Meridian 59 User's Guide
Group Communications
When you're traveling along the road, or sharing a drink and a heated discussion in a pub, or having a high-level discussion in a Guild meeting, you may find it helpful to address a selected group of people at the same time, without outsiders listening in. Meridian 59 citizens have tremendous power to create such conversational groups.
There are two ways to create, change, and disband groups. The first is through the Group Configuration window. Select Modify Groups from the Actions Menu at the top of the World Screen to view this window:
You can also create, change, and disband groups by typing commands at the text line. Here's how to create and modify groups, using both methods:
Creating a New Group
To do this from the Group Configuration window:
- Bring up the Group Configuration window. Type the name of your new group in the New Group text line at the top right of the window, and press Enter.
- Move to the People Logged On list at the lower right. Highlight the name of the first person you want to include in your group, and click Add To Group. This name will be transferred over to the Group Members list on the lower left.
Return to the People Logged On list, find the next person's name, and repeat. Do this until you have transferred the names of everyone you want to include in your new group.
Or, as an alternative: If you know a group member's precise character name, simply type it into the Add Name text box, and click Add To Group. You can also add the names of off-line people this way.
- When your new group is complete, click Done to leave the Group Configuration Window and save your new group.
ngroup Friends
Press Enter. This sets up a group called "Friends."
Talking To a Group
To send a message to everyone in your new group, type:Tell Friends let's meet at the fountain in Tos. Now, everyone in the group called "Friends"" -- whether it's two people or twenty, and no matter where they are in Meridian 59 -- sees the message:
Lorien sends, "Let's meet at the fountain in Tos."
Adding Members to A Group
Once you've set up your group, you can keep adding people to it. To do this, return to the Group Configuration window, and follow Step 2 of Creating A New Group, just above.You can also add people to an existing group from the text line by using the addgroup or agroup command. Type:
agroup rick priscilla mike
and press Enter. This adds Rick, Priscilla, and Mike to the group called "Friends."
Deleting Members From A Group
To remove people from a configuration group from the Group Configuration Window:
- Select Modify Groups from the Actions Menu to bring up the Group Configuration window. The text box in the upper right of this window shows a list of your current communication groups.
Click the arrow just to the right of this text box to move to the group you want to modify. The current list of group members appears in the Group Members box, below left.
- Move to the Group Members list, and find the name of the person you want to delete. Click Remove Member to delete this name .
- If you have other people to delete, repeat Step 2 to remove them as well.
- When you are finished, click Done to save the changes and leave the Group Configuration Window.
delgroup mike tom
and press Enter. This removes Mike and Tom from the group called "Friends."
Eliminating A Group
To completely disaband a group, go to the Group Configuration window, highlight the group name, and click Delete.Viewing A List of Current Groups
To view a list showing all the currently active groups, simply select Modify Groups from the Actions Menu. The text box at the upper right corner of this window shows a list of the currently active groups. Click the arrow just to the right of this text box to view the rest of this list.To view this list from the text line, type ag and press Enter.
Listing All Members of A Single Group
To see who's currently in a specific group, just select Modify Groups from the Actions Menu to bring up the Group Configuration window.The text box at the upper left of the screen lists all the currently active groups. Click the arrow just to the right of this box to scroll through the list. Stop when the group you're inquiring about appears in this box.
All the current members of this group now appear in the Group Members box at the lower left of the window. Click Done to leave this window when you're finished.
To view the list called Friends using text line commands, type:
ag friends
and press Enter. Some of the names on the list may appear in red. These are the group members who are currently logged on.
