Channel

Channels can be used to communicate and chat with other online players. There are a wide variety of channels to choose from and players are also allowed to create their own channels.

Syntax

Prefix each command with the word channel, the shortcut symbol percent (%) can be used as a substitute for the word channel.

Basic commands

Type <channel name> without any other arguments to toggle a channel on and off and <channel name> <message> to talk on a channel.

General commands

• channel list - list of all visible player created channels
• channel stat <channel> - To see more information about a channel including creation date, usage count, level restrictions, flags, disclaimer, owners, admins, banned and allowed characters
• who <name> - shows who's connected to a channel
• listen <name> - adds a channel to your listen list
• create <name> - creates a channel
• connect <name> - connects to a channel
• disconnect <name> - disconnect from a channel
• color <color> - change channel color for you only
• send <channel> <stuff> - send to a specific channel

owner commands

• disclaimer - set a disclaimer for the channel
• password <stuff> - change, add or delete a channel password
• format <number> - change channel send format
• dcolor <color> - change channel default color
• flags <flag names> - change channel configuration
• addadmin <name> - add admin to channel admin list
• addowner <name> - add owner to channel ownership list
• addgod <name> - add access for a god's followers
• deladmin <name> - delete admin from channel admin list
• delowner <name> - delete owner from channel ownership list
• delgod <name> - delete access for a god's followers
• delete - delete the channel (must be primary owner)
• resign - resign as an owner of the channel

Admin commands

• ban <name> - deny a character access to the channel
• unban <name> - allow a character access to the channel

Connected channel

Type a single percent sign% to show which channels you are connected to. The list is in order of the last channel connected to.

You are currently connected to:
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gossip         
event          
zt             
chat            (turned off)
newbie          (turned off)
arena           (turned off)
bovine               
questinfo      
fire           
('channel list' for a listing of all available channels)

Player created channels

These are channels created by players and can be viewed by typing % list

Popular channels

Some popular player channels are auction, bovine, chat, gossip, xp and zt.

• auction
• newbie for new players to get basic advice
• zt is the official mush-z channel used to talk about the client, get help make suggestions

Special channels

Some channel have extra or slightly different behaviors to the standard player created channels. e.g. arena, auction, clantell, event, friends, grouptell, notify, say, tell and whisper.

Tell

Tell <player> <message> will send a private tell to that character, if that players is not online it will look for a mob with the same name. reply <message> can be used to reply to the last person who sent you a tell.

Whisper

Whisper is similar to tell except it is used to send a private message to a mob or player who is in the same room, others in the room won't see the message but will see that you are whispering.

See also

• How to use channels on alter aeon
• Brag
• Chat terms and abbreviations