Fix to the chat range in ArcEmu?

[SpiXe]

Hello. Was wondering if anybody had a fix/knew a way to fix the long range of the chatsystem? I mean how far away you can see what others type in /s.

I'm hosting an RP server and it's really quite annoying that the range is that long.

[AlienCCL]

its pre-compiling thing. you must edit chat.cpp in your compile folder

[SpiXe]

So it actually is possible?

---------- Post added at 08:55 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:54 AM ----------

I just wonder.. why did people change it to start with?

[SpiXe]

So here I am about to compile my server.. but what do I have to change to make this work?

Help, please!

[stoneharry]

I have no idea and I don't think AlienCCL did either. Chat messages are obviously handled in the chat/chathandler but I don't know what it is causing it to not work properly.

[The-Eradicator]

I'll note that TrinityCore has options in it's configurations for this natively.

ListenRange.Say = 40
ListenRange.TextEmote = 40
ListenRange.Yell = 300

[AlienCCL]

I have no idea and I don't think AlienCCL did either. Chat messages are obviously handled in the chat/chathandler but I don't know what it is causing it to not work properly.

but i realy saw this option in .cpp file and in kind tutorial i think

[SpiXe]

I'll note that TrinityCore has options in it's configurations for this natively.

ListenRange.Say = 40
ListenRange.TextEmote = 40
ListenRange.Yell = 300

Haven't been able to find anything like that in ArcEmu.. sadly! Would've been great!

And AlienCCL.. I would worship you if you could find that tutorial!

stoneharry@ It's like that on all ArcEmu servers today, right?

[Dynashock]

ArcEmu sends the message to everyone in the nearby player set of the player; this set is bigger than the Blizzard range on the chat. You can add a calculation (from the player's who saying the message to the person who might be hearing the message) to the message in ChatHandler.cpp. I think about 40-50 yards is what it should be like.

Try applying this patch, I can't guarantee the functions used are 100% correct because I don't have Visual Studio 2010 to check the ArcEmu solution:

Index: src/arcemu-world/ChatHandler.cpp
===================================================================
--- src/arcemu-world/ChatHandler.cpp	(revision 3607)
+++ src/arcemu-world/ChatHandler.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
 
                     Player *p = static_cast< Player* >( (*itr) );
 
-					if ( _player->GetPhase() & (*itr)->GetPhase() )
+					if ( _player->GetPhase() & (*itr)->GetPhase() && _player->GetPosition().Distance((*itr)->GetPosition()) <= 50)
 						p->GetSession()->SendChatPacket(data, 1, lang, this);
 				}
 			}

[SpiXe]

ArcEmu sends the message to everyone in the nearby player set of the player; this set is bigger than the Blizzard range on the chat. You can add a calculation (from the player's who saying the message to the person who might be hearing the message) to the message in ChatHandler.cpp. I think about 40-50 yards is what it should be like.

Try applying this patch, I can't guarantee the functions used are 100% correct because I don't have Visual Studio 2010 to check the ArcEmu solution:

Index: src/arcemu-world/ChatHandler.cpp
===================================================================
--- src/arcemu-world/ChatHandler.cpp	(revision 3607)
+++ src/arcemu-world/ChatHandler.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
 
                     Player *p = static_cast< Player* >( (*itr) );
 
-					if ( _player->GetPhase() & (*itr)->GetPhase() )
+					if ( _player->GetPhase() & (*itr)->GetPhase() && _player->GetPosition().Distance((*itr)->GetPosition()) <= 50)
 						p->GetSession()->SendChatPacket(data, 1, lang, this);
 				}
 			}

2>  
ChatHandler.cpp
2>..\..\src\arcemu-world\ChatHandler.cpp(236): error C2663: 'LocationVector::Distance' : 2 overloads have no legal conversion for 'this' pointer
========== Build: 1 succeeded, 1 failed, 13 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

Looks like it didn't work? It doesn't mean anything that I changed it "manually" instead of "applying the patch", does it? I deleted the line with the "-" and added the "+" instead.

[Dynashock]

Try this line instead: (tweak the 50 if the distance isn't right, CalcDistance doesn't return yards)

if ( _player->GetPhase() & (*itr)->GetPhase() && _player->CalcDistance((*itr)) <= 50)

[SpiXe]

Try this line instead: (tweak the 50 if the distance isn't right, CalcDistance doesn't return yards)

if ( _player->GetPhase() & (*itr)->GetPhase() && _player->CalcDistance((*itr)) <= 50)

========== Build: 11 succeeded, 0 failed, 4 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

Cheers! Looking good so far Haven't tested it in game yet though.

[SpiXe]

I'd like to bring this old thread up again. I'm getting back into server emulating and have now downloaded the sourcecodes for ArcEmu. I, however, am not able to find the right part in ChatHandler.cpp. Have ArcEmu changed their codes?

If they have, can someone tell me how to change the chat range now?