public void GenerateHelp()
{
UIChatMessage newMessage = Instantiate(chatMessagePrefab);
newMessage.GetComponent <RectTransform>().SetParent(contentPanel.GetComponent <RectTransform>(), false);
newMessage.MessageText.color = Color.yellow;
newMessage.MessageText.text = "Help content here.\n<b>/help</b> to view this info again.\n<b>/team</b> to change your message target to team chat\n<b>/all</b> to change your message target to all chat\nTo call some other function, add it to the <b><i>Commands</i></b> list on the Unity Inspector and tie it to some function.\nBecause this Chat Entry has <b>Rich Text</b> support, you can do\n<size=24>a lot</size> of <size=33><color=orange>f</color><color=red>a</color><color=lime>n</color><color=cyan>c</color><color=fuchsia>y</color> formatting</size> here as well.";
messagesOnUI.Add(newMessage);
//this will try to hide the chat after 10 seconds. If a new message comes in, the timeLastChatEntryHappened will be updated so still we should have DELAY_BEFORE_HIDING_CHAT seconds before it hides
Debug.Log("Going to invoke TryToHideChat in " + DELAY_BEFORE_HIDING_CHAT + " seconds. @(" + (Time.time + DELAY_BEFORE_HIDING_CHAT) + ")");
Invoke("TryToHideChat", DELAY_BEFORE_HIDING_CHAT);
timeLastChatEntryHappened = Time.time;
//frequently the last message is not properly scrolled into view due to some internals of Unity UI, putting a brief delay ensures proper scrolling
Invoke("ScrollToBottom", 0.15f);
}
//Uncomment this only if you are going to maintain a local cache of players and are using a custom NetworkManager. See below for more information
//[Command]
//public void CmdOnPlayerConnectOrDisconnect()
//{
// cachedPlayers = new List<PlayerController>(GameObject.FindObjectsOfType<PlayerController>());
//}
/* If you want to maintain the player list within this ChatSystem (which is much better in terms of performance)
* you will need to create a new NetworkManager class, for example:
* public class DefaultNetworkManager : NetworkManager
* {
* public override void OnServerAddPlayer(NetworkConnection conn, short playerControllerId)
* {
* //we want to do the normal stuff first so our player should be initialized
* base.OnServerAddPlayer(conn, playerControllerId);
* chatSystem.CmdOnPlayerConnectOrDisconnect();
* }
*
* public override void OnClientDisconnect(NetworkConnection conn)
* {
* //we do want to do our stuff before the standard things so we still have the player object
* chatSystem.CmdOnPlayerConnectOrDisconnect();
* base.OnClientDisconnect(conn);
* }
* }
*
* Then in the editor, set this script as the NetworkManager script.
* After you have done that, uncomment the lines relating the cachedPlayers in this script
* and it should be working.
*/
private void CreatePrefabAndAddToScreen(ChatEntry message)
{
UIChatMessage newMessage = Instantiate(chatMessagePrefab);
newMessage.GetComponent <RectTransform>().SetParent(contentPanel.GetComponent <RectTransform>(), false);
newMessage.MessageText.text = "<color=\"" + GetHexValueForColor(chatChannels.Find(channel => channel.Channel == message.Channel).color) + "\">" + "(" + chatChannels.Find(channel => channel.Channel == message.Channel).Name + ") " + message.SenderName + ":</color> ";
newMessage.MessageText.color = Color.white;
newMessage.MessageText.text += message.Message;
messagesOnUI.Add(newMessage);
//this will try to hide the chat after 10 seconds. If a new message comes in, the timeLastChatEntryHappened will be updated so still we should have DELAY_BEFORE_HIDING_CHAT seconds before it hides
Debug.Log("Going to invoke TryToHideChat in " + DELAY_BEFORE_HIDING_CHAT + " seconds. @(" + (Time.time + DELAY_BEFORE_HIDING_CHAT) + ")");
Invoke("TryToHideChat", DELAY_BEFORE_HIDING_CHAT);
timeLastChatEntryHappened = Time.time;
//frequently the last message is not properly scrolled into view due to some internals of Unity UI, putting a brief delay ensures proper scrolling
Invoke("ScrollToBottom", 0.15f);
}