Intro
Watch out!
Remember this? It’s now the default for all new Roblox places.
This means that legacy chat will no longer be maintained
According to Roblox:
What’s next?
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We will be addressing developer needs for their experiences to migrate to TextChatService. Top examples include granular bubble chat customization and TextChannel UI support.
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As we are no longer maintaining it, we will mark the legacy chat service and its APIs as deprecated.
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You can still use legacy chat in your experiences, but it will no longer be actively maintained.
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We will not require TextChatService for new experiences until a majority of developer needs are addressed.
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What does this mean for us?
Luckily, not too much, however, it could mean that a few chat commands could be broken in the future.
| Functionality | Legacy Chat | In-Experience Text Chat | Differences |
|---|---|---|---|
| Send a chat message | Players:Chat() | TextChannel:SendAsync() | The TextChatService:SendChat() method supports more advanced chat features such as rich text formatting and message priority. It also includes built-in filtering to help prevent inappropriate messages from being sent. |
| Send a system message | Chat:SystemMessage() | TextChatService:SystemMessage() | |
| Implement messaging callbacks | Chat:InvokeChatCallback(), Chat:RegisterChatCallback() | TextChatService:SendingMessage(), TextChatService.OnIncomingMessage() | The legacy chat system binds a function to chat system events for delivering messages. The two methods of the in-experience text chat system have more flexibilities and customization options. |
| Add custom chat commands | ChatService/ChatCommand module | TextChatCommand | The in-experience text chat system has a dedicated class representing a text command for customization rather than using a legacy chat module. |
| Disable chat | Game Settings in Studio and ChatWindow/ChatSettings module for hiding the chat window | ChatWindowConfiguration.Enabled |
As you can see a lot of yields have changed, meaning as developers we need to be prepared to make updates.
Conclusion
I hope this chat does bring us a lot of important things in the future. This is important for people like @OH20_rbLX who are working on Admino who rely on the chat for commands.