/// <summary>
/// Passes the agent's quick chats to the other bots.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="teamOnly">
/// If true, only bots on the agent's team will be able to see the quick chat.<br/>
/// If false, the quick chat sent is global and every bot will be able to see it.
/// </param>
/// <param name="quickChat">The quick chat that should be sent</param>
/// <remarks>
/// The agent is limited to 5 quick chats in a 2 second period starting from the first chat.
/// This means you can spread your chats out to be even within that 2 second period.
/// You could spam them in a short duration but they will be then throttled.
/// </remarks>
/// <exception cref="FlatbuffersPacketException">Throws when the game has not started yet.</exception>
/// <example>
/// Sample code to send "What a save!" globally:
/// <code>
/// SendQuickChatFromAgent(false, QuickChatSelection.Compliments_WhatASave);
/// </code>
/// </example>
protected void SendQuickChatFromAgent(bool teamOnly, QuickChatSelection quickChat)
{
try
{
TimeSpan timeSinceLastChat = DateTime.Now - lastChatTime;
if (!resetChatTime && timeSinceLastChat.TotalSeconds >= MaxChatRate)
{
resetChatTime = true;
}
if (resetChatTime)
{
lastChatTime = DateTime.Now;
chatCounter = 0;
resetChatTime = false;
}
if (chatCounter < MaxChatCount)
{
RLBotInterface.SendQuickChatFlat(index, teamOnly, quickChat);
chatCounter++;
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine($"Quick chat disabled for {(int) (MaxChatRate - timeSinceLastChat.TotalSeconds)} seconds.");
}
}
catch (FlatbuffersPacketException)
{
throw new FlatbuffersPacketException("The game did not send any information. " +
"This could mean that the match has not started yet. " +
"This happens when you run the bot before (or as soon as) RLBot.exe gets started " +
"and the game has not started the match yet. This usually happens on the map loading screen.");
}
}
protected void SendQuickChatFromAgent(bool teamOnly, QuickChatSelection quickChat)
{
/*
* Passes the agents quick chats to the other bots.
* This does perform limiting.
* You are limited to 5 quick chats in a 2 second period starting from the first chat.
* This means you can spread your chats out to be even within that 2 second period.
* You could spam them in the first little bit but then will be throttled.
*/
try
{
TimeSpan timeSinceLastChat = DateTime.Now - lastChatTime;
if (!resetChatTime && timeSinceLastChat.TotalSeconds >= MAX_CHAT_RATE)
{
resetChatTime = true;
}
if (resetChatTime)
{
lastChatTime = DateTime.Now;
chatCounter = 0;
resetChatTime = false;
}
if (chatCounter < MAX_CHAT_COUNT)
{
RLBotInterface.SendQuickChatFlat(index, teamOnly, quickChat);
chatCounter++;
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine($"Quick chat disabled for {(int)(MAX_CHAT_RATE - timeSinceLastChat.TotalSeconds)} seconds.");
}
}
catch (FlatbuffersPacketException)
{
throw new FlatbuffersPacketException("The game did not send any information. " +
"This could mean that the match has not started yet. " +
"This happens when you run the bot before (or as soon as) the RLBot DLL is injected " +
"and the game has not started the match yet. This usually happens on the map loading screen.");
}
}