Can't Disable Global

[Mario384]

Back when mod support for DST was added, Klei's Peter made a whisper-only mod.  At some point it broke, but currently I want to mute global for a TTT-style gamemode I want to make.  This is the only code Peter had in his mod, in modmain.lua:

 

function WhisperInit( self )
    self.whisper = true
    self.chat_type:SetString(GLOBAL.STRINGS.UI.CHATINPUTSCREEN.WHISPER)
    
    GLOBAL.STRINGS.UI.CONTROLSSCREEN.CONTROLS[GLOBAL.CONTROL_TOGGLE_SAY] = GLOBAL.STRINGS.UI.CONTROLSSCREEN.CONTROLS[GLOBAL.CONTROL_TOGGLE_WHISPER]
end

AddGlobalClassPostConstruct( "screens/chatinputscreen", "ChatInputScreen", WhisperInit)

Any ideas on how to make it work now?  Even manually modifing chatinputscreen.lua to always have self.whisper be true seems to have no effect.

Edited May 15, 2019 by Mario384

[CarlZalph]

@Mario384

The entire whisper subsystem is reliant on the client to filter- every client receives the chat messages everywhere all the time but it hides it from the user.

 

Take a look at hooking the Networking_Say function.

Peter changed how the input text box handles sending, whereas if you hook that function there you're going a little lower level and modifying the underlying function that sends off the prints to the client's UI.

[Mario384]

Alright, that certainly is a step in the right direction.  Now, the issue is implanting the modified version of Networking_Say into the game.  Networking is just a collection of functions, so I'm not exactly sure how to target it.  I've tried using AddGamePostInit to add a different version of Networking_Say from modmain, but it doesn't seem to work.

EDIT: I've also just tried replacing networking.lua using the mod and commented out the entirety of Networking_Say, but it still works.  Am I missing something here?

Edited May 15, 2019 by Mario384