| Chat |
| Chatting You can communicate with other players in your nation or in other nations, using chat. To send a chat message to other players, click on the chat entry field in the lower left of the game screen, type your message, and hit enter (or press the button that looks like a speaking mouth). Chat messages that you send and those that anyone else sends to you are displayed in the chat log, located above the chat entry field. If there are more messages in the chat log than can be displayed at once, you can use the scrollbar to view earlier portions of the log. The chat log and chat entry field. If you'd like to view the chat log in a larger window, press the Maximize Chat button to the right of the chat entry line. The chat log will then appear in a seperate draggable, resizable window. To close the chat window, click on the X in the upper right corner. The Chat Panel You can choose to whom your chat messages are sent using the Chat panel. Open the Chat panel by pressing the "Chat" button above the panel area on the right side of the game screen. The Chat panel. The five checkboxes at the top of the chat panel determine who receives chat messages sent by you or any other of your nation's players. If the first checkbox, "Members of <your nation's name>" is checked, then chat messages sent by any member of your nation will be received by all members of your nation who are online. If the second checkbox, "Allies" is checked, then chat messages will be received by all members of any nations that are allied with your nation. If the third checkbox, "Nations in Chat List" is checked, then chat messages will be sent to all members of each of the nations in your nation's chat list. If this box is not checked, then members of your nation will not receive messages sent by nations that have added your nation to their chat list. See below for more information on the chat list. "Public - New Players" and "Public - General" are a bit different. These are the two public chat channels. You can check one of these to join that public chat channel, or uncheck it to leave the channel. You may only have one of the public chat channels selected at a time. If you've joined a public chat channel you'll be able to chat with everyone else who's also on that channel. The New Players channels is useful for new players looking for advice. The General channel is for more experienced players who'd like to chat with other experienced players. The @whisper chat command can be used to send a chat message directly to only one nation (See the section on Chat Commands for more information). If you'd rather not receive chat messages that are whispered to your nation, check the box labelled "Block Whispers". The Chat List Your nation's chat list is the list of nations whose members will receive chat messages sent from your nation, if your Talk to: Nations in Chat List option is selected in the Chat Panel. The chat List is displayed in the Chat panel. You can add a nation to your nation's chat list by first selecting the Info action and clicking on the nation in the game map to bring up the Nation Info panel for that nation. Then press the "Add to Chat List" button in the Nation Info panel to add this nation to your nation's chat list. You can remove a nation from your nation's chat list via the Chat panel, by clicking on the "Remove from List" button next to the nation's name in the chat list. Responding to Chat When a nation adds your nation to their chat list and sends a chat message to you, a request appears in your chat entry field, asking you whether you would like to add that nation to your own nation's chat list. Request to add the nation to your chat list. If you choose "Yes", the nation that sent you the chat message will be added to your nation's chat list, so that any chat messages you enter will be received by that nation (so long as your Talk to: Nations in Chat List option is selected in the Chat Panel). If you choose "No", or click anywhere in the request other than on a button, the nation will not be added to your nation's chat list, and any chat messages you enter will not be received by that nation. If you choose "Block", then the nation will not be added to your nation's chat list, and you will not receive any further chat messages from that nation, until either you add the nation to your nation's chat list, or you log off and log back on. You can also add or remove a nation from your chat list, or block or un-block chat messages from that nation, at any time via the Nation Info Panel. For more information about the Nation Info panel, click here. The Chat Log The chat log keeps a record of all of the chat messages that you've received. It also offers some information about the players who wrote the messages. If a line of text appears in red in the chat log, it is from a player who belongs to your own nation. If the line of text appears in black, it's from a player who's chatting on one of the public chat channels. And if it appears in blue, it's from a player who's sending a private chat message to nations in their chat list. If a player's name in the chat log starts with the '@' character, that means that this player is a game moderator, who has volunteered to help enforce the public chat rules of conduct (see below). Finally, at the start of each line in the chat log is a small dot. This dot is green for chat messages that come from the New Player public chat channel, red for messages that come from a chat moderator, and orange from the Unmoderated public chat channel. Otherwise, it is black. Click on this dot to bring up the Nation Info Panel with information about the nation that sent this chat message. You can use the Nation Info Panel to add this nation to your nation's chat list or to remove it, or to block this nation's chat messages so they won't appear in your chat log. For more information about the Nation Info Panel, click here. War of Conquest Rules of Conduct There are a few basic rules of conduct that must be followed when using War of Conquest's chat feature, whether you're chatting in public or private. 1) Use of obscene language is prohibited. 2) Use of language that is discriminatory against any race, sex, religion, ethnicity, or sexual orientation is prohibited. 3) Bypassing the game's automatic chat filter by using alternate spellings is prohibited. 4) Spamming or flooding chat, such as entering the same message or nonsense messages repeatedly, is prohibited. 5) Spoofing is prohibited. This includes writing chat messages so that they appear to come from another player, or appear to be whispers but are not. 6) Discussion of hacking War of Conquest is prohibited. 7) Threats of personal violence or other illegal actions are prohibited. 8) Using the chat complaint system to file false or redundant complaints is prohibited. 9) Posting the URL to any commercial website for purpose of advertising is prohibited. Filing a Chat Complaint It is up to the War of Conquest community to help enforce the rules of conduct. If a player violates one of these rules, you may file a chat complaint. To do this, simply click on the bullet point to the left of the chat message that is in violation of a rule, and press the "File Chat Complaint" button in the Nation Info Panel that appears. Choose the issue type from the drop down menu (ie., which rule of conduct does the chat message violate) and press the Submit button. When a chat complaint is filed, no action will be taken immediately. The complaint will soon be reviewed and action may be taken against the violator. They may receive a warning by e-mail, or be temporarily banned from logging into the game. Note that any abuses of the chat complaint system, such as filing false or redundant complaints, may result in a warning or ban for the player who filed the compliant. View Chat Commands There are several game commands that may be typed into the chat entry field. Clicking this button will display a complete list of these commands. These include: •@give_credits <nation>,<amount> Example: @give_credits Gondor, 200 Description: Give the specified number of credits to the specified nation. You may only give credits that your nation has purchased. •@go <map position> Example: @go 250m nw Description: Move your map view to a specific map location. •@message <nation>,<message> Example: @message Gondor, We take the orb tonight. Description: Send a message to the specified nation. Messages can only be read by nation's that have purchased the premium features. •@whisper <nation>,<message> Example: @whisper Gondor, Are you online? Description: Send a chat message to ONLY the specified nation, regardless of your chat settings. •@info <nation> Example: @info Gondor Description: Open the Nation Info panel with information about the given nation. •@transfer_points <username> Example: @transfer_points SuperWarrior Description: Transfer all of the current username's player points to the given username. •To learn more about playing War of Conquest, click here.