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SendPlayerMessageToAll

Description

Sends a message in the name of a player to all other players on the server. The line will start with the sender's name in their color, followed by the message in white.

Name	Description
senderid	The ID of the sender. If invalid, the message will not be sent.
const format[]	The message that will be sent.
OPEN_MP_TAGS:...	Indefinite number of arguments of any tag.

Returns

This function does not return any specific values.

Examples

public OnPlayerText(playerid, text[])
{
    // format a message to contain the player's id in front of it
    new string[144];
    format(string, sizeof(string), "(%d): %s", playerid, text);
    SendPlayerMessageToAll(playerid, string);

    return 0; // return 0 prevents the original message being sent

    // Assuming 'playerid' is 0 and the player is called Tenpenny, the output will be 'Tenpenny:(0) <message>'
}

Notes

warning

Avoid using format specifiers in your messages without formatting the string that is sent. It will result in crashes otherwise.

Related Functions

SendPlayerMessageToPlayer: Force a player to send text for one player.
SendClientMessageToAll: Send a message to all players.

Related Callbacks

OnPlayerText: Called when a player sends a message via the chat.