Chat Window and Filter Tabs
The chat window can be split into tabs, so you can follow one kind of chat without it being buried under everything else.
The tabs
A row of tabs sits along the top of the chat window:
| Tab | Shows |
|---|---|
| All | Everything. |
| IC | What you hear people say, whisper, sign and emote, plus radio. |
| Radio | Radios, telephones and voicepipes. |
| OOC | OOC, LOOC, lobby chat and admin PMs. |
| Dead | Dead chat, for ghosts and the dead. |
| Admin | Admin messages and logs. Only shows up for staff, once there is something to show. |
Click a tab to switch to it. A tab you are not looking at shows a small number for the new lines it has, and the number clears when you open the tab. The All tab shows every message.
Making your own tabs
Click Tabs… at the right end of the tab row to open the tab settings:
- Type in a tab’s name box to rename it.
- Tick or untick the boxes under a tab to choose what it shows. The choices are IC speech and emotes; radio, phones and voicepipes; OOC, LOOC and lobby; dead chat; admin PMs; admin messages and logs; warnings and combat; and other game messages (things like picking up items or examining).
- Add tab makes a new tab, and Remove deletes one.
- Reset to default puts back the standard tabs.
- Done closes the settings.
Your tabs are saved on your own computer, so they are still there the next time you play.
Connection warnings
If the server stops answering for about 20 seconds, the chat prints a red Connection lost line. It shows on every tab. The server may have stopped, or your connection may have dropped. If the server was only busy, a green Connection restored line follows once it answers again. If no restored line comes, reconnect.
Tips
- A Combat tab with only “warnings and combat” ticked makes it easier to see who is hitting whom during a fight.
- Each kind of chat keeps its own recent history, so a busy fight will not push older OOC or dead chat lines out of their tabs.
- On a server linked to other lands, OOC from another land shows that land’s name in brackets, such as [Gaia] (see Travel Between Lands).
- Right-click someone next to you and choose High Five or Fist Bump. They answer by choosing the same on you within five seconds.
- IC > Emotes opens a window of emote buttons. Emotes that need a target, such as *point or *hug, are still typed in Say.
- See Hotkeys for the keys that open the chat input bar.