytes.Length - 148); // easy since it's the last element in the byte array
return cm;
}