Chat Overview

Basic Interface

You can open and close the Chat Window by pressing the ‘F12’ key. The Chat Window is located in the lower right corner of the screen. There are a few notable elements present on the Chat Window:

- Chat channel name: at the top left of the window the name of the chat channel you are currently in is displayed (i.e. “MAIN”).

- Text entry field: at the bottom left of the window is the text entry field where you can enter messages or emotes. To the left of the field is the name of the chat channel you are messaging to (“[LOCAL]”) and an arrow pointing to where the text field is located.

- Help button: located at the bottom right of the Chat Window, the Help button is recognized as a “?”. Pressing the Help button displays additional information about the chat feature and emotes.

button: located at the bottom right of the Chat Window, the Help button is recognized as a “?”. Pressing the Help button displays additional information about the chat feature and emotes. - The Pending Invites Window : labeled with a “!”, the Pending Invites window will display any invites you have received to join private conversations from other players.

: labeled with a “!”, the Pending Invites window will display any invites you have received to join private conversations from other players. - Expansion Tabs: located on the left and top borders of the Main Chat window are two arrow tabs that, when clicked, expand or collapse the Contacts and Chat Channels windows, respectively.

Once the Chat Window is open you can send messages to local channels or other players by pressing ‘ENTER’ to access the text entry field, then ‘ENTER’ again to send the message.

UI Cursor

The UI Cursor is used to select buttons in the Chat Window, expand tabs, send invitations to contacts, etc. In order to bring up the UI Cursor press LEFT ALT + SPACEBAR. You can also make the UI Cursor go away by pressing LEFT ALT + SPACEBAR again.