This event is triggered when a player types a message into his console. It is also triggered when entering '/' commands via the chatbox.

Note

The event will not be triggered if the message can be processed by an existing command handler

Parameters

string theMessage

• theMessage: a string representing the message entered into the console.

Source

element: The source of this event is the player that entered the message in the console. This can be a player or the server console.

Code Examples

server

function input_Console ( text ) --when a player types in the console
  -- if it's an ingame player,
  if ( getElementType ( source ) == "player" ) then
    --split the command by spaces (ASCII 32) and get the first piece of text
    local command = gettok ( text, 1, 32 )
    --if the first piece of text was "yo",
    if ( command == "yo" ) then
      --get the player's name
      local playerName = getPlayerName ( source )
      -- get the action text by substracting the first three characters ("yo ")
      local actionText = string.sub ( text, 3 )
      -- announce the yo command into the chatbox
      outputChatBox ( "* " .. playerName .. " " .. actionText, getRootElement(), 255, 255, 0 )
    end
  end
end
addEventHandler ( "onConsole", getRootElement(), input_Console ) -- add an event handler for onConsole

See Also

Client Events

• onConsole

Reference

• Scripting Events