Increasing chatlog?

M0tah

Eh M0tah…I have the feeling you created a list by yourself, could you share it with us? ;D

The only other offsets I have indexed are some for the right HUD panel with the weapon controls as part of a project I was working on to adapt the HUD to widescreen monitors.
Those three I posted before weren’t on a list or anything before viper asked if they existed.

Bas

@M0tah:

Yeah, there is.

0x50 in freelancer.exe, 0x6a440 = maximum number of characters in multiplayer chat window

May I ask whats the maximum? It seems that the value can be higher then 7F, but when I enter to much letters “at once” then it doesnt work, isnt able to send the message then.
I have the feeling that it is catched up in a loop…

However, I reduced to 200/Hex C8, will see if this is working.

Bas

Ok, best value for maximum number of characters in multiplayer chat window is 7F/127. I am not sure, but I have the feeling that even higher values have an effect, meaning that you can write more letters then. But then there is the “loop”-bug again - meaning you dont come to an end of letters when you are writing a message (just see for yourself ^^)

I also made 2 screenshots to show how muhc it is only enlarged, not too much IMHO (127 instead of 80 letters):

http://www.abload.de/img/screen135k6kc.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/screen1361b7q.jpg

(I am I with EXE hack, Saarländer without EXE hack - Just look for Halloooooo[…])

M0tah

Looks like the max number of characters in the chat box is also a signed byte then, with negative values interpreted as no limit.

OutCast

M0tah, since you’re a hex god now ;D may be you can find something to decrease number of chat lines shown on-screen (when chat window is closed), or to decrease time interval these lines stay on screen…
::)

M0tah

I found both. They were right next to the offset for the max number of lines in the history window :P.

10000i in freelancer.exe, 0x691ca = time in milliseconds chat text is displayed before disappearing
0x20 in freelancer.exe, 0x691cf = maximum number of chat lines displayed at once -1

Bas

Ty, but I guess he means the numbers of chat lines at the left of the screen (and your value (0x20) seems to be a bit to height for this IMHO ^^)

M0tah

It should be for the chat at the left of the screen. I tested it by setting it to 0x02 and 0x00 and it would only show 3 lines and 1 line respectively. So I’m pretty sure it’s right.

EDIT: What may be happening is not all 32 of those lines are actually shown when the chat seems to fill up the entire portion of the left screen section - the size of the actual text box might be smaller.

viper

0x20 in freelancer.exe, 0x691cf = maximum number of chat lines displayed at once -1
works but only to reduce chatlines… if you ingrease you get this:

bet other question is there also an value for chatcolor ?
Or other Colors in FL ?

OutCast

Thanks, M0tah. Some players were speaking of distracting console chat messages, player deaths etc etc, and finally there’s a solution

M0tah

@viper:

0x20 in freelancer.exe, 0x691cf = maximum number of chat lines displayed at once -1
works but only to reduce chatlines…

Yeah, I think the size of the textbox needs to be increased to be able to increase the limit, which requires another offset.

@viper:

bet other question is there also an value for chatcolor ?
Or other Colors in FL ?

The chat colors are controlled server-side. If you have FLHook you can change them with some modifications to the source code in HkCbChat.cpp.

viper

Hm can you find out the position adress of this Chattextfield ?