= Social

Mossworld is a multiplayer world, and half the fun is the people in it. This page covers
every way to **talk**, the **channels** you can join, the browser's **chat mode**, and how
to **customise your character** and the **colours** of your screen.

== Talking

* **say //message//** — speak out loud to everyone in your room.
* **tell //player// //message//** — a private message to one person, anywhere in the world.
* **shout //message//** — shout to everyone in your whole **zone** (your area, not just the room).
* **emote //name//** — act something out: **emote wave** shows "//yourname// waves." Type **emote** by itself for the full list. (Short forms: **me**, **em**.)
* **who** — see who is online right now.

== Channels

Channels are named, opt-in chat rooms (//general//, and more as the world grows).

* **channels** — list the channels available, and which you've joined.
* **join //name//** — start listening to a channel.
* **leave //name//** — stop listening to one.

You talk on a channel by its **number**: **1 Hello everyone!** sends to your channel 1.
The numbers are //yours// — they count upward over the channels //you// have joined, in
//your// order, so two people may number the same channel differently. Messages you //hear//
are tagged with //your// number for that channel, so you always know which one to reply on:

  [2. general] Rowan: anyone near the fountain?

* **ch //#// //#//** — reorder your channels (swap two numbers).

(In chat mode, prefix a channel number with **/** — //"/1 Hello"// — see below.)

There is always a built-in **Party** channel: **join Party** and it becomes one of your
numbers like any other. It is silent unless you're in a **party** — then it reaches only
your party-mates (see **[[Parties]]**).

== Parties

Team up to take on tougher fights, **share the experience**, and **split the loot** — up
to **four** adventurers, with a built-in **Party** chat channel. The full guide — every
party command, how coins and drops are shared, following the leader, and more — has its own
page: **[[Parties]]**.

== Command mode and chat mode (browser)

The browser client has two input modes:

* **Command mode** — you type game commands the usual way (//look//, //north//, //say hi//).
* **Chat mode** — plain text is sent straight to whoever you //last// spoke to: your last **say**, **tell //who//**, or channel. So you can just chat without typing **say** every time.

Flip between them with **Tab** or **Esc** at any time, or with the **/chat** and **/command**
commands. In chat mode, a line that begins with **/** still runs a single command —
//"/look"// looks around, //"/1 Hi"// talks on channel 1 — then you're back to chatting.

== Customising your character

* **set desc //text//** — a short line others read when they **look** at you. Type **set desc** with no text to see your current one.
* **setup gender //male | female | other | none//** — set how your character presents (//none// leaves it blank).
* **setup cz //sign//** — set your Chinese-zodiac birth sign, shown on your **stat** sheet. The twelve: Rat, Cow, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig.

(Your profession, race and alignment are chosen when you first make your character — see
**[[How to Play]]** and **[[Classes]]**.)

== Display settings

Set these with the **set** command; they're saved to your character.

* **set verbose on** / **off** — show or hide tutorial and assist hints (off by default).
* **set armor modern** / **traditional** — how armour reads on your **score** sheet (a plain bonus, or classic descending armour class).
* **set brief on** / **off** / **more** — control how much room text you see as you move.
  * **off** (the default) shows everything.
  * **on** hides room descriptions while you move; you still see the room's name and who's there, and an explicit **look** always shows the full description.
  * **more** is an even briefer display: it prefers the short alternate names and descriptions builders have written (handy over a screen reader). Where none exist, the normal text is shown.
  * While in **more**, use **ll** (or **look2**) on a room, item, mob or player to see its full original name and description that one time.
  A plain **brief** toggles between //off// and //on//; **brief on** / **brief off** / **brief more** set a mode directly.
* **set descb //text//** / **set nameb //text//** — your own short alternate description and name, shown to anyone viewing you in **brief more**. Type either with no text to see your current one.
* //(Builders:)// give any room, item or mob its short forms with the **data** field: **room data descb //text//**, **room data nameb //text//**, **item //ref// data descb //text//**, **mob //ref// data nameb //text//**, and so on. Players in **brief more** then see those instead of the full name/description.
* **set autoexits on** / **off** — when on, the exits list is shown automatically after every room (the same as typing **exits**), so you always see which ways lead out. (Off by default.)
* **prompt simple** / **combat** / **none** — your input prompt: plain, with hit points and movement, or hidden.
* **set echo off** / **on** — //(browser only)// whether the client echoes each command back as a **> ...** line. Turn it off to quiet the display.
* **alias //name// //commands//** — make a shortcut. Chain steps with **;** — //"alias gb get all;buy bread"//. Type **alias** to list yours, and **unalias //name//** to remove one.

== Colours

Recolour the game's text with **setcolor**. Colours apply in the browser //and// over
telnet, and are saved to your character.

A colour can be a **name** (//yellow//, //orchid//, //cyan// — any CSS colour name, plus
//tangoplum// and //medicalplum//), a **hex** code (//#ad7fa8//), or three numbers
//r,g,b// (//173,127,168//).

* **setcolor** — list every category you can colour, and its current colour.
* **setcolor //category// //colour//** — recolour a category (e.g. //"setcolor roomname yellow"//).
* **setcolor //category// off** — return a category to its default.
* **setcolor list** — print your whole scheme as **/setcolor** lines you can copy, paste, or share with a friend.
* **setcolor save //name//** — save your current scheme under a name, to switch back to later.
* **setcolor load //name//** — restore a scheme you saved. **setcolor save** (or **load**) with no name lists the schemes you've saved.

Categories cover the room title and description, other players, creatures, items, system
messages, **say**, **channel** chat, **shout**, private **tell**s, combat, help, and more — **setcolor**
with no arguments shows the full list with each one's current colour.

== See also

* **[[How to Play]]** — moving, looking, fighting, and the basics
* **[[Classes]]** — the four professions
* In-game: **help**, and **help topics**