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Talking and actions
This page explains the talking commands, how to use /me and /do, and how what you write appears to other players.
Summary
- Press
Tto open the chat. Anything you type as plain text is heard by people within 20m. - You write actions with
/me, situations and results with/do, and OOC talk with/b. - In a
/meyou only write what you attempt, and the other player decides the result. - An ID in a command is the player’s server number, which you can look up with
/id name.
1. Talking commands
| Command | Range | You type | Others see |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plain typing | 20m | Welcome in. | Tony Russo says: Welcome in. |
/s | 40m | /s Stop! | Tony Russo shouts: Stop! |
/low | 5m | /low Look at that guy. | Tony Russo whispers: Look at that guy. |
/lower | 1.5m | /lower Let’s go now. | Tony Russo whispers: Let’s go now. (within 1.5m only) |
/w ID | 3m | /w 12 Come to the back door. | Only that person sees the text. Others nearby only see that you whisper. |
/b | 20m | /b Going AFK for a minute. | (( Tony Russo: Going AFK for a minute. )) |
/pm ID | Any distance | /pm 12 Thanks for that scene. | PM ← Tony Russo: Thanks for that scene. |
/n | Whole server | /n Where is the bank? | This is the newbie channel. You can use it once every 10 seconds. |
- The further away you are from the speaker, the fainter the text appears.
- Use
/vwto whisper only to the people in the same car. - Use
/to ID,ID textto talk only to up to 3 people within 20m.
2. Writing actions with /me
After /me, you write your character’s action in the third person and the present tense. The text appears after your character’s name.
- You type/me takes a cigarette from his pocket and puts it in his mouth.
- * Tony Russo takes a cigarette from his pocket and puts it in his mouth.
/ame actionshows the action above your head for 8 seconds, visible within 20m. Use it for short expressions and gestures./melow(5m),/melower(1.5m) and/mehigh(40m) change how far your action can be seen./my descriptiondescribes one of your own items (for example/my watch has a cracked face.).
3. Writing situations and results with /do
/do describes what can be seen, heard or smelled, and the result of an action. You also use it to ask the other player about the situation.
- You type/do Cigarette smoke drifts away in the wind.
- * Cigarette smoke drifts away in the wind. (( Tony Russo ))
- * Would the door be locked? (( Tony Russo ))
- * It is not locked. (( Maria Lopez ))
4. Good and bad /me
If you write the result into your /me, the other player has no chance to respond. This is called powergaming (PG), and it breaks the rules.
Good
/me reaches out with his right hand, trying to grab her wrist./me swings a fist at his jaw./me holds out the wallet and nods for her to take it./me turns the door handle, trying to open it./me slips a hand toward his pocket.
Bad
/me grabs her wrist, twists it and pins her to the floor./me knocks him out with one punch./me takes his wallet and puts it in his own pocket./me kicks the locked door in with one blow./me gets shot but walks away as if nothing happened.
The other player answers with the result in a /me or a /do. If the result is hard to decide, settle it with /roll (a die with 6 sides by default) or /coin (a coin toss).
- * Tony Russo reaches out with his right hand, trying to grab her wrist.
- * Maria Lopez pulls her arm away quickly and steps back.
Tip
You can turn automatic sentence tidying on and off with /autogrammar.