Changes: Team chat

Revision as of 14:31, 28 July 2018

Team chat is a feature of the in-game text chat that limits the sender to only output the message to the sender's team, and ignore any other players. It is activated by typing "%" (User:TheDarkness909/keypress), and does not work when a space is inserted before the percent sign, therefore this function is only usable when the % (percent sign) is the very first character in the message. This function only exists in free chat, meaning safe chat players cannot see or use this function at all. The demonstration provided here shows how and where it is useful to use this.

Typed message:

% Advance up, we can get a better view there.

Output: _{Black background does not apply to the final result.}

Player: (TEAM) Advance up, we can get a better view there.

Also note that the percent character must be inserted first, not a space; however, a space should be put after the character, or else all players can see the message, example shown here.

Typed message:

%GUYS, FOCUS!

Output: _{Black background does not apply to the final result.}

Player: %GUYS, FOCUS!

Note the missing (TEAM) identifier, meaning this message could be seen.

The function is more oriented to those playing in war games and other team-based genres; in a roleplaying game where teams are careers and identities, this function would serve the least useful, the only worthy exception being the police needing to communicate back and forth.

Without the use of team chat, the opposition may attempt trial-and-error to foil any of the team's plans.

A common mistake to note is that many believe (TEAM) is actually the function, not %. By typing out (TEAM) instead of writing %, the user believes this will be the team chat feature. This is not the case, as when (TEAM) is typed, it is not the function the system is querying, in the same case as entering a space before the percent. The system will fail to recognize it as the function and display the message to all players. It can also be achieved by typing in chat /team which automatically shows (TEAM),

You can get out of team chat by pressing % (User:TheDarkness909/keypress) while in team chat, and then pressing User:TheDarkness909/keypress

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-'''Team Chat''' is a chatting feature added on ROBLOX in 2008. It can be activated by chatting "%" (percent) before typing the adorning message. The message will be sent to all the players whom are in the same [[team]] as the player who typed the message. This function is only useable when the % is the very first character in the sentence, for example:
+'''Team chat''' is a feature of the in-game text chat that limits the sender to only output the message to the sender's [[team]], and ignore any other players. It is activated by typing "<code>%</code>" ({{User:TheDarkness909/keypress|Shift|5}}), and does not work when a space is inserted before the percent sign, therefore this function is only usable when the <code>%</code> (percent sign) is the very first character in the message. This function only exists in free chat, meaning safe chat players cannot see or use this function at all. The demonstration provided here shows how and where it is useful to use this.
+----
-"% Shoot that guy" will come up in team chat
+Typed message:
-" % Shoot that guy" will NOT come up in team chat since there is a space before the percent.
+ % Advance up, we can get a better view there.
+Output: <sub>Black background does not apply to the final result.</sub>
-If there is no team then the sentence will not say (TEAM) at the front and the % will be shown. The team that appears briefly if the player has a laggy computer (called neutral) does not get called as a "team," and if they type with the percents and attempt to teamchat nothing will happen. Team Chat is helpful for making up a plan or giving out a strategy for a game without the other team knowing, especially for war games with teams. Normally, without team chat, the other player may know the plans and even attempt to foil the plan. However, because it comes from free chat, safechat players may not see the chat and may not even follow said command.
+:<span style="background-color:black"><span style="color:cyan">Player:</span> <span style="color:white">(TEAM) Advance up, we can get a better view there.</span></span>
+Also note that the percent character must be inserted first, not a space; however, a space should be put after the character, or else all players can see the message, example shown here.
-A common mistake by newer users of Roblox is typing out (TEAM) instead of writing %. If (TEAM) is simply typed, it is not accepted as teamchatting, therefore the other team is able to read the context of the message.
+Typed message:
+ %GUYS, FOCUS!
+Output: <sub>Black background does not apply to the final result.</sub>
+:<span style="background-color:black"><span style="color:cyan">Player:</span> <span style="color:white">%GUYS, FOCUS!</span></span>
+Note the missing (TEAM) identifier, meaning this message could be seen.
+----
+The function is more oriented to those playing in war games and other team-based genres; in a roleplaying game where teams are careers and identities, this function would serve the least useful, the only worthy exception being the police needing to communicate back and forth.
+Without the use of team chat, the opposition may attempt trial-and-error to foil any of the team's plans.
+----
+A common mistake to note is that many believe (TEAM) is actually the function, not <code>%</code>. By typing out (TEAM) instead of writing <code>%</code>, the user believes this will be the team chat feature. This is not the case, as when (TEAM) is typed, it is not the function the system is querying, in the same case as entering a space before the percent. The system will fail to recognize it as the function and display the message to all players. It can also be achieved by typing in chat /team which automatically shows (TEAM),
+----
+You can get out of team chat by pressing <code>%</code> ({{User:TheDarkness909/keypress|Shift|5}}) while in team chat, and then pressing {{User:TheDarkness909/keypress|Backspace}}
+[[Category:In-game features]]
 [[Category:Features]]
-[[Category:Chat]]
-[[Category:Roblox]]
-[[Category:2008 Features]]