Merge pull request #45 from DreamWeave-MP/feat/chat-color-police

feat(server): Implement chat color filtering for player submitted messages

Author: YvanCywan

scripts/config.lua

@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ config.shareVideos = true
 -- Whether mobs and npcs in the game should be shared for all players when killed
 config.shareKills = true
 
+-- Enabling this option filters chat colors to prevent custom colored messages.
+-- When enabled, '#' in a message is escaped as '##'.
+config.filterChatColors = true
+
 -- Which clientside script records should be blanked out so they are not run
 -- Note: By default, the original character generation scripts are included
 --       because they're not suitable for multiplayer

scripts/eventHandler.lua

@@ -826,6 +826,10 @@ eventHandler.OnPlayerSendMessage = function(pid, message)
     if Players[pid] ~= nil and Players[pid]:IsLoggedIn() then
         dreamweave.LogMessage(enumerations.log.INFO, logicHandler.GetChatName(pid) .. ": " .. message)
 
+        if config.filterChatColors then 
+            message = message:gsub("#", "##")
+        end
+
         local eventStatus = customEventHooks.triggerValidators("OnPlayerSendMessage", {pid, message})
 
         if eventStatus.validDefaultHandler then