3.8.1 Tmoting - using TMOTE
(See also HELP EMOTE, HELP EMOTING)
Tmote is pretty much like any normal custom emote. Put pretty much anything
you want in your tmote, and it will be seen by all in your location, with
your name in front (possibly with "'s" as well), exactly as with any emote.
To target players, you will want to use the following syntax within your
tmotes: $he, $his, $him, $name. Each word will translate to the following for
the target and witness.
Use Target Witnesses
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$he you he/she
$his your his/her
$him you him/her
$name you name
**NOTE** To prevent client variable issues $ and ^ can both be used.
You may also use 's similar to how you would in a regular emote to start the
emote with Emoter's, as well as when you target via $name. The target will
either see your or yours depending on its location within the sentence, while
everyone else will see Name's. Similarly careful usage of $hiss can make a
tmote come out as hers. Careful with this though because used on a male it
would give hiss.
Using this syntax, you can reference any number of players in your room to
tmote to. Pronouns will default to the last person targeted, though a specific
target can be specified by appending a number following the pronoun where the
number represents the nth person you've targeted. When targeting a player via
name, that person will always be set as your target.
If Romeo were to do the following:
Example: TMOTE smiles at $juliet and $Tecton, and runs his hand through $his1
hair.
Juliet sees: Romeo smiles at you and Tecton, and runs his hand through your
hair.
Tecton sees: Romeo smiles at Juliet and you, and runs his hand through her
hair.
Everyone else sees: Romeo smiles at Juliet and Tecton, and runs his hand
through her hair.
Should you desire, targeted pronouns may be used prior to the name of the
player they're associated with first being targeted. In this case, their
pronoun must always be followed by a number. Also, any text following the
number (or lack thereof) will be included within the word. So if the 3rd player
targeted was male, $him3, would translate to "you," and "him,".
Should you wish to capitalise pronouns you will need a + following the symbol.
For example $juliet and $Juliet will both translate to you/Juliet, while
$+juliet and $+Juliet will translate to You/Juliet. The + should be used at the
begining of a sentence or with Divine as the name.
What this Doesn't Do
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If your loyals or pets can emote on command, they cannot tmote.
Tmote doesn't change verbs (to match actions of your targets). If you don't
know what a verb is, sorry! You probably shouldn't be trying to make your
targets do things in your tmotes anyway!
You can't use denizens as targets for tmotes.
Custom emotes using the EMOTE or TMOTE are intended for ways to express
yourself. They are not to be used in combat and are not an alternative to the
various illusion type skills. Use of emotes for combat messages is against the
rules of PK.
(See also HELP EMOTE, HELP EMOTING)
