Happy New Year! 2018 is going to be an exciting time for EiF. Our population are numbers are rising. The roleplaying community is burgeoning. The GCW is around the corner and players are getting ready and helping with live testing of the invasion portion of the system!
SWG is rich with action players can use either from the command line or placed into macros. This week we’ll focus on some useful commands. Some of our earlier Friday Features utilized a few, such as with macros.
Basic Commands
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Complete list of commands in game. Note many commands may need a target.
/afk
Sets your character to “Away From Keyboard” so others know you are not currently available.
/anon
Sets your character to anonymous for the purpose of searches.
/consider (/con)
Displays the difficulty rating of a targeted creature or NPC compared to your skill with your currently equipped weapon.
/earth
Displays the earth (real) time.
/find
Brings up list of commonly searched for locations. Selecting a location will create a waypoint to the nearest one of that type and will produce a lighted path leading you to it. To remove the waypoint you created, type /find clear.
I personally use this ALL THE TIME! /find starport when I’m out in the middle of no where searching for the best resource spawn, allows me to get a waypoint to the nearest starport.
/findfriend
Locates your friend by name and creates an active waypoint for them. You must have the person in your friends list and you must also be on their friendslist for this to work.
/follow
Auto-follows your target; use /stopfollow to cease following.
/gallop
Urge your mount go faster for a short time. Don’t expect to use this command continuously! This is useful if you are mounted on a pet and get into combat and the pet slows down to fight.
/logout
Logs your character off the server; you should be in a city, house or campsite for a safe logout, otherwise your character will be at the mercy of the world for 3 additional minutes.
/notepad
Allows modifications to a text file that gets saved as “notes.txt” in your base profile directory. I use this to enter notes about what foods I can make and the max stats I can hit.
/quit
Exit the game immediately. Your character will remain vulnerable to attack for three more minutes.
/tip
Automatically transfers a specified number of credits to your target; you can also use /tip bank to send money directly to their bank, but there is a 5% transfer fee to do this.
/unstick
If you are stuck in a building or other feature of the landscape, this should unstick you. You cannot be moving in order for the command to work. If this command does not free your character, then please contact an admin.
/waypoint
By typing /waypoint and the coordinates, you will create a waypoint in your datapad at location of the current planet’s coordinatate or at your present location if nothing is entered. Note: targeting something and typing /waypoint does not function.
Chat
/groupchat (/g)
Sends message to group channel.
/guild (/gu)
Sends the message typed after the command to your guild channel.
/retell (/rt)
Sends tell to the last person you sent a tell to.
/reply (/r)
Sends a tell to the last person to send a tell to you.
/say
Puts your message in a chat bubble and in the main chat window.
/tell (/t)
Sends an instant message to the character indicated; you can send the message to multiple people by separating their names with a comma.
/tellpet
Sends a command privately to your pet.
Combat Players
/listen
You actively listen to the targeted musician. Heals mind wounds and battle fatigue
/loot
Loots targeted corpse.
/watch
You actively listen to the targeted dancer. Heals mind wounds and battle fatigue
/unstick
If you are stuck in a building or other feature of the landscape, this should unstick you. You cannot be moving in order for the command to work. If this command does not free your character, then please contact an admin.
Digging in the Dirt!
/forage
Rangers: Searches the area for anything useful.
/me
Medics: Use to forage items useful for Medics and Doctors
Entertainer/Dancer/Musician
/flourish <#>
Plays indicated musical or dance flourish.
/bandflourish
Synchronizes flourishes of everyone in the group (however, this does not grant the XP of normal flourishes). Using this command allows you to show some style alongside fellow entertainers! Only band leaders can use this command.
/bandleader
Transfers Band Leader status to indicated character.
/sing
Chat bubble that is unique to Entertainers.
/startdance
Begins the dance style that you specify.
/startmusic
Skill and instrument required – begins playing song that you specify.
/tip
Automatically transfers a specified number of credits to your target; you can also use /tip bank to send money directly to their bank, but there is a 5% transfer fee to do this.
Grouping Commands
/invite
Invite the named or targeted player to a group (only group leaders can invite additional people into an existing group).
You cannot /invite while you are in combat or the invitee is in combat. You cannot /join while you are in combat or the inviter/group leader is in combat\
/uninvite
Cancel the group invitation to the named or targeted player.
/join
Joins group or band if you have been invited.
/makeLeader
Group leader only – transfers leadership to named or targeted group member.
/groupchat
Sends message to group channel.
/dismissGroupMember
Dismiss the named or targeted player from the group.
/disband
Group leader only – disbands current target, or entire group if no target is named.
Guild
/guild
Sends the message typed after the command to your guild channel.
/guildremove
Removes target or self from your current guild.
Management: Structures (Houses, Harvesters, Factories
/addpower
Adds power to selected structure.
/setpermission
Sets which players are allowed to move and pick-up items within a structure, as well as the ability to destroy that structure. You must be in or near your building or installation to do this.
/setprivacy
Sets your structure to private or public. You must be in a building to use this.
Merchant/Crafters/Resource Gatherers
/mailsave
Saves your game mail on your computer
/sample
Used by Surveyors to take a resource sample after surveying.
Roleplay
/emote
Displays whatever text you follow it with as an action of your character. For example, if I want to say: Megan is serving free chocolate mousse cake on Port Jato, then the following would accomplish that: “/emote Megan is serving free chocolate mousse cake on Port Jato.
/kneel
Changes stance to kneeling. Great for RP!
/moods
Displays list of moods.
/mood none
Returns your default mood to neutral.
/prone
Changes stance to prone.
/roleplay
Sets your character to “Role Player.”
/say
Puts your message in a chat bubble and in the main chat window.
/sing
Chat bubble that is unique to Entertainers.
/stand
Changes stance to standing.
Emote Commands: On the Abilities and Commands menu (Ctrl + A) there is a Social tab with all the emotes you can use with your characters. Most emotes each have three states:
For example, in the list you’ll see an emote for “About Dang Time!” By hovering over it, you’ll see the command for it. /adn. By clicking on it, you’ll see the three states:
- Without a modifie:
- /adn : You openly show that your patience has expired
- With the self modifier to apply it to yourself:
- /adn self: A bit frustrated with yourself?
- Targeting a player, or adding player name as a modifier:
- /adn Megan: You encourage Megan to hurry. Any day now!
Next week we look at more commands to improve communications.
Sandarie Coron, Community Manager
Clearly Not Combat Princess!
