Function GetMessageDestination

Descent3/hudmessage.cpp:743–828

Given a hud message, it will determine who should get this message. "name: message" = the player with the callsign name should get the message "team: message" = the Player_num's team should get the message "0-32: message" = the player with player num of 0-32 should get the message all other messages are for everyone else returns the starting position of the real message (past the :) destination w

//		MULTI_SEND_MESSAGE_YELLOW_TEAM	= only yellow team (3) should get this message
//		0-32							= player num of the player to get the message
const char *GetMessageDestination(const char *message, int *destination) {
  int to_who = MULTI_SEND_MESSAGE_ALL;
  const char *ret = message;

  // see if there is a colon in the string, and match that up with a name
  const char *colon_pos = NULL;
  colon_pos = strchr(message, ':');
  if (colon_pos > message) {
    // this message might be for one person in particular
    char buffer[256];
    memcpy(buffer, message, (colon_pos - message));
    buffer[colon_pos - message] = '\0';

    // see if buffer is a number, in which case just send to that pnum
    char *p = buffer;
    bool is_num = true;
    while (*p) {
      if (!isdigit(*p)) {
        is_num = false;
        break;
      }
      p++;
    }

    if (is_num) {
      to_who = atoi(buffer);
      if (to_who < 0 || to_who >= MAX_PLAYERS)
        to_who = MULTI_SEND_MESSAGE_ALL;
    } else {
      int possible_match = -1;
      int name_len = strlen(buffer);
      int call_len;

      // it's not a number, see if it matches any of the player names
      for (int pn = 0; pn < MAX_PLAYERS; pn++) {
        if (NetPlayers[pn].flags & NPF_CONNECTED && NetPlayers[pn].sequence == NETSEQ_PLAYING) {

          call_len = strlen(Players[pn].callsign);

          if (call_len > name_len) {
            // try to match a partial name
            if (!strnicmp(Players[pn].callsign, buffer, name_len)) {
              // possible match
              possible_match = pn;
            }
          } else if (call_len == name_len) {
            if (!stricmp(Players[pn].callsign, buffer)) {
              // match!
              to_who = pn;
              break;
            }
          }
        } // end if
      }   // end for

      if (to_who < 0 && possible_match != -1) {
        to_who = possible_match;
      }