Minetest : Chat Modes (chat_modes)

A Minetest mod to enable multiple chat modes.

By default, chat_modes is not active. Set chat_modes.active = true to activate it.

Players hoping to use the chat_modes commands need to have both the shout and cmodeswitch privileges.

Players without shout will not be able to send messages at all.

Players with shout, but without cmodeswitch, will only be able to use the default mode, as configured in minetest.conf

Default Modules

A few modules are provided by default:

• shout -- this is the default module, which allows the player to broadacast a message to all connected players.
• proximity -- this module sends a message to players within the proximity of the sending player
• channel -- this module sends messages only to players who are in the shout channel. A player can only be in one channel at a time.

It is possible to disable these modules by specifying a comma-separated list to chat_modes.available.

By default, this is set to

chat_modes.available = shout,proximity,channel

Usage

Any player with the shout privilege can deafen themselves

• /deaf
  • This commands toggles the player's deaf mode. If deaf mode is on, they do not receive chat messages, regardless of their chat mode.

Players with both the shout and cmodeswitch privileges has access to the following commands:

• /chatmode MODE [ARGUMENTS ...]
  • this sets a new chat mode. Some chat modes can take extra arguments, others not.
• /chatmodes
  • this lists the chat modes available, with a description

Players with the basic_privs privilege have access to moderator messaging

• /assignchatmode PLAYERNAME MODE [ARGUMENTS]
  • Assigns a chat mode to a given player
• /wall GLOBALMESSAGE
  • Send message to all connected players, regardless of their deaf status

API

See the API documentation for details on how to leverage the chat_modes API.