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How to send chat messages for only one person? (not PM)

Asked by John Smith

Hello,

I have a slightly weird question: I know that there are two main means to communicate. There is the main chat and the private messages between two people. But I know that there is a way that the hub server can send messages that appear in chat, but only for one person. For example, when you register your password the hub does not broadcast the password to everyone, it sends a message in the chat window that only one user can see.

I am wondering, is there a command or function that is capable of doing that? So for example, something I can type into the chat that looks like this:
+private <username> Hello!

and only the person with that username sees that message.

Thanks in advance!

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eMTee (realprogger) said : 		#1

It's
/pm <user> [message]

Read more : http://dcplusplus.sourceforge.net/webhelp/chat_commands.html

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John Smith (redarmymarshal) said : 		#2

I know about that, but if I use it, it just sends a private message and opens a PM window in which the message can be seen.

I'm looking for a similar command that displays the text in the same chat window but does not show the message to anyone besides a specific user. So for example if you type +help into the chat, it shows you all of the commands available and it shows them in the main chat log, but it does not show them to everyone, only to you.

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Best Fredrik Ullner (ullner) said : 		#3

This only works in ADC, as NMDC does not have this capability.

You need to create a user command that sends a DMSG:
Create a 'raw' command, write "adc[s]://" in the URL field, with a command "DMSG %[mySID] %[userSID] %[line:Input text message]" and press Ctrl+Enter in the end (to create a "\n", that is required. The mentioned command will display the message in the main chat but only be sent to the selected message.

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John Smith (redarmymarshal) said : 		#4

Thanks! This sounds like what I am looking for. But what is the URL field? You mean the chat field? (I'm using Eiskalt)

And I'm sorry but do you mean it should look like this?: adcs://DMSG %2%3%Hello!

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Fredrik Ullner (ullner) said : 		#5

No, check the help for user commands in your client.