I've hidden the normal Chat output UI (via SC2 Layout files) and replaced it with a dialog and custom chat system. The problem now is that when the game is Paused, no one can chat since I can't pick up on those chat messages during a pause and the normal output is hidden. Is it possible to create a standard chat output frame in a dialog that can be shown when the game is paused? Something akin to using a panel template?
I suppose this would also mean I need to have an event that fires when the game is Paused...doesn't look like that's even included in the Editor. Hopefully someone can correct me.
At some point I tried to do custom dialog, but did not find a way. Btw, hiding normal chat through layout would also meant that player won't be noted of any pms he receives, right?
Yes, unfortunately since Blizzard doesn't expose "slash" commands (such as "/w" for whisper) as chat events, there's no way to capture those. There were several people on here who said "don't hide chat interface, people won't like lack of slash commands", but actually I'm hearing complaints about the lack of chat during Pause, not lack of slash commands.
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
I've hidden the normal Chat output UI (via SC2 Layout files) and replaced it with a dialog and custom chat system. The problem now is that when the game is Paused, no one can chat since I can't pick up on those chat messages during a pause and the normal output is hidden. Is it possible to create a standard chat output frame in a dialog that can be shown when the game is paused? Something akin to using a panel template?
I suppose this would also mean I need to have an event that fires when the game is Paused...doesn't look like that's even included in the Editor. Hopefully someone can correct me.
At some point I tried to do custom dialog, but did not find a way. Btw, hiding normal chat through layout would also meant that player won't be noted of any pms he receives, right?
@DuckyTheDuck: Go
Yes, unfortunately since Blizzard doesn't expose "slash" commands (such as "/w" for whisper) as chat events, there's no way to capture those. There were several people on here who said "don't hide chat interface, people won't like lack of slash commands", but actually I'm hearing complaints about the lack of chat during Pause, not lack of slash commands.