Add timestamp display option for chatbox/console

Client/core/CClientVariables.cpp

@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ void CClientVariables::LoadDefaults()
     DEFAULT("chat_text_alignment", Chat::Text::Align::LEFT);                          // chatbox horizontal text alignment
     DEFAULT("server_can_flash_window", true);                                         // allow server to flash the window
     DEFAULT("allow_tray_notifications", true);                                        // allow scripts to create tray balloon notifications
+    DEFAULT("show_time_in_chat", false);                                              // show time prefix in chat messages
     DEFAULT("text_scale", 1.0f);                                                      // text scale
     DEFAULT("invert_mouse", false);                                                   // mouse inverting
     DEFAULT("fly_with_mouse", false);                                                 // flying with mouse controls

Client/core/CConsole.cpp

@@ -66,8 +66,21 @@ CConsole::~CConsole()
 
 void CConsole::Echo(const char* szText)
 {
-    // Add to add buffer
-    m_strPendingAdd += szText;
+    std::string finalMessage = szText;
+
+    // Prepend timestamp for console display
+    if (g_pCore->GetCVars()->GetValue<bool>("show_time_in_chat", true))
+    {
+        char        szTime[16];            // HH:MM:SS
+        std::time_t t = std::time(nullptr);
+        std::tm*    tm_info = std::localtime(&t);
+        std::strftime(szTime, sizeof(szTime), "%H:%M:%S", tm_info);
+
+        finalMessage = std::string("[") + szTime + "] " + szText;
+    }
+
+    // Add to console buffer
+    m_strPendingAdd += finalMessage;
     if (!m_strPendingAdd.EndsWith("\n"))
         m_strPendingAdd += "\n";
 

Client/core/CGUI.cpp

@@ -584,10 +584,29 @@ bool CLocalGUI::IsChatBoxInputEnabled()
 
 void CLocalGUI::EchoChat(const char* szText, bool bColorCoded)
 {
-    if (m_pChat)
+    if (!m_pChat)
+        return;
+
+    std::string finalMessage;
+
+    if (g_pCore->GetCVars()->GetValue<bool>("show_time_in_chat", true))
     {
-        m_pChat->Output(szText, bColorCoded);
+        // Get current time
+        char        szTime[16];
+        std::time_t t = std::time(nullptr);
+        std::tm*    tm_info = std::localtime(&t);
+        std::strftime(szTime, sizeof(szTime), "%H:%M:%S", tm_info);
+
+        // Prepend timestamp to the message
+        finalMessage = std::string("[") + szTime + "] " + szText;
     }
+    else
+    {
+        finalMessage = szText;
+    }
+
+    // Output to chat
+    m_pChat->Output(finalMessage.c_str(), bColorCoded);
 }
 
 bool CLocalGUI::IsWebRequestGUIVisible()

Client/core/CSettings.cpp

@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ void CSettings::ResetGuiPointers()
     m_pChatLineFadeout = NULL;
     m_pFlashWindow = NULL;
     m_pTrayBalloon = NULL;
+    m_pChatShowTimestamps = NULL;
 
     m_pLabelBrowserGeneral = NULL;
     m_pCheckBoxRemoteBrowser = NULL;
@@ -3238,6 +3239,11 @@ void CSettings::CreateInterfaceTabGUI()
             m_pChatTextBlackOutline->SetPosition(CVector2D(vecTemp.fX, vecTemp.fY + fLineSizeY + fLineGapY));
             m_pChatTextBlackOutline->GetPosition(vecTemp);
             m_pChatTextBlackOutline->AutoSize(NULL, 20.0f);
+
+            m_pChatShowTimestamps = reinterpret_cast<CGUICheckBox*>(pManager->CreateCheckBox(pTabOptions, _("Show timestamps in chat messages")));
+            m_pChatShowTimestamps->SetPosition(CVector2D(vecTemp.fX, vecTemp.fY + fLineSizeY + fLineGapY));
+            m_pChatShowTimestamps->GetPosition(vecTemp);
+            m_pChatShowTimestamps->AutoSize(NULL, 20.0f);
         }
     }
 }
@@ -4156,6 +4162,8 @@ void CSettings::LoadData()
     m_pChatNickCompletion->SetSelected(bVar);
     CVARS_GET("chat_text_outline", bVar);
     m_pChatTextBlackOutline->SetSelected(bVar);
+    CVARS_GET("show_time_in_chat", bVar);
+    m_pChatShowTimestamps->SetSelected(bVar);
 
     {
         int iVar;
@@ -4190,6 +4198,8 @@ void CSettings::LoadData()
     m_pFlashWindow->SetSelected(bVar);
     CVARS_GET("allow_tray_notifications", bVar);
     m_pTrayBalloon->SetSelected(bVar);
+    CVARS_GET("show_time_in_chat", bVar);
+    m_pChatShowTimestamps->SetSelected(bVar);
 
     // Browser
     CVARS_GET("browser_remote_websites", bVar);
@@ -4622,6 +4632,7 @@ void CSettings::SaveData()
     CVARS_SET("chat_text_outline", m_pChatTextBlackOutline->GetSelected());
     CVARS_SET("chat_line_life", GetMilliseconds(m_pChatLineLife));
     CVARS_SET("chat_line_fade_out", GetMilliseconds(m_pChatLineFadeout));
+    CVARS_SET("show_time_in_chat", m_pChatShowTimestamps->GetSelected());
 
     CVARS_SET("chat_position_offset_x", m_pChatOffsetX->GetText());
     CVARS_SET("chat_position_offset_y", m_pChatOffsetY->GetText());
@@ -4644,6 +4655,7 @@ void CSettings::SaveData()
     // Interface
     CVARS_SET("server_can_flash_window", m_pFlashWindow->GetSelected());
     CVARS_SET("allow_tray_notifications", m_pTrayBalloon->GetSelected());
+    CVARS_SET("show_time_in_chat", m_pChatShowTimestamps->GetSelected());
 
     // Set our new skin last, as it'll destroy all our GUI
     pItem = m_pInterfaceSkinSelector->GetSelectedItem();

Client/core/CSettings.h

@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ class CSettings
     CGUIEdit*     m_pChatLineFadeout;
     CGUICheckBox* m_pFlashWindow;
     CGUICheckBox* m_pTrayBalloon;
+    CGUICheckBox* m_pChatShowTimestamps;
 
     CGUILabel*    m_pLabelBrowserGeneral;
     CGUICheckBox* m_pCheckBoxRemoteBrowser;