RPC Plugin

This is a plugin for TaleSpire using BepInEx, it creates a consumer and service for sending data over RPC. This is designed to be light weight for small messages. If you want large messages then you should host the file externally and only message a pointer to it. This is to reduce the impact on the performance and server costs from sending large messages.

Install

Currently you need to either follow the build guide down below or use the R2ModMan.

Usage

Reference this dependency plugin in the parent plugin and then use the following syntax to add a chat service:

RPCManager.AddHandler(serviceKey, handler)

Where the service key is a string that must appear at the beginning of the rpc message in order to trip the corresponding handler.

Where hander is a function that takes in two string, the message content and the sender, and a source which is a ChatSource enumeration indicating if the source if a GM message, player message or creature message. The handler returns a string for Interface compatibility.

An example of adding a inline handler for "/w" function would be:

RPCManager.AddHandler("/w", (chatMessage, sender, source)=> { Debug.Log(sender+" whispered "+chatMessage); });

An example of removing a inline handler for "/w" function would be:

RPCManager.RemoveHandler("/w");

Usage programatically

RPCManager.SendMessage(message, sender);

Where message is the content to be sent and should include the handling prefix.

Where sender is the NGuid of either a creature mini (CreatureId) or player (PlayerId).