Special Commands
Shortcut Keys
Displaying Special Balloons
Playing Sounds
Changing RoundHead Expressions
The Palace Client possesses a number of special commands allowing you to personalize your experience online. Most special commands consist of text typed into the Input Box: these begin with a single backquote ( ` ). Although the special commands available may vary from site to site, the standard assortment includes the following:
`help
Displays a list of available special commands in the Log
Window.
`hidefrom <name>
Prevents your avatar from being seen by user <name>.
`hide on|off
Prevents your avatar from being seen by all other users.
`mute <name>
Prevents all messages from <name> from displaying
on your screen.
`newroom <name>
Creates a member room. Not available in all Palace sites.
For more information, see Creating and Using Member Rooms in this manual.
`page <message>
Sends the message <message> to all wizards. Used
to summon help.
`password <phrase>
Specifies <phrase> in order to enter a password-protected
member room.
`re <message>
Replies to the most-recent ESP message. Synonym for `respond
(which also works).
`rejectesp on|off
Prevents ESP messages from appearing on your screen.
`rejectprivate on|off
Prevents private messages from appearing on your screen.
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.
You can change the way your words appear on the screen by typing the following special characters in front of your text:
: my message
This gives you a �thought� balloon, instead of the normal �talking�
balloon.
! my message
This gives you an excited-looking "spiky" balloon. Useful
for shouting.
^ my message
This gives you a rectangular �sign� balloon, which 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.
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
)pop
)teehee
)yes
If you use a standard "RoundHead" as your avatar, you can change the avatar's face expression by typing the following:
When you Type: You get:
:) or ) Happy
:( or ( Sad
:| or | Normal
;) or ; Winking
:[ or [ Angry