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Description Template (Game Messages) Related Tags 25% This document has been partially completed. Game Messages This document refers to internal SWG Messages. Group Mechanics Forming A Group To start a group, just click and hold the MOUSE 1 button on any player, and then select the Invite option from the radial menu. You can also type /invite [player' s first name] in the Chat Input bar to invite someone to your group. The invite command and radial have a range of 90m. Players that want to join a group have to be within this range in order to be able to be invited. The group leader my also uninvite a player by using the /uninvite command and either targeting the player with it or entering the player's name. A group leader may destroy a group by using the /disband or /leave command. To remove individual players, a group leader can use the /dismissGroupMember command and target them or include their name. A group may have from 2 up to 20 players in it. This includes pets. Joining A Group To join a group, you must first be invited. When you receive a message that you have been invited to join a group, simply type /join in your Chat Input bar. You can also bring up a radial menu on the character who invited you and select Join Group. If you are invited to a group and do not wish you join, type /decline in the Chat Input bar. A Decline option also appears on the radial menu of the inviter, connected to the Join Group option. Like with the invite command, join group has a range of 90 meters in which the player must be in in order to be able to join. Players may leave a group by using the /disband or /leave command. Both of these will allow the player to remove themself from the group. THE GROUP LIST Once you form or join a group, you'll see a new element: the Group list. The Group list contains the names and HAM bars of every member of your group. If you target a group member (for healing, perhaps) , that character's Status box will be marked by a small white triangle. You can target group members by clicking on their Status box. The group leader's Status box always appears at the top of the Group list (but beneath your own HAM bars). If you target a group member, that character's HAM box will be marked by a white triangle. Group Window UI GROUP CHAT Members of a group can talk directly to one another by using a special and private group channel, which is automatically created when the group is formed. Group chat can be accessed through: * /gsay [message] * /gtell [message] * /groupsay [message] THE GROUP LEADER The player who first started the group is the group leader. He or she has access to a number of special commands, which are available through the Chat commands and radial menu options: (Note, most of these functions were broken shortly after the release of the game and were never fixed/returned properly. It is my opinion that the vast majority of them are quite useful for a group leader to run a group and should be reinstated with their original purpose and function with a few exceptions. I believe that the group notification messages should be togglable by any member of the group however the functions like autoloot etc should remain with the group leader. The need for possible radius restrictions on these abilities such as making the ability only work within range of another group member could be necessary to keep exploitation to a minimum, in particular for the autoloot function.) Subject Command Description Command Range Invite /invite [player' s first name Only group leaders can invite a new player to join the group. Kick from Group /dismissGroupMember [player' s first name] Allows the leader to eject a specific player from the group. Disband Group /disband Dissolves the entire group. Leadership Transfer /makeleader [player' s first name] Transfers the role of group leader to another character. This command can only be executed from the Chat Input bar. Group Options /group options, /group menu Displays a Group Options menu that can be toggled on or off. Autosplit Toggle /group autosplit [on or off] With Autosplit enabled, the game will automatically divide any retrieved credits or items evenly among all group members. Autosplit can be toggled in the Group Options menu or through a chat command. Autoloot Toggle /group autoloot [on or off] With Autoloot enabled, the group will automatically pick up any credits or items found. Autoloot can be toggled in the Group Options menu as well. Autoloot Items Toggle /group autoloot items [on or off] With Autoloot items enabled, the group will automatically pick up any items found. Autoloot items can be toggled in the Group Options menu. Autoloot Credits Toggle /group autoloot credits [on or off] The group automatically picks up any credits found when this option is enabled. Can be toggled in the Group Options menu. Notify Toggle /group notify [on or off] With Notify enabled, each member of the group will receive a message when an important event occurs, such as a group member becoming incapacitated. The group leader can use this command to toggle all of the Notify settings on and off simultaneously. Notify Credits Toggle /group notify credits [on or off] With Notify Credits enabled, each member of the group will receive a message when credits are looted. Notify Items Toggle /group notify items [on or off] With Notify Items enabled, each member of the group will receive a message when an item is looted. Notify Harvest Toggle /group notify harvest [on or off] With Notify Harvest enabled, each member of the group will receive a message when a creature 's corpse is harvested for resources. Notify Incapacitation Toggle /group notify incapacitation [on or off] With Notify Incapacitation enabled, each member of the group will receive a message when a member of the group is incapacitated. Notify Death Toggle /group notify death [on or off] With Notify Death enabled, each member of the group will receive a message when a member of the group dies. OTHER GROUP COMMANDS All group members have access to the following commands: Subject Command Description Group Info /group info Displays information about the group, including the names of members and the current Group Options. Group Leader /group leader Displays the group leader' s full name. Autosplit /group autosplit Displays whether Autosplit is on or off. Only the group leader can toggle Autosplit. Autoloot /group autoloot [on or off] Displays the status of the Autoloot option. Autoloot Items /group autoloot items Displays the status of the Autoloot Items option. Autoloot Credits /group autoloot credits Displays the status of the Autoloot Credits option. Notify /group notify Displays the status of each Notify option. Notify Credits /group notify credits Displays whether or not group members will receive a message when credits are looted. Notify Items /group notify items Displays whether or not group members will be notified when items are looted. Notify Harvest /group notify harvest Displays whether or not group members will be notified when resources are harvested from creature corpses. Notify Incapacitation /group notify incapacitation Displays whether or not group members will be notified when another group member is incapacitated. Notify Death /group notify death Displays whether or not group members will be notified when another group member is killed. Group Missions Group Difficulty & Experience When players group together, they combine their individual combat difficulty levels. This combat difficulty level is used to determine the payout and difficulty levels of missions. See the Quests and Missions section for more information. Group Waypoints and Payout Range When grouped players take missions, the game takes the cloest mission for the greatest majority of players as the one to which to create a nearest mission for group waypoint at. This waypoint is updated to all members of the group based upon how the current mission distances check out. The waypoint is created in the datapad and is updated regularly. For example if a group waypoint mission updates and brings the mission farther out than another mission, then the closer mission will then be selected as the nearest mission for the group. Nearest WP Members of a group may receive a cut into the payout of a particular mission if they are within 200 meters of the mission target when it is destroyed or completed. The split they get is determined by the mission payout divided by the total amount of players in group that are nearby within 200 meters.