Channel System

Hercules comes with an inbuilt channel system for global chat.

How to type to a channel

You need to join a channel to see messages in it; when logging in, you will automatically join certain channels, others you will have to join manually.

These settings can be changed by whispering "NPC:VG" and typing something; this will open an NPC dialogue where you can toggle autojoin for every channel in the Login Settings.

Existing Channels

Joined by default:

• #main is for general global chat (Note: As per the rules, only English is allowed in this channel.)
• #trade is for all sell/buy/trade messages
• #offtopic is for chat not related to RO
• #party is for party search
• #map enables chatting with other players on the same map

Language-specific channels:

• #de is for German chat
• #es is for Spanish chat
• #fr is for French chat
• #pt is for Portuguese chat
• #tl is for Tagalog chat

General Commands

• @channel lists all channel-related commands
• @channel list lists all public channels
• @channel bindto <#channel_name> binds your global chat to a specific channel, making everything you type that would normally displayed to nearby characters be redirected to that channel instead
• @channel unbind unbinds your global chat from the current bound channel

Joining and Leaving

• @join <#channel_name> joins a public channel
• @join <#channel_name> <password> joins a private channel
• @channel leave <#channel_name> leaves a channel

Channel Creation and Administration

• @channel create <#channel_name> creates a temporary channel, which disappears when the last member leaves
• @channel create <#channel_name> <password> creates a temporary channel with a password
• @channel setcolor changes a channel's color
• @channel list colors lists all available colors; available colors are
  • Default
  • Red
  • Blue
  • Orange
  • Cyan
  • Yellow
  • Green
  • Light_Green
  • Normal
• @channel ban <#channel_name> <character name> bans a character from the channel
• @channel unban <#channel_name> <character name> unbans a character from the channel
• @channel banlist <#channel_name> lists all characters banned from the channel
• @channel setopt <#channel_name> JoinAnnounce 1 enables join messages for the channel; setting it to 0 disables it