channels

License: WTFPL

This modification for Minetest adds a channel feature.

You can join and leave channels to create:

• Teamchats
• Silence because nobody else in the chat
• Ignoring people
• Annoy people who think you are evil because you don't answer

How to use

There is one chat command to manage everything.

• Online players in your channel: /channel online

• Join or switch your channel: /channel join <channel>

• Leave the current channel: /channel leave

• Invite player to you channel: /channel invite <playername>

Additionally, players with basic_privs priviledge can also use

• Send message to all players: /channel wall <message ...>

Settings

• channels.allow_global_channel - set to true to allow a global channel.
  • if false, and suggested_channel is not nil, a reminder is sent by chat every 5 minutes to players suggesting a main channel
    • else no reminder is sent
  • default is true
• channels.suggested_channel - suggests a channel for everybody to chat in
  • default is nil
• channels.disable_private_messages - set to true to disable private messages.
  • default is false