IRC

IRC Clients

Below are several of the most popular of the many IRC clients currently available:

• Windows
  • X-Chat Free compiled version of X-Chat for Windows.
  • mIRC The king of windows IRC clients.
  • IceChat IRC That Cool people use.
• Linux
  • BitchX Text-based client.
  • Konversation Powerful Qt IRC client.
• Mac
  • X-Chat Aqua Good IRC client based off of X-Chat but lacks some features.
  • MacIrssi A good IRC client that doesn't have as many features as X-Chat Aqua. Basically a GUI for IRSSI.
  • Colloquy A native Aqua IRC client that integrates well into OS X and offers a rich featureset.
  • Conversation
  • Linkinus An IRC client with the special option to view more than one channel/conversation in one window. Caution: Shareware, USD 20.00
• Cross-platform
  • ChatZilla an IRC extension for Firefox.
  • Irssi IRC client that runs in the console.
  • Pidgin (aka: Gaim) MSN/AIM/Yahoo/ICQ/.../IRC client that uses GTK, but also has a text-only front end. X-Fire plugin available.
  • X-Chat Easy to use graphical IRC client.

For a more comprehensive and comparative listing of :

• • IRC Clients
  • IM Clients

Where are we?

The players of vendetta can often be found in IRC, we lurk on the server irc.slashnet.org and have a couple of main channels.

• #vendetta is basically talk about anything, sometimes the developers ask for some input here.
• #vendetta-inc Vendetta Itani Nation Chat - security enabled with the vendetta bot
• #vorelay is the new home to the IRC to Vendetta bot, it relays chat from ingame to here, and visa versa.
• #vrctc is the re-enabled relay of the CtC channels
• #vendetta-itani is for Itani nation people
• #viper an access-restricted channel for the Viper Guild, their friends and allies.
• #vendetta-pirates is an access-restricted channel for an elite group of pirates. Attempt to join this channel and you WILL be kicked and banned from the channel instantly.
• #RED an access restricted channel for the Red Eternal Dominion Serco military wing. Allies of the Dominion are encouraged to join.

In-game Chat Channel

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Attention!
FiReMaGe's bot (as described below) is currently not online. ITAN and draugath were nice enough to provide a temporary public service and keep relaying the in-game chat via their guild bot "Xishnik". The instructions and commands described below are therefore currently not valid. To chat to the game, simply type your chat into the #vorelay channel, preceded by an exclamation mark: !Hello VO...!
After some work on the plugin, draugath's bot now supports further chat functions like multiple channels: for info use /msg vo2 help

Through hard work by FiReMaGe, it is possible to chat with people in-game while you yourself are not logged into your game.
In order to do this you must first log onto our IRC server (see above) and join the channel #vorelay. Then you must register with FiReMaGe's bot, which is named vo in the channel (and IRC in-game:

1. Register your IRC nickname if you have not already using nickserv.
   • Type: /msg nickserv register (password) (email) Replacing password with the password you'd like and email with your valid email address.
   • Now activate your account by following the directions in your email (it will send you an activation code).
   • Type: /msg nickserv identify (password)
2. In your IRC client, type /msg vo link (game name) where (game name) is the name of the character in the game you want to act as
3. You need to log in to Vendetta and do what the bot told you to do, which should be to type (in-game): /msg IRC link (your IRC nickname)
4. Congratulations, your IRC nickname will now be able to use the bot! You can send the commands you see in the following section, Commands to the bot.

Commands

The commands you can send to the IRC bot and what they do.

Command	Description	Example
/msg vo	Sends the command to the IRC bot allowing you to do the list of commands. MUST BE PREFIXED TO THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS.	/msg vo help /msg vo ch Hello, Vendetta Online!
active	Sends you a couple numbers about who is online. (Serco, Itani, UIT, total) Edit: This command has been removed.
->	Routes your command to the specified console.
as	Parses a command as if it came from the specified identity (which must be linked to you). Useful when you have multiple accounts/alts and want to relay "as" one of them instead of the default identity.
block	Blocks a specified user from sending you messages.
blocks	Lists the users you have blocked.
ch	The same as "channel" or "stream".
channel	Sends your message to the channel you are in. Edit: This command has been removed.
help	List a short help message including commands. (Hint: type "/msg vo help help" for further info.)
join	Changes the channel your messages are sent to.
ignore	Stops the bot from relaying an ingame player's messages for 10 minutes, adds on time if already in effect. Edit: This command has been removed.
leave	Removes you as a listener from the specified stream/channel.
link	Links the specified name. You must also use this command ingame to complete the link.
links	Lists names that are currently linked.
list	Lists the listeners or users of the specified protocol, connection, or stream.
msg	Sends a private message to a player ingame.
mute	Casts your vote to mute a specified player.
noreply	Clears your reply route in case someone has messaged (/msg) you.
register	Same as "link".
reply	Sends a message to the last person who messaged you from ingame to irc.
stream	Sends your message to the channel you are in.
streams	Lists the streams/channels you're listening to.
toch	Same as "tostream".
tostream	Sends a message to the specified stream/channel.
unblock	Un-blocks a specified user, allowing them to send you messages.
unignore	Removes 20 minutes from an ingame player's ignore time. Edit: This command has been removed.
unlink	Destroys a link you have made with the specified name.

Channel chat is limited to the following channels: -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 42, 50, 69, 90, 99, 100, 101, 111, 200, 400, 404, 411, 666, 911, 1000, 1337, 4294967295