COMSYS

Communication System

The communication system, abbreviated comsys, provides shared communication channels for players on a game. Communication systems are available in PennMUSH, TinyMUSH, and TinyMUX.

A comsys allows the various players to communicate with each other. A comsys can consist of one Public channel for all players, or various channels set aside for various groups within the game, thus allowing each group to communicate with the other members of that group.

Two of the most accepted reasons for using a comsys are to allow players to interact with members of their group, and to provide a venue for OOC chatting. Many games are configured to have a new player automatically join the ‘Public’ channel, and a Guest join the ‘Guest’ channel. If you are a wizard, see ‘wizhelp config’ for the parameters relating to this.

TinyMUX Communication System

User Command Summary

Players can use @clist to view a list of available channels on the game. Utilizing addcom, an alias can be set to join that channel and used for communicating on the channel. Channel names and aliases are case-sensitive within the TinyMUX communication system. The delcom command is used to unsubscribe from a channel. Players may use comtitle to prefix a title to their name for a particular channel. The allcom command can be used to quickly make a change to all subscribed channels. Players may use clearcom to unsubscribe from all current channels.

Once a channel alias has been established, it can be used to turn the channel on or off as well as communication.

Administrative Commands

Wizards can create and destroy communication channels using @ccreate and @cdestroy, respectively. Channel behavior and control can be manipulated with channel objects and @cset or through the @cpflags command for players and @coflags command for things.

Wizards or channel owners can assign a cost for using the channel with the @ccharge command. They may also remove objects from a channel with @cboot or issue messages via @cemit. A list of current channel subscribers is available through @cwho. Channel owners can be changed using the @cchown command.

The public_channel and guests_channel config parameters can be used to set default channels.

Softcode Functions

The following functions are available for softcode integration: channels(), comalias(), comtitle(), cwho()

Examples

> addcom public=Public

Channel Public added with alias public.

> pub off

[Public] Foobar has left this channel.

> pub on

You have joined channel Public.

[Public] Foobar has joined this channel.

> pub who

– Players –

Foobar(#23PWc)

Wizard(#1PWc)

– Objects –

– Public –

> pub Hello world!

[Public] Foobar says, “Hello world!”

> pub last 10

– Begin Comsys Recall –

[Public] Foobar has joined this channel.

[Public] Foobar has left this channel.

[Public] Foobar has joined this channel.

[Public] Foobar says, “Hello world!”

– End Comsys Recall –

PennMUSH Communication System

User Command Summary

Players can use @channel/list to view a list of available channels on the game, and @channel/what to get a description of a channel. Utilizing @channel/on , a player can join a channel, and can speak on the channel with @chat = (or its abbreviation + ) and emit to the channel with @cemit. Channel names are not case-sensitive. The @channel/off command is used to unsubscribe from a channel. Players may use @channel/title =