release Implementing Cooldown System For Emotions On Chat

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This guide outlines a simple mechanism designed to add a spam protection feature for emotional expressions within the game chat. The system allows players to use an emotion only once every five seconds (or any duration you choose), thereby preventing excessive spam.

Steps to Implement the Cooldown Feature

1. Access the uicharacter.py File

First, locate and open the root/uicharacter.py file in your game’s source code. Next, search for the following function:

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2. Replace the Existing Function

Now, you'll replace the entire function with the following code snippet:

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Modifying the Cooldown Duration

In the code, you can adjust the cooldown period by changing the value 5000 in the line below:

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Simply replace 5000 with the desired number of milliseconds. For example, if you want a cooldown of 3 seconds, change it to 3000.

Removing the Wait Message

If you prefer not to display the message indicating the wait time, you can remove or comment out the following lines:

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By following these simple steps, you can effectively implement a cooldown mechanism for emotional expressions in your chat system, helping to mitigate spam and enhance user experience.