From 277afe1e88a40b23256fa66cea5fd91dd1081b0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MrS-ibra <ibraabuarab24@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 22:55:04 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] feat(lobby): Add timestamp prefix to network room chat
 messages

---
 .../GeneralsOnline/OnlineServices_RoomsInterface.cpp        | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameNetwork/GeneralsOnline/OnlineServices_RoomsInterface.cpp b/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameNetwork/GeneralsOnline/OnlineServices_RoomsInterface.cpp
index 9cee01aee2..876ca30ba0 100644
--- a/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameNetwork/GeneralsOnline/OnlineServices_RoomsInterface.cpp
+++ b/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameNetwork/GeneralsOnline/OnlineServices_RoomsInterface.cpp
@@ -698,7 +698,11 @@ void WebSocket::Tick()
 
 										if (bParsed)
 										{
-											UnicodeString unicodeStr(from_utf8(chatData.message).c_str());
+											SYSTEMTIME systemTime;
+											GetLocalTime(&systemTime);
+
+											UnicodeString unicodeStr;
+											unicodeStr.format(L"[%2.2d:%2.2d] %s", systemTime.wHour, systemTime.wMinute, from_utf8(chatData.message).c_str());
 
 											Color color = DetermineColorForChatMessage(EChatMessageType::CHAT_MESSAGE_TYPE_NETWORK_ROOM, true, chatData.action, chatData.admin, chatData.name_change);