Text Chat

Text chat can be sent with SteamManager.Chat(string) and received by listening to SteamManager.OnChat or SteamUser.OnChat. Chats are sent to and received by everyone in the lobby.

Filters

MPE4S automatically applies a user's Steam chat filtering settings on all incoming messages, including your own messages locally. In addition, you can make your own custom text filters by creating a class which extends from SteamTextFilter and implementing the SteamTextFilter.Filter(ref string, ulong) method.

SteamTextFilter components apply globally, and automatically register and unregister themselves when they are enabled or disabled. The SteamFilter.Order property configures the order in which text filters are applied, with lower values being applied first.

Included

Three SteamTextFilter classes have been included.

SteamFriendsTextFilter

The SteamFriendsTextFilter will remove any messages sent by users that are not the player or their friends.

SteamPrefixTextFilter

The SteamPrefixTextFilter only keeps messages that are prefixed by one or more prefixes which could be useful for implementing team-based chats.

SteamWordsTextFilter

The SteamWordsTextFilter will censor defined words. Note that this is mainly just an example, and if you want to make a full profanity filter, it is recommended you find a word list and programmatically load and check it in an efficient manner.