Palace 101 - Lesson 3 - Modes of Communication

This lesson covers the different ways to communicate on the server

Normal - type something in the text box at the bottom of the palace window and the words appear next to you in a word bubble. You can change the appearance of the word bubble by special characters in front of your words

Box - if you put a carat ^ in front of your words, they appear in a box and stay on the screen till you say something else

Thought Bubble - if you put a colon (:) in front of your words, they appear in a thought bubble

Spikey (shouting) - if you put a bang or exclamation point (!) in front of your words, they appear in a spikey bubble

If you have the log window open, your words appear like this - Bob: Hi everyone

Log Comment - if you want your words to appear in the log but not in a word bubble, use a semicolon in front of your words.

Example - ;hi there

Anyone paying attention to the log will see your words but they will not appear in the main palace window.

Muting - if you don't want to see words typed by a particular user, you can mute them. This means you will not see anything they type. To mute someone you can....

1. type 'mute - where is the exact spelling of their name
   
2. whisper 'mute - see whispering below
   
3. right click on them and select mute (Windows client only)

You should see a message saying "You are muting ...."

To turn off muting for a particular user you can...

1. type 'unmute - where is the exact spelling of their name
   
2. whisper 'unmute - see whispering below
   
3. right click on them and select unmute (Windows client only)

You should see a message saying "You are not muting ...."

Gagging - anyone with the right access level (usually wizard) can gag someone. This means they cannot type to anyone. To gag someone you can....

1. type 'gag - where is the exact spelling of their name
   
2. whisper 'gag - see whispering below
   
3. right click on them and select gag (Windows client only)

All persons with gag access (usually wizards and gods) see a message saying "Message from system: ....... gagged by .........."

To ungag someone you can....

1. type 'ungag - where is the exact spelling of their name
   
2. whisper 'ungag - see whispering below
   
3. right click on them and select ungag (Windows client only)

All persons with ungag access (usually wizards and gods) see a message saying "Message from system: ....... ungagged by .........."

Sounds - you can play a sound by typing the name of the sound preceded by a close parentheses. Anyone who also has that sound will hear it. Examples )applause, )yes, )no, )belch.

Sounds do not have to be at the start of the string of words.

Example - Bob:Hooray )applause - puts the word Hooray in a word bubble and plays the applause sound.

Whispering - you can whisper to another user in the same room by clicking on them. The words "You are talking to...." appear at the bottom of the Palace window. When you type, only that person can see your words. Turn off whisper by clicking on the person again or on the bottom of the palace window where it says "You are talking to....".

If you have the log window open, the words appear as before but in italics

A user can elect to not accept whispers (private messages) by typing the command 'rejectprivate on

If you try to whisper to a person who is refusing private messages, you will see "Sorry Bob is not accepting private messages" (insert name of person you tried to whisper to)

Private messages can be turned back on by typing the command 'rejectprivate off

ESP - you can whisper to someone in another room by selecting (single click) their name from the user list. Again, the words "You are talking to...." appear at the bottom of the Palace window. When you type, only that person can see your words. Turn off ESP by clicking at the bottom of the palace window where it says "You are talking to....".

If you receive an ESP, the message appears in the upper left corner of the room as "Message from ......." If you have the log window open, the same text appears in red.

Reply - 're - if you receive an ESP, you can reply by typing 're . This saves you from having to find the person who ESP'd you on the user list to reply. The reply automatically goes to the last person who ESP'd you.

A user can elect to not accept ESP by typing the command 'rejectesp on

If you try to send an ESP to a person who is refusing ESP, you will see "Sorry Bob is not accepting ESP" (insert name of person you tried to whisper to)

ESP can be turned back on by typing the command 'rejectesp off

Both whispering and ESP can be used for "targeted commands" - commands intended to be directed towards a particular user.

Paging - 'page - paging is used to send a message to all the gods and wizards on the palace. Any page is seen by all wizards and gods who are logged onto the palace, regardless of which room they are in. This communication method is typically used to summon help from a wizard.

The sender of the page sees a message saying "The Operators have been paged".

All wizards and gods on the server see "Page from ..... in room .......: " Wizzes and gods on the server often use page as a kind of private communication channel to talk amongst themselves.

Reply to pages - 'repage - used only by wizards and gods - sends back to the last person who paged via ESP. Any wiz or god on the system will see "...... has responded to ......... using repage"

Respond to pages - 'er - used only by wizards and gods - automatically jumps the wiz or god to the room the last page by a guest or member came from. Any wiz or god on the system will see "...... has responded to ......... using 'er"

Room msg - ~rmsg - used only by wizards and gods - puts the message in the upper left corner of the room for all in that room to see

Global msg - ~gmsg - used only by wizards and gods - puts the message in the upper left corner of all rooms for all to see

Bubble Lag - when Palace needs to put a word bubble on the screen, it waits for enough space to do so - avoiding overlapping bubbles when possible. If two people are close together, one's word bubbles may delay the appearance of the other's. If the person is in the upper right corner of the room, their word bubbles can also be delayed by the display of word bubbles for any pages, esp's, global/room messages.