Chatzilla Guide
CHATZILLA 'HOW TO' FOR TTC
- ** A work in progress ** hence not linked anywhere yet! --Pudgey 03:22, 8 January 2009 (PST)
What
Chatzilla is an add-on to enable IRC Chat for popular web-browser Firefox.You can find more information about IRC and Toontown Central here.
The following guide assumes you have a Windows OS, which most people do have. If you have a different OS options see the Chatzilla FAQ.
Basic Features - Getting Started
Installing
You can download Chatzilla from:https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/16
The current version is ChatZilla 0.9.84
Simply select the Add To Firefox button at the above link. Note that you will need to restart your browser after installing - this includes exiting the Quick Launch feature.
To open Chatzilla (once Firefox is reopened) Select Tools > Chatzilla from the top menu in the browser. You will find a new window opens - this is where you will do your chatting.
Tip: You can drag the edges of the window to make it a more convenient size.
Connecting
To connect to the server where TTC have their chatrooms simply type the following in the little entry line at the bottom of the chat window (this is called the "command line"):/server irc.gamesurge.net
then press ENTER
The client (that is the fancy name for the chat window) will do a whole lot of things which flash past on the screen. You don't need to pay attention here, but if you are really curious you can scroll back up the window and read it all.
You now have two tabs at the bottom of the client window: one called *client* , and the other called the name of the server we connected to irc.gamesurge.net. But in order to actually chat to anyone we need to join a room where we can find other people. We can join any of the three official TTC chat rooms by typing any (or all) of the following in the command line at the bottom of any tab and pressing ENTER after each line:
/join #toontowncentral
/join #coldcallersguild
/join #toontowntrivia
You now will have separate tabs for each "room" you joined.
What am I looking at?
When you join a chat room you will see another tabbed window open in the client and in this window we have:Left side - a list of names ("Nicks" or nicknames) of the people in the channel
Right side (top) - a summary of the channel name and details such as the topic of the channel and some technical details
Right side (bottom) - the actual chat window (you knew we would get there eventually ) with some text about the channel showing, which you don't need to worry too much about. This is where you can write things in the command line and see them appear. yay.
What do the symbols/colored blobs in the userlist mean?
The different symbols and colored blobs to the left of each user in the userlist show their status within the channel. Levels, from most to least powerful are:
- Operator (op) - the user can grant and revoke operator, half-operator and voice status, change the topic, kick other users and generally control the channel. Op's are also Moderators or Administrators on TTC site.
- Voice - the user can talk in the channel when it is moderated. Often used to mark people as trusted or helpful without giving them any real power.
- Normal - the user has no special status.
And that is it in the simple version of these Instructions. Type whatever you want to say in the command line and press ENTER to make it appear in the room. Happy chatting!
Advanced Features
How do I automatically perform commands when connecting?
You can pre-store certain commands so that when Chatzilla opens it will do certain tasks for you automatically, like joining your favourite channels.Once you have Chatzilla open select "Chatzilla" from the top menu and then Preferences. This open a small window which lists all sorts of preferences available.
On the left side select Global Settings.
Under the Global Settings, select the Startup tab. Find the box called "Auto-connect URLs" and you need to add the following command:
/server irc.gamesurge.net
This will ensure that Chatzilla connects to the correct server (GameSurge) once it is started.
Pressing the ADD button located at the bottom of the screen will bring up a new box titled "Add Preference".
Select Network as your type, and input /server irc.gamesurge.net then click OK. This will add a new option to your preferences, that will enable us to customise a number of settings for this server.
Highlight the irc.gamesurge.net option in the lefthand side panel and under the General tab you can set up various options, such as what name will be displayed if someone performs a WHOIS, and your primary nickname.
Next, we'll set up ChatZilla so that it will automatically identify you, if you've registered your nickname with the server, and join the Toon Town Central channels.
Once again, whilst under the irc.gamesurge.net preferences, select the "Lists" tab.
Then located the Auto-perform box. It is in here that you can specify certain commands to be performed when you start Chatzilla. We will add the following commands in the Auto-perform box:
//mode $me +xi
/join #toontowncentral
/join #coldcallersguild
/join #toontowntrivia
That will hide your presence in IRC (generally a good thing to do so you dont get spam messages) and enable you to join those rooms.
If you have registered an account with GameSurge you can also set some special functions like "authenticating" - ie letting the server know that it is you that is logging in. If you have a GameSurge account then put this command at the top of the above list in the Auto-perform box:
/msg authserv Nick Password
Where the word Nick is replaced with your registered name with GameSurge and the word Password is replaced with the relevant password for your nick.
Scripting
Using scripts is a convenient way to automate things you repeatedly do (eg a favourite saying) by storing that command so that it can be action with only a click or two of the mouse.- TO DO ** Scripting information to go here when ready.