Once the game is connected to the IRC channel, chatting using the T or
F10 hotkeys will send the messages to the channel, and will be visible
by anyone. Also, when someone sends a message to the channel, that text
will be visible in-game.
Chat Commands
/irc_msg <nick> <message> -- Sends a private message to a IRC user.
For security reasons, users cannot send messages to any nick which
ends in either Serv or Bot (case insensitive)./join -- Join the IRC channel./part -- Part the IRC channel./irc_connect -- Connect the bot manually to the IRC network.
Requires irc_admin privilege./irc_disconnect -- Disconnect the bot manually from the IRC
network (this does not shutdown the game)./irc_reconnect -- Equivalent to /irc_disconnect followed
shortly by /irc_connect.
Sending Messages to In-Game Users
You can also send private messages from IRC to in-game players, though
it's a bit tricky.
To do it, you must send a private message to the bot (set with the
irc.nick option), in the following format:
@playername message
For example, if there's a player named mtuser, you can send him/her
a private message from IRC with:
/msg server_nick @mtuser Hello!
To avoid possible misunderstandings (since all in-game players use the
same IRC user to converse with you), the bot will reject any private
messages that are not in that format, and will send back a nice reminder
as a private message.
Bot Commands
The bot also supports some basic commands, which are invoked by sending
a private message to it.
!help [<command>] -- Get a list of commands, or help about a specific
command.!players -- Get a list of players currently in game, and which are
currently "joined" to the channel.!whereis <player> -- Return the location of the given player.