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Black Chat
Version: 1.0
by: SinRopa [More]
Per the request of a player on wolfsbane... ive made this simple mod to the chat window.

It simply allows you to alter a frame behind the chat so that you can get a solid black (non transparent) background.

I dont expect many people to use this so features are limited and must be changed using slash commands as follows.

The frame size is changed with a slash command if you need a non default window.

/BC resize 300 500

where 300x500 are the desired dimensions.

Alpha level can be changed 0-10 using

/BC alpha #

/BC reset : will return the size and alpha to defaults

These settings will be saved on logout but do to a crash issue...

You must activate the mod on log-in with /BC toggle

Which can also be used to hide the frame if needed
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Unread 07-03-12, 01:34 AM  
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Originally Posted by Arkan
This is exactly what I was looking for.
But for some reasons I can't use it the way I would like

I have 2 chats box

Your "black chat" is going to the one I use for "loot"

When I delete the "loot" chat box, reinstall chat box add on and active it, my gaming is crashing
For some reason I cant use it on my main chat
I no longer develop addons for rift but thought id reply anyway.

All the mod does is push the chat box forward and insert a black frame behind it.

That said, it will not work with unconnected chat windows without changes.

In my limited testing, crash issues were resolved by the required slash toggles. without the delay the client crashes.

-SIN
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This is exactly what I was looking for.
But for some reasons I can't use it the way I would like

I have 2 chats box

Your "black chat" is going to the one I use for "loot"

When I delete the "loot" chat box, reinstall chat box add on and active it, my gaming is crashing
For some reason I cant use it on my main chat
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Great been waiting a lot for such an addon.
Any chance this can be extended? Like change the font and remove unnecessary features like the scroll and tabs maybe?
The mod makes no edits to the chat frame other than moving it forward. As far as i have seen in the documentation... we cannot change any hard coded frames in any other way.

The only option would be to build a new custom chat frame with the features we want. Problem is, we would not be able to access the "chat stream" so it wouldn't function.

Perhaps when the API is less worthless...
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Great been waiting a lot for such an addon.
Any chance this can be extended? Like change the font and remove unnecessary features like the scroll and tabs maybe?
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Can you have more than one instance of this? I use 2 visible chat boxes.
Yes this is very possible. The person i made it for only had one window so i didnt bother.

To do so we would have to detect which chat boxes are being used and attach a frame to each of them.

Just spawning the 7 frames with linked transparency settings may cause issues... but thats an option as well.

If this is something you cannot do yourself I will try to do it at some point. Currently in the middle of a new project and exam week
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Interesting. I wonder... if this can be done, then is it possible to change every image on the chat box, to something custom? For example, the little ridges that indicate you can change the size of the chat box, I'd like to make them less noticeable, and make the chat tabs better, as well as making the little rift styled chat button next to where you'd type, to a different style.

Is any of that possible?

This mod does not alter the graphical elements of the chat box. It is an illusion caused by moving the chat frame forward and inserting a frame behind it. You will notice this when other frames slide between the two frames.
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Can you have more than one instance of this? I use 2 visible chat boxes.
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Interesting. I wonder... if this can be done, then is it possible to change every image on the chat box, to something custom? For example, the little ridges that indicate you can change the size of the chat box, I'd like to make them less noticeable, and make the chat tabs better, as well as making the little rift styled chat button next to where you'd type, to a different style.

Is any of that possible?
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