chat_range=100

addEventHandler("onPlayerJoin",getRootElement(),
function ()
bindKey(source,"u","down","chatbox","LocalChat")
end)

addEventHandler("onResourceStart",getResourceRootElement(getThisResource()),
function ()
for index, player in pairs(getElementsByType("player")) do
bindKey(player,"u","down","chatbox","LocalChat")
  end
end)

function isPlayerInRangeOfPoint(player,x,y,z,range)
   local px,py,pz=getElementPosition(player)
   return ((x-px)^2+(y-py)^2+(z-pz)^2)^0.5<=range
end

function onChat(player,_,...)
  local px,py,pz=getElementPosition(player)
  local msg = table.concat({...}, " ")
  local nick=getPlayerName(player)
local r,g,b = getTeamColor(getPlayerTeam(player))
local playertable = getElementsByType("player")
local newplayertable = {}
  for i,v in ipairs(playertable ) do
    if isPlayerInRangeOfPoint(v,px,py,pz,chat_range) then
     table.insert(newplayertable , v)
    end
  end
local thecount = #newplayertable
  for _,v in ipairs(newplayertable ) do
      outputChatBox("(Localchat) "..nick..": #ffffff"..msg,v,r,g,b,true) -- put "thecount" somewhere in here
  end
end
addCommandHandler("LocalChat",onChat)