Chat Window

You can talk to other players when you activate the Chat Window by hitting F3. Type your message and hit ENTER to send it to the Chat Windows of other players!

When players Chat, their Rank is displayed so that other players can know how powerful their forces are.

If you'd rather not see what a certain player is typing, right-click on that player's island or units and select Ignore Chat.

Normally, everyone nearby sees your chat messages. You may restrict who gets your messages by typing their name followed by a colon (:). You can also type battle: to send messages to eveyone in your battle, or allies: to sent to allies only.

If a message is coming from another player only to you, you'll see two greater-than and two less-than symbols around that player's name.

If you hit the TAB key the game will automatically search for a name that is closest to what you already typed. For example, if I wanted to send a message to a player called "OzTheGreatAndPowerful" I definitely don't want to type his whole name! So I just type in "oz" and hit TAB and his whole name appears automatically.

You can make your chat messages more distinctive by using the .format command to change your message color and style.

You may also read a general interface discussion.