Lua Can you do a line break when you send a message? (sendTextMessage)

[Spoking]

Hey all

Can you do a line break when you send a message in game? (sendTextMessage)

I tried \n but that didn't work.

Thanks!

 

[Infernum]

nope
you have to split it into 2
you can use an array though
example:

local text = {"this", "is", "going", "to", "split"}

for i = 1, #text do
    player:sendTextMessage(MESSAGE_CONSOLE_STATUS_ORANGE, text[i])
end

 

[Spoking]

Ah alright, that's a bummer. I wanted to have the text: "Congratulations! You've received a" .. itemname, but then have the itemname on a new line in the same message (when using message type advance for instance)

ah well thanks for the answer

 

[WibbenZ]

I actually think it's posible, try to send \n and see what happens.
Im pretty sure I have seen this before where the next line dosn't contain the char name etc like this:

12:00 WibbenZ: .. text
12:00 text..

Something like that

 

[Infernum]

oh i guess it does work

player:sendTextMessage(MESSAGE_STATUS_CONSOLE_BLUE, "test\nagain")

 

[Taurus]

oh i guess it does work

player:sendTextMessage(MESSAGE_STATUS_CONSOLE_BLUE, "test\nagain")

Pretty sweet you guys! Great to know.