OnPlayerChat

onPlayerChat

Triggered when a player submits a normal chat message.

Availability

This event is available in server-side scripts.

Callback signature

onPlayerChat(playerId, message, channel)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
playerId	int	The player that sent the message.
message	string	The validated message text.
channel	string	The chat channel name; the bundled chat resource currently uses global.

Examples

Handle the event:

addEventHandler("onPlayerChat", root, function(playerId, message, channel)
    outputDebugString("[" .. channel .. "] " .. getPlayerName(playerId) .. ": " .. message)
end)

Notes

• Slash commands are dispatched through onPlayerCommand and are not broadcast as chat messages.
• When a script handles this event, the bundled chat resource does not perform its fallback broadcast.