# Multiplayer Chat # ================ # # 1) Display chat messages from other aircraft to # the screen using screen.nas # # 2) Display a complete history of chat via dialog. # # 3) Allow chat messages to be written by the user. var messages = {}; var check_messages = func { var mp = props.globals.getNode("/ai/models").getChildren("multiplayer"); var lseen = {}; foreach (i; mp) { var lmsg = getprop(i.getPath() ~ "/sim/multiplay/chat"); var lcallsign = getprop(i.getPath() ~ "/callsign"); var lvalid = getprop(i.getPath() ~ "/valid"); if ((lvalid) and (lmsg != nil) and (lmsg != "") and (lcallsign != nil) and (lcallsign != "") ) { if (! contains(lseen, lcallsign)) { # Indicate that we've seen this callsign. This handles the case # where we have two aircraft with the same callsign in the MP # session. lseen[lcallsign] = 1; if ((! contains(messages, lcallsign)) or (! streq(lmsg, messages[lcallsign]))) { # Save the message so we don't repeat it. messages[lcallsign] = lmsg; # Display the message. echo_message(lmsg, lcallsign); } } } } # Check for new messages every couple of seconds. settimer(check_messages, 3); } var echo_message = func(msg, callsign) { if ((callsign != nil) and (! string.match(msg, "*" ~ callsign ~ "*"))) { # Only prefix with the callsign if the message doesn't already include it. msg = callsign ~ ": " ~ msg; } var ldisplay = getprop("/sim/multiplay/chat-display"); if ((ldisplay != nil) and (ldisplay == "1")) { # Only display the message to screen if configured. setprop("/sim/messages/ai-plane", msg); } # Add the chat to the chat history. var lchat = getprop("/sim/multiplay/chat-history"); if (lchat == nil) { setprop("/sim/multiplay/chat-history", msg); } else { if (substr(lchat, size(lchat) -1, 1) != "\n") { lchat = lchat ~ "\n"; } setprop("/sim/multiplay/chat-history", lchat ~ msg); } } settimer(func { # Call-back to ensure we see our own messages. setlistener("/sim/multiplay/chat", func(n) { echo_message(n.getValue(), getprop("/sim/multiplay/callsign")); }); # check for new messages check_messages(); }, 1); # Message composition function, activated using the - key. var prefix = "Chat Message:"; var input = ""; var kbdlistener = nil; var compose_message = func(msg = "") { input = prefix ~ msg; gui.popupTip(input, 1000000); kbdlistener = setlistener("/devices/status/keyboard/event", func (event) { var key = event.getNode("key"); # Only check the key when pressed. if (!event.getNode("pressed").getValue()) return; if (handle_key(key.getValue())) key.setValue(-1); # drop key event }); } var handle_key = func(key) { if (key == `\n` or key == `\r`) { # CR/LF -> send the message # Trim off the prefix input = substr(input, size(prefix)); # Send the message and switch off the listener. setprop("/sim/multiplay/chat", input); removelistener(kbdlistener); gui.popdown(); return 1; } elsif (key == 8) { # backspace -> remove a character if (size(input) > size(prefix)) { input = substr(input, 0, size(input) - 1); gui.popupTip(input, 1000000); return 1; } } elsif (key == 27) { # escape -> cancel removelistener(kbdlistener); gui.popdown(); return 1; } elsif ((key > 31) and (key < 128)) { # Normal character - add it to the input input ~= chr(key); gui.popupTip(input, 1000000); return 1; } else { # Unknown character - pass through return 0; } }