chatmessage

Datum for generating a message overlay on the map

Vars
animate_lifespan	Our animation lifespan, how long this message will last
animate_start	When we started animating the message
approx_lines	Contains the approximate amount of lines for height decay
current_z_idx	The current index used for adjusting the layer of each sequential chat message such that recent messages will overlay older ones
eol_complete	Contains the time that the EOL for the message will be complete, used for qdel scheduling
message	The visual element of the chat message
message_loc	The location in which the message is appearing
owned_by	The client who heard this message
scheduled_destruction	Contains the scheduled destruction time, used for scheduling EOL
Procs
New	Constructs a chat message overlay
finish_image_generation	finishes the image generation after the MeasureText() call in generate_image(). necessary because after that call the proc can resume at the end of the tick and cause overtime.
generate_image	Generates a chat message image representation
on_parent_qdel	Calls qdel on the chatmessage when its parent is deleted, used to register qdel signal

Var Details

var
animate_lifespan
–

Our animation lifespan, how long this message will last

var
animate_start
–

When we started animating the message

var
approx_lines
–

Contains the approximate amount of lines for height decay

var
current_z_idx
– /static

The current index used for adjusting the layer of each sequential chat message such that recent messages will overlay older ones

var
eol_complete
–

Contains the time that the EOL for the message will be complete, used for qdel scheduling

var
message
– /image

The visual element of the chat message

var
message_loc
– /atom

The location in which the message is appearing

var
owned_by
– /client

The client who heard this message

var
scheduled_destruction
–

Contains the scheduled destruction time, used for scheduling EOL

Proc Details

New
(text, /atom/target, /mob/owner, /datum/language/language, /list/extra_classes, lifespan)

Constructs a chat message overlay

Arguments:

text - The text content of the overlay
target - The target atom to display the overlay at
owner - The mob that owns this overlay, only this mob will be able to view it
language - The language this message was spoken in
extra_classes - Extra classes to apply to the span that holds the text
lifespan - The lifespan of the message in deciseconds

proc
finish_image_generation
(mheight, /atom/target, /mob/owner, complete_text, lifespan)

finishes the image generation after the MeasureText() call in generate_image(). necessary because after that call the proc can resume at the end of the tick and cause overtime.

proc
generate_image
(text, /atom/target, /mob/owner, /datum/language/language, /list/extra_classes, lifespan)

Generates a chat message image representation

Arguments:

text - The text content of the overlay
target - The target atom to display the overlay at
owner - The mob that owns this overlay, only this mob will be able to view it
language - The language this message was spoken in
extra_classes - Extra classes to apply to the span that holds the text
lifespan - The lifespan of the message in deciseconds

proc
on_parent_qdel
()

Calls qdel on the chatmessage when its parent is deleted, used to register qdel signal

Chat Message Overlay /datum/chatmessage

Vars

Procs

Var Details

var animate_lifespan –

var animate_start –

var approx_lines –

var current_z_idx – /static

var eol_complete –

var message – /image

var message_loc – /atom

var owned_by – /client

var scheduled_destruction –