Ulx Silent Echo

[Toxic_Terrorists]

Is there a way to change a ulx Silent echo to show up only for the person that did the command?

The command in question is:

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if (SERVER) then

util.AddNetworkString("target_ply")
    util.AddNetworkString("friendlist")

    net.Receive( "friendlist", function(len, ply)
            local friends = net.ReadTable()
            local friendstring = table.concat(  friends, ", " )
            ulx.fancyLogAdmin( nil, true,  "#T is friends with: #s ", ply, friendstring )
    end)
end
if CLIENT then
    net.Receive("friendlist", function()
                local friends = {}
                for k, v in pairs(player.GetAll()) do
                        if v:GetFriendStatus() == "friend" then
                            table.insert( friends, v:Nick() )
                            end
                end
                net.Start("friendlist")
                   net.WriteTable(friends)
                net.SendToServer()
    end)
end


function ulx.listfriends(calling_ply, target_ply)

        net.Start("friendlist")
        net.Send(target_ply)
end
local listfriends = ulx.command("Essentials", "ulx listfriends", ulx.listfriends, "!friends",true)
listfriends:addParam{ type=ULib.cmds.PlayerArg }
listfriends:defaultAccess( ULib.ACCESS_ADMIN )
listfriends:help( "Check for friends playing on the server." )
Instead of:
            ulx.fancyLogAdmin( nil, true,  "#T is friends with: #s ", ply, friendstring )

Can it be changed to use:
            self.Owner:ChatPrint("")

[XxLMM13xX]

Did you try it? Did you get any errors if you did?

[Bytewave]

It's just as simple as this:

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1. calling_ply:ChatPrint(<message>)

Do that instead of FancyLogAdmin.

[Toxic_Terrorists]

That didn't work I tried:

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calling_ply:ChatPrint( "#T is friends with: #s ", ply, friendstring )
and:

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calling_ply:ChatPrint("#T is friends with: #s ")
Both didn't work

[Bytewave]

That didn't work I tried:

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calling_ply:ChatPrint( "#T is friends with: #s ", ply, friendstring )
and:

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calling_ply:ChatPrint("#T is friends with: #s ")
Both didn't work

Because you're trying to pass proprietary formatting strings into a Garry's Mod vanilla function.

Try this:

Code: Lua

1. name = target_ply:Nick()
2. calling_ply:ChatPrint(string.format("%s is friends with %s", name, friendstring))

[Toxic_Terrorists]

I replaced the ulx fancy log with that and it didn't fix the issue. It still only showed with Silent Echos.

[Bytewave]

I replaced the ulx fancy log with that and it didn't fix the issue. It still only showed with Silent Echos.

Not sure what you're talking about there. Mind explaining a little bit further?

Also, one little critique:

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1. net.Start("friendlist")
2.     net.WriteTable(friends)
3. net.SendToServer()
4.  

Why network the entire table when you can have the client do it for you?

Code: Lua

1. if CLIENT then
2.     -- ...
3.     local friendstring = table.concat(  friends, ", " )
4.  
5.     net.Start("friendlist")
6.         net.WriteString(friendstring)
7.     net.SendToServer()
8. end
9.  

then on the client, just ReadString to get the returned string.

[Toxic_Terrorists]

Because you're trying to pass proprietary formatting strings into a Garry's Mod vanilla function.

Try this:

Code: Lua

1. name = target_ply:Nick()
2. calling_ply:ChatPrint(string.format("%s is friends with %s", name, friendstring))

Alright so I tried that and got this error:

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Lua Error: [ERROR] addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/sh/essentials.lua:47: attempt to index global 'target_ply' (a nil value) 1. func - addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/sh/essentials.lua:47 2. unknown - lua/includes/extensions/net.lua:32
Here is the code that I am using:

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if (SERVER) then

util.AddNetworkString("target_ply")
    util.AddNetworkString("friendlist")

    net.Receive( "friendlist", function(len, ply)
            local friends = net.ReadTable()
            local friendstring = table.concat(  friends, ", " )
name = target_ply:Nick()
calling_ply:ChatPrint(string.format("%s is friends with %s", name, friendstring))
            ulx.fancyLogAdmin( nil, true,  "#T is friends with: #s ", ply, friendstring )
    end)
end
if CLIENT then
    net.Receive("friendlist", function()
                local friends = {}
                for k, v in pairs(player.GetAll()) do
                        if v:GetFriendStatus() == "friend" then
                            table.insert( friends, v:Nick() )
                            end
                end
                net.Start("friendlist")
                   net.WriteTable(friends)
                net.SendToServer()
    end)
end


function ulx.listfriends(calling_ply, target_ply)

        net.Start("friendlist")
        net.Send(target_ply)
end
local listfriends = ulx.command("Essentials", "ulx listfriends", ulx.listfriends, "!friends",true)
listfriends:addParam{ type=ULib.cmds.PlayerArg }
listfriends:defaultAccess( ULib.ACCESS_ADMIN )
listfriends:help( "Check for friends playing on the server." )
I am also unsure exactly what you meant by your last message. I'm not the best at coding with ULX. Sorry for the noobishness.