Special Keys and Commands
Shortcut Keys
Displaying Special Balloons
Playing Sounds
Special Commands
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Shortcut Keys
- TAB
- Toggles focus between the Input Box and the Viewing Area.
- Up Arrow
- Pages back through your previously typed statements.
Down Arrow
Pages forward through your previously typed statements.
Esc
Clears the Input Box .
- Control + Alt (PC)
- Command + Option (Mac)
- Shows the names of all the people in the current room.
- Control + Shift (PC)
- Control (Mac)
- Causes outlines of all the doors in the current room to become visible.
Displaying Special Balloons
You can change the way your words appear on the screen by typing the
following special characters in front of your text:
- : my message
- Displays text in a thought balloon.
- ! my message
- Displays text in an excited-looking "spiky" balloon.
- ^ my message
- Displays text in a rectangular "sign" balloon that stays
up until you move or say something else. Sign balloons are useful for saying
things like BRB (Be Right Back) or "On the Phone."
- @x,y my message
- Displays your text balloon wherever you want on the screen. X and Y
are the numeric coordinates of the location. The View Screen is 512 pixels
wide (X) by 384 pixels high (Y). This feature doesn't work for Guests.
- ; my message
- Displays your message only in the Log Window.
Playing Sounds
The following sounds are available to all Palace clients. Individual
Palace sites may make other sounds available. To play the sounds, type
the following:
)amen
)applause
)belch
)boom
)crunch
)debut
)fazein
)guffaw
)kiss
)no
)ow
)pop
)teehee
)wet1
)wind
)yes
Special Commands
Special commands can vary from Palace server to Palace server. These
are the ones available to members while in the Mansion.
- `help
- Displays (in the log window only) all the special commands available
to you on this server.
- `mute <name>
- Prevents all messages from user <name> from displaying on your
screen.
- `hidefrom <name>
- Prevents your avatar from being seen by user <name>.
- `hide on|off
- Prevents your avatar from being seen by all other users.
- `rejectesp on|off
- Prevents ESP messages from appearing on your screen.
- `rejectprivate on|off
- Prevents private messages from appearing on your screen.
- `page <message>
- Sends the message <message> to all wizards. Often used to summon
help.
- `re <message>
- Replies to the most-recent ESP message.