Help Index :: Communication :: Newbie Communication As a new player it's important to know the various forms of communication available to you. The two different ways you can talk with people are personally and publicly. Personal Communication Personal communication is just that - personal. It goes from one person to another and is only shown to those two people unless one of those people share it with someone else. There are three separate ways to communicate personally with another player: tell, mail, and whisper. Tell Tells can be sent to any other player online at the same time (see the 'who' list for a listing of players logged in) regardless of your location in-game. There are two limitations on this however, ignore and filter. To see more detail on these two commands see help options (information on opt ignore is in the Options with levels and their Meanings section) and help filter. If another player has ignore up, you can use the reply command to speak with them (see help reply for more information). To speak with a mob, they must have a program to respond to what you say. For example, some mobs will respond to a simple hello or hi and will not respond to much else, if anything. If a mob mentions something you can always ask them about it by typing in ask and they may respond. Remember, you must be in the same room as the mob you are trying to talk to for this command to work. Mail To send a mail to another player you will need to use the mail command, which requires you to have a silver coin on you to pay the demon. Writing and editing mails requires use of the editor, which can be fairly confusing to new players. To help facilitate understanding of how it works, here is an example of how to write and send a simple mail: First, you need to create a new mail, we'll call it mail Hi Enter in: mail Hi Second you will enter your text in. Lets say you want to mail another player in response to a note they posted on the wanted board you may enter in: mail Hi, I saw your note on the wanted board and have a few of the things you are looking for. Just send me a tell or a mudmail if you think we can work out some kind of trade. You'll notice when you enter that in the following pops up: [ 1] Hi, I saw your note on the wanted board and have a few of the things you are looking for. Just send me a tell or a mudmail if you think we can work out some kind of trade. The odd numbers next to lines you enter in are used for editing. To format our simple mail we type in: mail 1-1 When you have multiple lines you want to format type in all those lines (for example: mail 1-3 would do two lines you entered in.). If you want to put a space between two lines simply enter in the odd number that would go between the two. For example, if you had two lines entered in (marked as mail [1] and mail [3]) you would enter in mail 2 to make a space between those two lines. Whisper The whisper command can be sent to any other player in the same room as you and is only seen by that player, although other players will see that you whispered to them. One very important thing about whisper is your language: In order for whisper to be an effective form of communication you need to be able to speak a common language as the person you wish to whisper to. If neither of you know a common language then what you say to them will just show up as unintelligible gibberish. Global Communication Global forms of communication go to more then just one person and are a good way to communicate with several people at once. While some forms of global communication require you to be in a special group, others simply require you to have that form of communication turned on. The different forms of global communication can be narrowed down to channels and notes. Channels There are several different channels that players can use to communicate such as ooc, atalk, and gossip to name a few. Information on these channels can all be found in help channels - to toggle this channels simply use the options command (ie: If you were to type in 'opt ooc' and the ooc channel was off it would be turned on. However, if it was on it would be turned off.). All of the global channels are on by default except for 'UC', which will stay off unless a player purposefully turns it on. Out of all of the global channels, the atalk (or auction talk) channel is the only one that has a set of commands associated with it. These commands are used to auction items or to buy items from the auction block. To auction an item you must have a silver coin on you. To auction something simple, like a ring, for 500 cp (or 500 copper pieces) you type in auc ring 500 to sell the ring. As long as you have a silver coin to pay the daemon, your item will be carried off to the auction block. However, when you wish to buy something off the auction block you do not use a keyword of the object to bid. Instead, you use the lot number associated with it. Lot Tme Buyr Min.Bid Item Use Wgt Cnd --- --- ---- ------- ---- --- --- --- 1 29 -- 12 vial of sacramental oil yes .30 prf This is how an auction will show up before a player has bid on it. If lot one was an item you would like to purchase and were willing to spend up to 50cp on you would type in bid 1 12 50. If you would like more information on auction, there is a great help file you can view simply by type in 'help auction'. Special Group Channels There some channels that work based on who your character is and what groups they join. For example only evil characters and races will see the chat meant for them, and only good characters will see the chat meant for them. See help chat for more information. Another channel that's affected by how you chose to play your character is the chant channel. This is sent only to people of the same religion as your character. For a listing of other players who share the same god as you type in religion . Also, more information on chant can be found in help chant. Two channels that you will use more often are gtell (or group tell) and ctell (or clan tell). Group Tell (gtell) A gtell is sent to the group you are in. To join a group you must either get people to follow you or follow another player. Languages are not an issue in gtell. In fact, if you do not use a language you know to 10 (when you are small this will be your native language) other players in your group will have a harder time understanding you. To see your language skills type in abi l. Remember, the lower your skill level the less understandable you will be. If you would like to read more information on grouping, look at help group. Clan tell (ctell) Clans are special groups that each have their own rules governing who can and can not join them. To see a list of available player clans type in 'clans'. To read a particular clan's charter type in clan . These charters outline the premise behind the clan as well as any rules governing it. Notes and Note Boards Note boards are places where players can leave permanent messages to each other. Some of the more commonly used note boards are wanted, bugs, and ideas. However, there are several other boards that can be used by players. To post a note you would use the editor that was mentioned before when we talked about mail messages. However, you need to make sure you are on the correct board for your note before you begin writing it. For example, if you find a bug in the game and would like to post a note about type in note bug so that you are on the correct board. Once you are on the correct board simply type your note in and use the editor to format your note. After all the text has been entered you can post your note (note post). For more information on notes take a look at help noteboard.