Code to extract the text string from 0xAD

[CWO]

I just wanted to release this packethook code to anyone who finds it useful. The thing to realize is that 0xAD packet can send the player's speech in 2 different ways and at 2 different offsets based on whether the player has speech.mul installed and the text is using it or not. This is a very simple code that will set the variable 'speech' to a string containing the exact text the character has said. This was never intended to be a complete code in this post, just a snippet to put in your code and handle the speech from there in any way you like. The exported function start is there only for reference to the variable names.

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exported function HandleSpeech( character, byref packet )
	var speech := "";
	var speechstart := 12;
	if (packet.GetInt8(3) == 0xC0)
		var triggers := packet.GetInt16(12)/16;
		var bytes := CInt(triggers*1.5 + 2);
		speechstart := CInt(speechstart + bytes);
		var speechlen := packet.GetInt16(1) - 1 - speechstart;
		speech := CStr(packet.GetString(speechstart, speechlen));
	else
		var speechlen := (packet.GetInt16(1) - 13)/2;
		speech := CChrZ(packet.GetUnicodeString(speechstart, speechlen));
	endif
	// the variable 'speech' is now the exact text they said. Do whatever you want with it from here.

[*Edwards]

Do you spy your players?

[coltain]

You don`t?

[*Edwards]

I did.

[CWO]

Edwards, I don't use speech events on my NPCs. This is how merchants, boats, tamed animals, guards, ect... work on my shard. This is also needed so I can set a prop to them of what they last said so if the speech.mul hook doesn't give me enough info (wildcard tokens don't give info on what was said), I can have the script read the text so that it can do the proper action.

[*Edwards]

No panic. I just added a little sarcasm and thanks for your topic.