Open the downloaded ZIP product file and drop the folder in it somewhere in your resources folder. Add your product key (get it here) to the settings.ini
file and add start BigDaddy-3DChat
to your server.cfg
.
DO NOT RENAME THE FOLDER.
If you change the name of the folder it will not function correctly so leave the name as it is.
THIS WILL WORK WITH BIGDADDY-CHAT v1.13 AND ABOVE
as of v1.13 BigDaddy-Chat has a setting calledsupressLocalCommands
and if you set that to true it will use this chat for those commands instead. This change must be made to the BigDaddy-Chat or it will override the 3D commands. BigDaddy-Chat IS NOT REQUIRED to run this resource.
SETTING | DEFAULT | DESCRIPTION |
---|---|---|
[licensing] | ||
key1 | none | This is where you put your product key |
[settings] | ||
offsetX | -.2 | The next three settings are to adjust where the chat bubble displays in 3D space in relation to the player (longer messages will be adjusted higher so they fit above the player |
offsetY | 0 | |
offsetZ | 1.3 | |
displayTime | 6400 | base time of how long to display the bubble - in milliseconds (this is just the base time. Really long lines will display longer so people have time to read them) |
maxCharacters | 750 | the maximum number of characters allowed in a single message. It will cut the message off and add ... to it if it is longer than this. |
addMessagesToSkybox | false | Duplicate messages to the regular chat box by setting this to true (for historical reference) |
All commands are for local chat only
COMMAND | INFO |
---|---|
/me | Shows ME before text (used to show information about you) |
/do | Shows DO before text (used to show what you are doing) |
/3dme | Shows ME before text (used to show information about you) - Alternate command in case of other chat script command conflicts |
/3ddo | Shows DO before text (used to show what you are doing) - Alternate command in case of other chat script command conflicts |
/leo | Shows LEO before text (used for Law Enforcement communication) |
/med | Shows MED before text (used for medical information and EMS) |
DOES NOT show character names in frameworks. Yet.