assembly ver 1.1

Program.cs

@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ namespace VRChatboxApp {
 		private int quota = QUOTA_SIZE;
 		private System.Timers.Timer quotaResetTimer;
 		private string pendingMessage;
+		//private string lastMessage;
+		//private DateTime lastMessageTime;
 
 		public VRChatboxSender(string ip_address, int dstport, int srcport) {
 			osc = new OscSender(System.Net.IPAddress.Parse(ip_address), srcport, dstport);
@@ -53,14 +55,20 @@ namespace VRChatboxApp {
 
 		public event EventHandler<EventArgs<string>> OnSend;
 
-		public void send(string text) {
+		public void send(string message) {
+			/* this is only good if viewer hasnt turned down chatbox display duration
+			if (message == lastMessage && (DateTime.Now - lastMessageTime).Seconds < 30) return;
+			else {
+				lastMessage = message;
+				lastMessageTime = DateTime.Now;
+			}*/
 			if (quota == 0) {
 				//Console.WriteLine("pending: " + text);
-				pendingMessage = text;
+				pendingMessage = message;
 			} else {
-				Console.WriteLine("send: " + text);
+				Console.WriteLine("send: " + message);
-				OnSend(this, new EventArgs<string>(text));
+				OnSend(this, new EventArgs<string>(message));
-				osc.Send(new OscMessage("/chatbox/input", text, true));
+				osc.Send(new OscMessage("/chatbox/input", message, true));
 				quota--;
 				if (quotaResetTimer == null) {
 					quotaResetTimer = new System.Timers.Timer(QUOTA_TIME);
@@ -88,31 +96,37 @@ namespace VRChatboxApp {
 		public static VRChatboxSender chatbox = new VRChatboxSender("127.0.0.1", 9000, 8999);
 
 		private static System.Timers.Timer timer;
-		private static string chatMessage = "";
+		private static List<string> chats = new List<string>();
 		
 		private static string GenerateStats() {
 			var time = DateTime.Now.ToShortTimeString();
 			var fps = VRChatFPSMonitor.GetFPS();
-			var stats = time + ", " + "FPS: " + fps;
+			var stats = time + ", " + fps + " FPS";
 			var app = ActiveAppGetter.GetActiveAppName();
 			var self = Process.GetCurrentProcess().ProcessName;
-			if (app == self && chatMessage == "") stats += ", ...";
+			if (app != "VRChat.exe" && app != self) stats += ", using " + app;
-			else if (app != "VRChat.exe" && app != self) stats += ", using " + app;
 			return stats;
 		}
 
 		private static void RenderChatbox() {
 			string content;
 			var stats = GenerateStats();
-			if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(chatMessage)) {
+			if (chats.Count == 0) {
 				chatbox.send(stats);
 				return;
 			}
 			var separator = " | ";
-			var excessLength = stats.Length + separator.Length + chatMessage.Length - 144;
+			var chatString = String.Join(separator, chats);
+			while (chatString.Length > 144) {
+				chats.RemoveAt(0);
+				chatString = String.Join(separator, chats);
+			}
+
+			var excessLength = stats.Length + separator.Length + chatString.Length - 144;
 			if (excessLength > 0) stats = stats.Substring(0, Math.Max(stats.Length - separator.Length - excessLength, 0));
 			if (stats.Length > 0) stats += separator;
-			content = stats + chatMessage;
+			content = stats + chatString;
+
 			chatbox.send(content);
 		}
 
@@ -124,7 +138,9 @@ namespace VRChatboxApp {
 		}
 
 		public static void SendChatMessage(string message) {
-			chatMessage = message;
+			if (message.Length > 144) message = message.Substring(0, 144);
+			if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(message)) chats.Clear();
+			else chats.Add(message);
 			RenderChatbox();
 		}
 

Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs

@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 // You can specify all the values or you can default the Build and Revision Numbers
 // by using the '*' as shown below:
 // [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.1")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.1")]

README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# VRChatboxApp
+
+- Shows time and FPS in chatbox (updates every 2 seconds)
+- Shows the active application if it's not VRChat (useful when chilling on desktop while alt-tabbing to other things)
+- Input chat with external window
+	- Allows you to **continue chatting on desktop after taking off your headset and loosing control of VRChat**
+	- Alt-tabbing might be easier than finding the in-game input
+	- Chat persists until cleared
+	- Chat messages are appended so you have some **chat history**
+	- Able to update chatbox instantly while avoiding spam timeout
+
+![screenshot](screenshot.png)
+
+Download latest build from [releases](https://gitea.moe/lamp/VRChatboxApp/releases) and just run the executable.
+
+### Notes
+
+- This app uses VRChat OSC; make sure to [enable it](https://docs.vrchat.com/docs/osc-overview#enabling-it).
+- You cannot use in-game chatbox input, hence the external window.
+- Anti-spam-timeout isn't foolproof apparently; you might trigger it if you spam chat input of this app.
+- The timeout may also trigger after VRChat freezes (such as when loading a world).
+
+
+### Todo
+
+- Osc receiver so that other stuff can be plugged into this app
+- GUI improvements, typing indicator
+- What other cool stuff could be put in the chatbox?

VRChatboxApp.csproj

@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <StartupObject />
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <SignManifests>false</SignManifests>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="Dia2Lib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <HintPath>packages\Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.TraceEvent.3.0.5\lib\net462\Dia2Lib.dll</HintPath>