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The '''Hall''' is a text messaging system (chat).
The '''Hall''' is a text messaging system (chat) based on ''IRC'' (''Internet Relay Chat''). You find details to the IRC at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irc Wikipedia].
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In the hall you find many players who can answer questions and help you with problems, or who just meet and have a chat. While visiting the hall you should always stand to the [http://forum.xhodon.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=12 Hall Rules].
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In the hall you find many players who can answer questions and help you with problems, or who just meet and have a chat.
  
 
== Accessing the Hall ==
 
== Accessing the Hall ==
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By clicking the link "''HallChat''" in the [[menu bar]] you open a new frame at the bottom of the screen. By default the chat frame opens automatically after login. In your [[profile]] at menu item "''Account Settings''" you can disable the automatic connection establishment.
 
By clicking the link "''HallChat''" in the [[menu bar]] you open a new frame at the bottom of the screen. By default the chat frame opens automatically after login. In your [[profile]] at menu item "''Account Settings''" you can disable the automatic connection establishment.
 
*The hall's frame dimensions can be changed by grabbing the upper frame border with the mouse cursor and dragging it into the new position.
 
*The hall's frame dimensions can be changed by grabbing the upper frame border with the mouse cursor and dragging it into the new position.
*If you press and hold the "''Strg''" key while clicking the link "''HallChat''", the chat will open in a new browser window.
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*If you press and hold <small><span style="border:0.2em solid; border-color:#DDDDDD #BBBBBB #BBBBBB #DDDDDD; padding:0 0.4em; background:#EEEEEE; white-space:nowrap;">Ctrl</span></small> while clicking the link "''HallChat''", the chat will open in a new browser window.
 
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{{important
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|title=Please note:
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|content=The ports 6660 and 843 must not be restricted by a firewall, or else the connection attempt will fail and the chat frame will output a ''SecurityErrorEvent'' message!}}
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=== ...with an external client ===
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If you prefer using some external client software for chatting, you need the following connection data:
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* IP-Adresse: ''78.47.132.50''
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* Servername: ''chat.xhodon.de''
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* Port: ''6641''
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Your nickname in the chat has to be identical to your name in the game.
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==== Finding out the server password ====
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To establish the connection the server you need its password. This password is your private ''Session-ID'' within [[Xhodon]]. When connecting to the IRC server, you '''have to''' be logged on to the game!
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Be sure to close the ingame chat before trying to connect with an external client, because you cannot be connected twice with the same nickname. In this case the server will terminate your connection.
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You can figure out the ''Session-ID'' as follows:
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*In the game start the chat by clicking the link "''Hall Chat''" in the [[menu bar]].
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*As soon as the chat starts, open the page's source code.
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::If you use the web browser ''Firefox'', open the menu "''View''" and click the menu item "''View page source''".
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::If you use ''Internet Explorer'', open the menu "''View''" and clicke the menu item "''Source''".
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*In the source code look for a paragraph that looks like this:
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<pre><frameset rows="100%,180">
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<frame src="index.php" name="xhodon">
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<frame src="<nowiki>http://chat.xhodon.de/chat_en/ ?game_path=http://en1.xhodon.co.uk/xhodon/&port=6641
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&user=Username&pass=abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdef&Channel[]=Halle&Channel[]=GildenChannel</nowiki>" name="hox">
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</frameset></pre>
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The 32-digit code behind <tt>&pass=</tt> is the needed ''Session-ID'' and as well the server password (in the example the password is "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdef").
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This ID changes every time you log on to the game. So each time you have to figure it out anew and enter it into the connection settings in your chat client.
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==== Finding out the NickServ password ====
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If you like to use all functions of the chat (register channels, access secured channels etc.), you must log on to NickServ. The needed password has to be figured out by monitoring the network traffic using some appropriate ''network analysis software''.
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===== Short instructions =====
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You monitor the network traffic between your browser and the chat server while establishing the chat connection. You can use for example
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*[http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f4db40af-1e08-4a21-a26b-ec2f4dc4190d&displaylang=en Microsoft Network Monitor] or
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*[http://www.wireshark.org/download.html Wireshark].
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Search for the packets containing
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<pre>PRIVMSG NickServ :IDENTIFY abcdefghij</pre>
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In this example the needed password is "abcdefghij". Copy it to your chat client's connection setup, or identify manually using the command
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<pre>/msg NickServ identify abcdefghij</pre>
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===== Step by step instructions =====
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In the following instructions it is assumed that you use the ''Microsoft Network Monitor'', see the link some lines above.
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[[Image:Screenshot_IRC_Password.jpg|Screenshot of the Microsoft Network Monitor]]
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The numbers in the picture correspond to the follwing steps:
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#First open a new capture tab by clicking on "''New Capture''".
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#Now click on the "''Capture Filter''" tab to enter a filter rule.
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#Enter the filter rule: <tt>Tcp.DstPort == 6641 AND ContainsBin(FrameData, 0, "IDENTIFY")</tt>
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#...and confirm your input by clicking the button "''Apply''".
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#The filter rule now be displayed in the form field.
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#Now start the monitoring process by clicking the button "''Start''", then switch to your web browser and connect to the chat from within the game.
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#As soon as the hall chat opens successfully, the Network Monitor should "catch" a packet matching the entered filter. Stop the monitoring process now by clicking the button "''Stop''" (see no.6).
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#Select the packet and take a look at its details displayed in the lower right window area. You should find in this packet the text snippet
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:<tt>PRIVMSG NickServ :IDENTIFY abcdefghij</tt>
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The 10-digit data word behind the "IDENTIFY" is the NickServ password you were looking for ("abcdefghij" in this example). Copy it to your chat client's connection setup, or identify manually using the command
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<pre>/msg NickServ identify abcdefghij</pre>
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== Structure ==
 
== Structure ==
The hall consists of many seperate "rooms" called "channels". Some of them are open to the public, others are private, as for example some guild channels.
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The hall consists of many seperate "rooms" called "channels". Some of them are open to the public, others are private as for example some guild channels.
 
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The most important channels are introduced below:
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* ''#hall'' &rarr; most players meet Here. The ''hall guards'' present this Channel, that is they maintain order here.
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* the guild Channel, named after the respective guilds<br>Here the guild members meet. The Channel can be protected with a password.
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One reaches this Channel, among the rest, about the links in the lower margin:
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* "''#Trade/Exchange''" &rarr; Here can be traded with raw [[materials]] or be searched for exchange partner to the exchange by [[pearls]].
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* "''#Beginners/questions''" in this Channel can be put to questions to the game. Here one finds hall guard or other experienced players who have the suitable responses ready.
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* "''#to the Tavern''" Here is welcome role play and a few special rules are valid it. Please, follows the article to the [[Taverne_(Chat)|Tavern]].
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If one enters the hall about the link in the game, all Channels and if necessary own guild Channel automatically open.
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== Commands ==
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=== Universal ===
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* To enter another Channel, you use the command
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:<tt>/join ''#Channel''</tt>
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:<tt>/join ''#Channel password''</tt>
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:Thus you enter a password-protected Channel.
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* To execute an "operation", you write
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:<tt>/me ''text''</tt>
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:Besides, is replaced /me with own name, e.g.. "<tt> /me greets all persons present</tt> ".
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:With the command /me the operation is sent in every Channel in which one is.
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=== Players ignore ===
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*<tt>/ignore ''name''</tt>
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:Blanks all other statements of the user " ''name ''", in the Channel as well as in the Query
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*<tt>/unignore ''name''</tt>
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:Cancels the command /ignore
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*<tt>/ignores</tt>
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:Lists all users who are ignored by the user
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=== Commands for the Channel operator ===
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So that you automatically receive OP rights, first you must be register your guild space:
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'''/msg ChanServ REGISTER''' ''#Channel Password description''
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This password is the password for the Founder, not for the access to the chat room (e.g. Channel).
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Now you are the Channel-Founder and get with every log in automatically founder's rights.
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|content=Only the founder himself can hand down these rights. Should the player exit the guild or Xhodon, he should resign before absolutely his founder's rights for another player or lift the registration of the Channel!}}
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The passing on of the founder's rights is possible with following command:
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'''/msg ChanServ SET''' ''#Channel'' '''FOUNDER''' ''NewFounder''
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The Channel-Founder can delete the Channel also again (or lift his registration). The suitable command is:
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'''/msg ChanServ DROP''' ''#Channel''
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There is the possibility to write welcoming message for everybody which enters the space:
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'''/msg ChanServ TOPIC''' ''#Channel'' ''text''
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<!-- '''/msg ChanServ SET''' ''#Channel'' '''ENTRYMSG''' ''Hello massage etc...''-->
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Now the founder can enter the other masters on the auto OP list:
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'''/msg ChanServ AOP''' ''#Channel'' '''ADD''' ''NickName''
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'''/msg ChanServ AOP''' ''#Channel'' '''ADD''' ''NickName''
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'''/msg ChanServ AOP''' ''#Channel'' '''ADD''' ''NickName''
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...
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Look one is able to come to himself the list:
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'''/msg ChanServ AOP''' ''#Channel'' '''LIST'''
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Delete one is able to come somebody from the AOP list:
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'''/msg ChanServ AOP''' ''#Channel'' '''DEL''' ''NickName''
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If now the normal members should become, e.g. Half-OP (marked by the % character, instead of @ character for full operators), this can be done with following commands:
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'''/msg ChanServ HOP''' ''#Channel'' '''ADD''' ''NickName''
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'''/msg ChanServ HOP''' ''#Channel'' '''ADD''' ''NickName''
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'''/msg ChanServ HOP''' ''#Channel'' '''ADD''' ''NickName''
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*<tt>/mode ''#Channel'' +k ''password''</tt>
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:If a password places on the Channel "''#Channel''". The command assumes operator privileges. As soon as the last person exits the Channel, this is closed and the password expires.
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*<tt>/msg ChanServ set ''#Channel'' mlock +k ''password''</tt>
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:If a password places on the Channel "''#Channel''"The command assumes founder's privileges. However, on this occasion, the password is firmly saved in the Channel and no more automatically deleted... should not be forgotten.
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*<tt>/mode ''#Channel'' -b ''name''</tt>
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:Deletes a ban for the user "''name''" in the Channel "''#Channel''"
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=== Object menu in the userlist ===
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If one clicks with the right mouse button on a name in the user's list, an object menu opens. There one has following possibilities:
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* Profile open &rarr; profile of the user open
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* Guild page open &rarr; guild page of the user open
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* Query &rarr; private chat open to the user
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The other functions assume that you has sufficient privileges (operator):
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* Click &rarr; user from the Channel throw
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* Click and banish &rarr; user from the Channel throw and any more do not let in
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* Op &rarr; Op (erator) privileges give
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* Deop &rarr; Op privileges take away
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* Hop &rarr; HalfOp privileges give
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* Dehop &rarr; HalfOp privileges take away
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* Voice &rarr; Voice privileges give
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The most important public channels are introduced below:
* Devoice &rarr; Voice privileges take away
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* ''#hall'' &rarr; Most players meet here, this channel is entered by default when connecting to the chat from within the game. The ''[[Hall Guards]]'' moderate this channel. They maintain order and enforce the [http://forum.xhodon.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=12 Hall Rules].
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* "''#Trading/Bartering-Troll''" &rarr; Here you can trade [[resources]] or find trading partners for exchanging [[pearls]].
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* "''#Newbie/Questions''" &rarr; In this channel you can ask questions concerning all aspects of the game. Here you will find ''Hall Guards'' and other experienced players who can serve with answers.
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* "''#To_the_Tavern''" Role playing is requested in this channel. For more detailed information about the channel and its rules, see the article [[Tavern (Chat)]].
  
=== Keyboard function ===
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Besides there are [[guild]] channels, named after the respective guilds. Here the guild members meet. The channel can be protected, e.g. by setting a password.
*With the buttons arrow high and arrow-under it you can navigate by his last contributions
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*During the input of a user's name you can complete this with the button "''Strg''" automatically
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=== Smilies ===
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You will automatically join to all these channels including your guild channel (if you are member of a guild) the second you enter the Hall Chat via the link in the game.
There are following Smilies:
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{|
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| style="padding-right:2em;" | <tt>:)</tt> || happy / smile
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| style="padding-right:2em;" | <tt>:(</tt> || sad / disappointed
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| style="padding-right:2em;" | <tt>:D</tt> || very happy / laugh
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| style="padding-right:2em;" | <tt>:P</tt> || to stick out the tongue
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| style="padding-right:2em;" | <tt>;)</tt> || blink
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| style="padding-right:2em;" | <tt>:o</tt> || surpised / frihghtened
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| style="padding-right:2em;" | <tt>:@</tt> || furiously
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| style="padding-right:2em;" | <tt>:$</tt> || blush / are ashamed
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| style="padding-right:2em;" | <tt>:S</tt> || feel unwell
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| style="padding-right:2em;" | <tt>:W</tt> || cry
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[[Category:Index]]

Latest revision as of 21:07, 12 February 2019

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Icon Revise.png Bitte das Kontextmenü im Chat anpassen, da stehen zur Zeit noch deutsche Begriffe.

The Hall is a text messaging system (chat).

In the hall you find many players who can answer questions and help you with problems, or who just meet and have a chat.

Accessing the Hall

...from the game

Link HallChat in the Menu Bar

By clicking the link "HallChat" in the menu bar you open a new frame at the bottom of the screen. By default the chat frame opens automatically after login. In your profile at menu item "Account Settings" you can disable the automatic connection establishment.

  • The hall's frame dimensions can be changed by grabbing the upper frame border with the mouse cursor and dragging it into the new position.
  • If you press and hold Ctrl while clicking the link "HallChat", the chat will open in a new browser window.

Structure

The hall consists of many seperate "rooms" called "channels". Some of them are open to the public, others are private as for example some guild channels.

The most important public channels are introduced below:

  • #hall → Most players meet here, this channel is entered by default when connecting to the chat from within the game. The Hall Guards moderate this channel. They maintain order and enforce the Hall Rules.
  • "#Trading/Bartering-Troll" → Here you can trade resources or find trading partners for exchanging pearls.
  • "#Newbie/Questions" → In this channel you can ask questions concerning all aspects of the game. Here you will find Hall Guards and other experienced players who can serve with answers.
  • "#To_the_Tavern" Role playing is requested in this channel. For more detailed information about the channel and its rules, see the article Tavern (Chat).

Besides there are guild channels, named after the respective guilds. Here the guild members meet. The channel can be protected, e.g. by setting a password.

You will automatically join to all these channels including your guild channel (if you are member of a guild) the second you enter the Hall Chat via the link in the game.