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CHANGES FOR WORLDS CHAT ver. 08
I. MUTING
It is now possible to "mute" other participants in Worlds Chat, that is, to
prevent their comments from appearing on your screen. This may be done by whispering
the word "mute" to the targeted user. For example, to mute a user named CyberPOP, one
could enter
CyberPOP: mute
in the input box, and press return. CyberPOP's comments will be ignored for the rest of
your session, even if he logs off and logs back on (with the same name). To see the list
of muted users, you can press the F2 key. To stop muting, whisper "unmute" to the muted
user. This change should be reflected in the list of muted users, as can be seen by
pressing the F2 key again.
Your mute list only lasts as long as your session. When you leave Worlds Chat
and reenter, your mute list will be empty again, and annoying users will have to be
re-muted.
II. THIRD PERSON PERSPECTIVE
By pressing the F3 key, your screen will show the view from a camera positioned
over the right shoulder of your avatar. The view can be toggled back to first-person
perspective by pressing the F3 key again.
III. WORLDS.INI FILE ADDITIONS
New additions to WORLDS.INI, read from PRODUCT.INI by SETUP.EXE
A. Entering Custom Avatars into the Avatar Gallery.
MYAVATAR1=your
MYAVATAR2=avatars
MYAVATAR3=go
MYAVATAR4=here
By entering avatar filenames here, the user can have custom avatars
appear in the avatar gallery! These entries ("your", "avatars", etc.) may be edited
by the user. To be found by the program, the custom avatars must be stored in the
AVATARS subdirectory of their CHAT directory (which is usually C:\WORLDS\CHAT by default).
Only the _root_ name is required, not a suffix; e.g., for OPIE.MOV (and, optionally,
OPIE.CMP) to appear, a user could edit the first line to read
MYAVATAR=opie
If the file OPIE.CMP is not present in the AVATARS subdirectory, a question mark
will appear in the avatar gallery; however, the user may view the avatar OPIE.MOV by
clicking on the question mark. Up to four avatars may be entered into the avatar gallery.
With this change, it is no longer necessary or advised to edit one's SHELL.PAC in order
to use a custom avatar.
B. Timeout Duration
TIMEOUT=15
This allows users to set the amount of time in seconds before the software gives up
on the connection process. An especially slow connection may require this number being
increased.
IV. DRAWING
This version of Worlds Chat has a higher frame rate and has several minor drawing
glitches fixed.
V. RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON ACCELERATOR
The right mouse button acts the same us the up-arrow key when you are in navigation
mode. This eliminates the need to "scrub" with the mouse to move forward steadily; instead,
you can just hold the right mouse button down, steering by sliding the mouse left and right.