Workarounds Library. Used to fix shit when it doesn't work properly the first time.

Shared Functions

os.date(fmt[, time], ...)	Get the date from the system.
Color(r[, g[, b[, a]]])	Get a colour structure.
DarkRP.notify(ply, t, time, msg)	Notify a player with a message.
unfuckUnicode(inStr)	Unfuck a unicode string, by ensuring that multi-byte components actually work properly.

os.date(fmt[, time], ...)

Get the date from the system. Overwritten as certain format codes on windows cause client crashes.

Parameters:

• fmt string The date format.
• time number The time to set. (optional)
• ... Extra data for the function.

Returns:

string The formatted date.

Color(r[, g[, b[, a]]])

Get a colour structure. Overwritten to prevent client crashes with invalid arguments. Also provides utility for greyscale and gs /w alpha colours. With only r provided, r is copied to r, g and b. Alpha is set to 255. With r and g provided, r is used as r, g and b, alpha is set to g. With r, g, b and optional a provided, function works as default.

Parameters:

• r number Red channel.
• g number Green channel. (optional)
• b number Blue channel. (optional)
• a number Alpha channel. (optional)

Returns:

Colour The created colour object.

DarkRP.notify(ply, t, time, msg)

Notify a player with a message.

Parameters:

• ply Player The player to send the message to.
• t number The type of the message to send.
• time number Ignored.
• msg string The message to send.

unfuckUnicode(inStr)

Unfuck a unicode string, by ensuring that multi-byte components actually work properly.

Parameters:

• inStr string The input string to check.

Returns:

string The output string, with any invalid UTF-8 codepoints removed.