💾X_HUD_Announce

🌟 Overview

X_HUD_Announce is designed to enhance the communication system on your FiveM server by providing a flexible and powerful way to manage announcements and notifications. It supports multiple languages, integrates with popular frameworks like ESX and QBCore, and offers extensive customization options.

✨ Features

🌐 Multilingual Support: Supports English, German, Spanish, French, and Italian.
📣 Admin Announcements: Send global and internal announcements.
👮‍♂️ Job-related Announcements: Send global and internal announcements for specific jobs.
👤 Player-specific Notifications: Send notifications to individual players.
🔄 Automatic Announcements: Schedule automatic announcements at regular intervals.
🔗 Discord Webhook Integration: Log announcements to Discord.
⏱️ Cooldown System: Prevent spam by setting cooldowns for different types of announcements.
⚙️ Framework Support: Compatible with ESX and QBCore.
🎨 Customizable Prefixes and Styles: Customize the appearance of announcements.
🔌 TxAdmin Integration: Seamless integration with txAdmin features.

🌍 Language Support

X_HUD_Announce supports multiple languages. You can change the current language in config.lua using the Config.Language variable:luaCopy

Config.Language = 'en' -- Available options: 'en', 'de', 'es', 'fr', 'it'

To add a new language, edit the shared/translation.lua file and extend the Translations.Languages and Translations.Messages sections.

🔄 Integration with Other Scripts

X_HUD_Announce offers various exports and events that can be used by other scripts.

📮 Server-side Exports

-- Send an announcement to all players
exports['X_HUD_Announce']:SendAnnounceToAll(message, type, duration)

-- Send an announcement to a specific player
exports['X_HUD_Announce']:SendAnnounceToPlayer(playerId, message, type, duration)

-- Send an announcement to all players with a specific job
exports['X_HUD_Announce']:SendAnnounceToJob(job, message, type, duration)

-- Send a notification to a specific player
exports['X_HUD_Announce']:SendNotification(playerId, message, type, duration)

-- Get a translation based on a key
local translation = exports['X_HUD_Announce']:GetTranslation(key, language, ...)

📥 Server-side Events

-- Send an announcement to all players
TriggerEvent('X_Announce:SendToAll', message, type, duration)

-- Send an announcement to a specific player
TriggerEvent('X_Announce:SendToPlayer', playerId, message, type, duration)

-- Send an announcement to all players with a specific job
TriggerEvent('X_Announce:SendToJob', job, message, type, duration)

-- Send a notification to a specific player
TriggerEvent('X_Announce:Notify', playerId, message, type, duration)

📱 Client-side Exports

-- Show an announcement for the local player
exports['X_HUD_Announce']:ShowAnnouncement(message, type, duration)

-- Get a translation based on a key
local translation = exports['X_HUD_Announce']:GetTranslation(key, ...)

-- Send an announcement to all players (triggers to server and back)
exports['X_HUD_Announce']:TriggerServerAnnounce(message, type, duration)

-- Send an announcement to a specific player
exports['X_HUD_Announce']:TriggerServerAnnounceToPlayer(playerId, message, type, duration)

-- Send an announcement to all players with the same job
exports['X_HUD_Announce']:TriggerServerAnnounceToJob(job, message, type, duration)

📲 Client-side Events

-- Show a local announcement
TriggerEvent('X_Announce:ShowLocal', message, type, duration)

🔄 Using Translations

You can use translation keys with an @ at the beginning:luaCopy

-- Server-side
exports['X_HUD_Announce']:SendNotification(playerId, "@enter_message", 'error')

-- With formatting parameters
exports['X_HUD_Announce']:SendNotification(playerId, "@player_not_found", 'error', nil, targetId)

🎨 Notification Types

The following types can be used for notifications:

'info' (default, blue) 🟦
'success' (green) 🟢
'warning' (yellow) 🟨
'error' (red) 🟥
Job names (e.g., 'police', 'ambulance', 'mechanic') 👮‍♂️🚑🔧
TxAdmin types ('txadminannounce', 'txadminrestart', 'txadminwarning', 'txadmindm') 📢🔄⚠️💬

📏 Parameters

message: The text to display (string)
type: The type of notification (string, optional, default: 'info')
duration: The duration in milliseconds (number, optional, default: from config)
playerId: The server ID of the player (number)
job: The job name (string)
key: The translation key (string)
language: The language (string, optional, default: from config)

⚙️ Configuration Guide

🌟 Core Settings

Config.BetterDriveBy = true        -- Master switch
Config.DebugMode = false           -- Enable for troubleshooting
Config.DebugCommandName = "carseat"

🌍 Language Configuration

Config.Language = 'en' -- Available options: 'en', 'de', 'es', 'fr', 'it'

📢 Notification Configuration

Config.DefaultDuration = 5000 -- Standard display duration of notifications in milliseconds

🛠️ Framework Configuration

Config.Framework = 'esx' -- 'auto', 'esx', 'qbcore'
Config.UseOldESX = false -- Set to 'true' for older ESX versions that use TriggerEvent instead of Export

⏱️ Cooldown Configuration

Config.AnnounceCooldown = 60      -- Global cooldown for automatic announcements
Config.AdminAnnounceCooldown = 30 -- Cooldown for admin announcements
Config.AdminInternalAnnounceCooldown = 15 -- Cooldown for internal admin announcements
Config.JobAnnounceCooldown = 120  -- Cooldown for job announcements
Config.JobInternalAnnounceCooldown = 30 -- Cooldown for internal job announcements
Config.PlayerAnnounceCooldown = 20 -- Cooldown for player-specific announcements

🔄 Automatic Announcement Configuration

Config.EnableAutoAnnounces = true      -- Enables/Disables automatic announcements
Config.AutoAnnounceInterval = 6000      -- Interval in seconds between automatic announcements

Config.AutoAnnounces = {
    {message = "Welcome to our server! Have fun playing.", type = "info", duration = 8000},
    {message = "Visit our Discord server for more information.", type = "info", duration = 6000},
    {message = "Need help? Contact an admin with /report.", type = "warning", duration = 7000},
    {message = "Respect other players and follow the rules.", type = "error", duration = 9000},
    {message = "Don't forget to read our server rules!", type = "success", duration = 5000},
}

🛡️ Admin Permissions Configuration

Config.AdminAnnounceAllPerms = {
    ['superadmin'] = true,
    ['admin'] = true,
    ['moderator'] = true,
    ['supporter'] = true
}

Config.AdminAnnounceTeamPerms = {
    ['superadmin'] = true,
    ['admin'] = true,
    ['moderator'] = true,
    ['supporter'] = true
}

Config.AdminAnnouncePlayerPerms = {
    ['superadmin'] = true,
    ['admin'] = true,
    ['moderator'] = true,
    ['supporter'] = true
}

👮‍♂️ Job Announcements Configuration

Config.JobsWithAnnouncePerms = {
    ['police'] = true,
    ['ambulance'] = true,
    ['mechanic'] = true,
    ['taxi'] = true,
    ['reporter'] = true,
}

Config.JobsWithInternalAnnounce = {
    ['police'] = true,
    ['ambulance'] = true,
    ['mechanic'] = true,
    ['taxi'] = true,
    ['reporter'] = true,
}

📋 Examples

📢 Example 1: Sending an announcement to all players from a server script

exports['X_HUD_Announce']:SendAnnounceToAll("[SYSTEM] Server restart in 5 minutes!", "warning", 10000)

📢 Example 2: Sending a notification to a player with translation

-- With a custom translation key
exports['X_HUD_Announce']:SendNotification(playerId, "@player_not_found", 'error', nil, targetId)

📢 Example 3: Sending an announcement to all police officers

exports['X_HUD_Announce']:SendAnnounceToJob("police", "[LSPD] All available units to headquarters!", "police", 8000)

📢 Example 4: Triggering a client-side notification

exports['X_HUD_Announce']:ShowAnnouncement("Mission objective completed!", "success", 5000)

🔄 TxAdmin Integration

This resource provides seamless integration with txAdmin features:

📢 Announcements

Automatically captures and formats txAdmin announcements from administrators using the txAdmin:events:announcement event. Displays these announcements to all players using your configured styling.

🔄 Scheduled Restarts

Displays countdown notifications when a server restart is scheduled through txAdmin using the txAdmin:events:scheduledRestart event. The script automatically calculates the minutes remaining and formats a message according to your configuration.

⚠️ Warnings

Shows warning notifications to players when they receive a warning from an administrator through the txAdmin:events:playerWarned event. Can be configured to also notify staff members.

💬 Direct Messages

Displays direct messages sent from administrators to players through txAdmin using the txAdmin:events:playerDirectMessage event. Can be configured to also notify staff about sent messages.

📤 Discord Logging

Configuration for logging various announcements to Discord:luaCopy

Config.DiscordLogs = {
    enabled = false,                                  -- Enables/Disables Discord logging in general
    forceDisableIfNoHTTP = false,                     -- Dont touch
    -- Discord Webhook URLs for different announcement types
    -- Set to nil or empty ("") to disable a specific log type
    webhooks = {
        admin = "https://discord.com/api/webhooks/YOUR_WEBHOOK_HERE",       -- Admin announcements to all
        team = "https://discord.com/api/webhooks/YOUR_WEBHOOK_HERE",        -- Team-internal announcements
        player = "https://discord.com/api/webhooks/YOUR_WEBHOOK_HERE",      -- Player-specific announcements
        job = "https://discord.com/api/webhooks/YOUR_WEBHOOK_HERE",         -- Job announcements to all
        jobInternal = "https://discord.com/api/webhooks/YOUR_WEBHOOK_HERE", -- Job-internal announcements
        auto = "https://discord.com/api/webhooks/YOUR_WEBHOOK_HERE",        -- Automatic announcements
        txadmin = "https://discord.com/api/webhooks/YOUR_WEBHOOK_HERE"      -- TxAdmin announcements
    },
    
    -- Bot name displayed in Discord
    botName = "X_HUD_Announce",
    
    -- Avatar URL for the bot (optional)
    botAvatar = "https://i.imgur.com/.png",    -- URL to an image for the bot avatar
    
    -- Embed colors for different message types (decimal value of the color)
    -- Discord uses decimal values instead of hex colors
    colors = {
        admin = 15105570,       -- Orange (decimal value of hex color)
        team = 16727113,        -- Red
        player = 16766720,      -- Gold
        job = 3447003,          -- Blue
        jobInternal = 2067276,  -- Dark Blue
        auto = 5763719,         -- Green
        txadmin = 10181046,     -- Purple
        
        -- Colors for different notification types
        info = 3447003,         -- Blue
        success = 5763719,      -- Green
        error = 15548997,       -- Red
        warning = 16776960      -- Yellow
    },
    
    -- General settings
    serverName = "Your Server Name",   -- Name of the server displayed in logs
    includeTimestamp = true,          -- Add timestamp to embed
    
    -- Content displayed in logs
    logContent = {
        showPlayerId = true,          -- Shows player ID in logs
        showPlayerIdentifiers = false, -- Shows player identifiers (steam, license, etc.) in logs
        includeType = true            -- Shows the type of announcement in the log
    }
}

🎨 Customization

📐 Appearance Settings

Config.appearance = {
    transparency = 0.75,        -- 0.0 (fully transparent) to 1.0 (fully opaque)
    backgroundColor = '#2a2a2a', -- Dark grey background for all notifications
    accentColorOpacity = 0.35,  -- Opacity of accent color in background when glass effect is enabled
    iconGlow = true,
    iconGlowColor = 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)',
    iconGlowSize = '6px',
    iconSize = '36px',        -- Size of the icon - increased
    iconPack = 'ionicons',     -- Icon pack to use: 'fontawesome' or 'ionicons'
    rounded = true,
    roundedSize = '10px',
    notificationGlow = {
        enabled = true,
        color = '#ffffff',
        strength = '10px',
        opacity = 0.5,
        useAccentColor = true
    },
    realGlassEffect = {
        enabled = true,
        blurStrength = 3.0,       -- Blur effect strength (0-20)
        transparency = 0.5,       -- Background transparency (0.0-1.0) 
        performanceMode = false   -- Performance mode with reduced quality for weaker devices
    },
    boxShadow = {
        enabled = false,
        color = 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.92)',
        blur = '15px',
        spread = '0px',
        x = '0px',
        y = '5px'
    },
    font = {
        family = 'Poppins, "Segoe UI", sans-serif',
        color = '#FFFFFF',
        size = '14px',
        weight = 'normal',
        lineHeight = '1.4',
        availableFonts = [
            'Poppins',
            'Montserrat',
            'Kanit',
            'Gidole',
            'Pacifico',
            'Dancing Script',
            'Segoe UI'
        ]
    }
}

🔄 Animation Settings

Config.animation = {
    type = 'slide',            -- Animation type: 'slide', 'fade', 'scale', 'flip', 'none'
    direction = 'top',       -- Direction for slide animation: 'left', 'right', 'top', 'bottom'
    duration = 750,            -- Duration in ms
    distance = '110%',         -- Distance to slide (for slide animations)
    easing = 'cubic-bezier(0.25, 1, 0.5, 1)', -- Easing function
    
    -- Advanced animation options
    scaleFrom = 0.8,           -- Starting scale for scale animations
    scaleTo = 1,               -- Ending scale for scale animations
    fadeFrom = 0,              -- Starting opacity for fade animations
    fadeTo = 1,                -- Ending opacity for fade animations
    rotateFrom = -90,          -- Starting rotation for flip animations (degrees)
    rotateTo = 0               -- Ending rotation for flip animations (degrees)
}

🛠️ Troubleshooting

🔄 Common Issues

"Drive-By Not Working":
- Check Config.BetterDriveBy = true
- Verify seat permissions for the vehicle
- Use /carseat debug command
Conflicts with Other Resources:
- Disable sky-to-ground transitions if using multicharacter scripts
- luaCopy
  Config.transition.enabled = false

📥 Download & Support

Tebex Store: Download Link
Discord Support: Join Discord

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