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OverHeadChat - because it was the coolest thing in RS
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Content Type: Addon
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Feb 8, 2014 @ 8:45am
Apr 18, 2014 @ 11:43am
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OverHeadChat - because it was the coolest thing in RS

Description
This is a simple add-on that displays the text a player posts into the chat above their head.
If there is a wall between you and the guy chatting, the text will not be displayed since it has a visibility check.

If a players is currently typing to the chat a "..." will appear over their head as well.

I'm also working on adding all the chat effects and animations.
Currently available chat prefixes:
wave: --will make the message over your head "wave"

You can change its appearance using the following console variables:
overHeadChat_fadeStart
overHeadChat_fadeOut
overHeadChat_textHeight
overHeadChat_textColor_r
overHeadChat_textColor_g
overHeadChat_textColor_b

If you decide to use this on your server, please consider making a small donation towards better support and more free-of-charge add-ons from me:
Donate! (click me)[bly.itslenny.de]
50 Comments
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Unbloated Sep 16, 2024 @ 9:51am 
It's a great addon, but it's really, but really buggy.
Lettuce9018 Nov 15, 2023 @ 6:26pm 
this still works, but appears to be serverside
Haze_of_dream Oct 20, 2021 @ 10:00pm 
This doesn't exclude private messages.
schmalztitte2015 Oct 12, 2021 @ 4:23am 
is this addon client side or does it need to be installed on the Server to?
Liber-Tea Jul 28, 2019 @ 11:20pm 
this is really cool addon ! but i have question about coding. i found "%w+%:" in your code. i know what %w meaning but what mean %: in lua? i searched it from Lua wiki but no result .
Aaron Nov 4, 2018 @ 11:13am 
Waving dots don't dissapear after writing message
St. Addi Jul 23, 2018 @ 6:58am 
Hi, very neat addon. However it very often creates script errors in TTT. Error:

[ERROR] lua/overheadchat/overheadchat.lua:127: bad argument #1 to 'pairs' (table expected, got nil)
1. pairs - [C]:-1
2. func - lua/overheadchat/overheadchat.lua:127
3. unknown - lua/includes/extensions/net.lua:32

Could you check if the table is nil and mb just return if it is? I havent seen your code, but I image this approach should fix it.
BringBackLucky Jun 28, 2018 @ 8:53am 
geat yuno but we have to pay for that :angry_creep:
Yogi Bear Jun 26, 2018 @ 7:16am 
https://www.gmodstore.com/scripts/view/3026/discussion#reply-60
Devokeyous Keyshawn Hamilton Aug 2, 2016 @ 8:57pm 
This is cool and gives Runescape vibes but...

When will you fix it?

RIP.