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Squaredsc

Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 09:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
thanks 1/2. i will play around with it when i get home.

Squaredsc

Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 09:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
omg soo many shades of aubergine, where do i start.

Draheid

Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 09:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The tag is \rgb{FF00FF,Your text goes here} to see Your text goes here. Only include the 6-digit hex number.

As far as 'neat stuff' in chat, well, some people actually prefer the java client over the stand-alone programs such as mIRC. You can download mIRC by going to clicking here then click on mIRC 6.03 in (location nearest you) on that page. You will be prompted to save a file, make sure you know where it is being saved so you can then install it.

Once you've finished downloading, you will need to run the program mirc603.exe to install it, then run the mIRC program to configure it for yourself. You can use the instructions here with a couple of minor changes. The third image should look like this:
ircinst-3

For your 'Full Name' put what you want others to see when they /whois you online, but it does NOT have to be you're real name. And your e-mail address does NOT have to be you're real e-mail if you choose not to have that displayed.

Nickname registration has also changed so if you haven't already registered, ask in chat for some help with that.

Hope this helps.

Moondance

Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 09:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Dra is like Superman... he sees a question, runs to a phone booth, puts on a cape and comes to the resue EVERY time! You're good!

Squaredsc

Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 10:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
thanks dra. i knew you would come thru. now i can't wait to get home and try this. i will also save your instructions. yep moonie, he is super draheid. lol

Halfunit

Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 10:04 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm glad Draheid gave you good directions. All I did was show you how to look at pretty colors, lol.

Draheid

Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 10:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, you got me to looking around and I found a really good color chart site. Check these:

Page One: Pastel tones - pink to yellow
Page Two: Pastel tones - lavender, moss green, rust
Page Three: Darker pastel tones - blue, green, gold
Page Four: Rainbow colors
Page Five: Grey, brown, orange, and flesh tones
Page Six: Gem tones - lapis lazuli, amethyst, garnet
Page Seven: Gem tones - aquamarine, emerald, jade

Keep in mind that not all screens are exactly alike so what you see may not be what another person sees on their computer. :)

Car54

Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 11:08 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Square...go DIRECT to page 6.... lots of Aubergines, and you gotta learn to do "Amethyst" and "Lapis Lazuli"! They are totally you!

Whoami

Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 11:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! No, It's SUPERDRA!!!

OK, so, is there an instruction sheet on how to do those fancy things in chat?

When someone submits a sound, I still have no clue as to how to get it. Sometimes, someone will tell me what to type, but I still can't get it. Do we only have so much time to get the sound? Things move so fast in chat, that I think maybe the sound is "long gone." Or, can I click on that sound and do something to get it?

Also, the "action" sequences (I guess that's what you'd call them. Where someone does an action to another person. I'm assuming these actions are saved, after the person typed them at one time. But, where do you save them, and how do you retrieve them? I think I remember once, that you hightlight the person's name from the list at the right, then click on the saved action?

Draheid

Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 11:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Whoami: I can understand how the sounds that are played in chat can be a little confusing. In order for anyone to hear the sound that is 'requrested' in chat, you must have the sound file on your computer in the folder where mIRC expects to find it. Additionally, the sound file MUST have the exact same name as what is requested in order for you to hear it at the same time. Basically, when someone 'plays' a sound in chat, they are really telling your computer to play it for you.

Probably the easiest way to get these sound files is to have someone in chat with you that has them, send them to you while in chat. I can probably provide a lot of the more common files since I have downloaded most of them myself. And I would be happy to help you get them setup.

There is a feature in mIRC that sets you up to automatically request files that you don't already have, however, not everyone is setup to send the files upon request. I can also help you set that up if you'd like.

As for the 'actions' you see in the channel, these are usually 'popups' that we can help you get loaded. I must warn you, as Juju found out recently, some of these 'popups' can appear mysterious and have very 'interesting' effects on unsuspecting chatters!

Wargod

Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 11:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ok...I can help with this one, Who, LOL. If I remember correctly you were using java and not mIRC, so you can't here the mIRC sounds. But, there's plenty of java sounds. Unfortunately, I can only remember two of the java sounds, but I know someone will know the rest.

All you have to do is type, /sound moo or /sound flush....and the //// in chat is different than the \\we use on the board, so its important to get the /sound.

To do an action you can do it two different ways. First you can type /me waves at Who, (without the comma) Which would look like this in chat:
wargod waves at Who

Or you can use the action list, LOL. Its been awhile since I used Java, so I haven't seen the action list.

Draheid

Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 11:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
***Faster then a speeding wargod! Able to solve simple problems in a single post....

Oops, sorry, warhoney! Didn't know you were responding too! {{{Hug}}} :O

Twinkie

Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 11:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
OK my turn for a dumb question. Not too long ago the board time was ahead by about 7 minutes and now it seems to be behind. Was it reset or are my puters' times off?

Zachsmom

Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 11:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Actually Twinkie it has to do with the Raelin group..since the aliens have been doing their work cloning the first ever human beings through CloneAid it seems the speed of time has become warped..

either that or it's Maris's fault..:)

Wargod

Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 11:54 am EditMoveDeleteIP
That's cool though Dra, cuz I get to see if I'm right, LOL.

My stupid questions....do windows break on their own? One dog was under my feet, the other was sitting with Dakota in the den (far away from the broken window,) and Caleb was playing a video game...there's glass inside and outside the house and no sign that anything hit the window...yet its shattered!

Oh, and since it's the second window pane (large panes) to be broken on the same window, I'll now be taking bets on how quickly it takes Darren and my bil to get their rears in gear to replace the window.

Whoami

Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 12:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Actually, I do have MIRC now War. I got it the second or third time I was in chat!

I've done the single action, where I type /me waves at Mom. But, I don't know where the action list is, or how to get to it.

Grooch

Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 12:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
War, yes it can.

When I was living in an apt in Miami, the sliding glass door just completely shattered. I hit the deck because since it is Miami, I figured someone must have fired a gun.

When I finally got up to look, there wasn't a hole anywhere to be found in the screens out on the terrace.

The maintenance man says it happens a lot from the building shifting and settling. It changes the pressure on the walls holding the glass doors and windows.

Twinkie

Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 12:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
ROFL, Zmom!!!

Weinermr

Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 12:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
War,

I don't know exactly when your window broke, but there have been a series of small earthquakes in our area this morning, several of them, and this may have caused your window to shatter even though you weren't physically aware of any earthquakes.

Here is a link you can check out. Morning Quakes

I felt only one of them. Have any of our other So CA members felt any earthquakes this morning?

Juju2bigdog

Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 12:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whoami, as far as the automatic "actions" that people do in chat, get them from Draheid, and he will tell you how to install them.

Squaredsc, I seem to dimly recall that you have already downloaded mirc. Before you download it again, go to Start, then Search (or Find) on your computer. Do a search for mirc. If you find it, double click on the one that looks like a little box, and that should install it. Then go to the rest of Draheid's instructions for setting it up.

Zachsmom

Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 12:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I haven't felt any..I am going to check out the link..

Whoami

Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 12:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks everyone! Looks like I better head off to chat tonight! Hopefully Dra will be there to send me all his cool files! And, hopefully I can take the time aside to go there! AND hopefully (gee, lots of hope here) it won't be so busy I won't detract from the fun by asking a bunch of dopey questions!

Webkitty

Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 12:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Grooch, the same thing happened to me a few years ago when we lived in an apartment had sliding glass door. I heard a sound, looked over the the doors, and they just started crackling like a spider web, it was spooky.........

Dra, are those colors above just for chat or for anywhere? And can I use them on my webtv?

Draheid

Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 01:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Webkitty: Those colors are actually only for use on the board (or on webpages). For the board, if you use the \rgb{FFFFFF,Text} tag with the 6-digit number, replacing the word 'Text' with you're message text and the 'FFFFFF' with the color number, then your message will appear in that color. The important thing to remember, as I said earlier, if you can't make out what the color is, there's a chance others might be able to either. Just like with televisions, not all computers/webtvs are configured alike and so some will show colors differently then others. You can also use them on personal web pages, although I won't go into detail on how to use them here! :)

Wargod

Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 01:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Who, cool on the mIRC. I'll send you some sound wavs next time I see you in chat....I didn't know you had it.

Weiner, I thought I was crazy. Mom came over and she said maybe a sonic boom, but we didn't hear anything at all, so I'm thinking you might be right. I'll check out that link too.

The problem with our windows is that most of them were installed when the house was built...mid-late 50's. They are single paned and not very sturdy at all. Caleb broke the first one a week after we moved in by hitting it with a rattle..he was about 16 months old at the time, and really didn't hit it all that hard. Some of them have been replaced like all the ones in the den and one in the living room, but as replacing one of them turned into a two day job we put it off til summer, and didn't have time this summer. I'm thinking at this point since two of the large panes are broken on a window that has four panes, replacing that one in the middle of winter won't be a big deal, LOL.