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== Customizing the QuickChat Menu ==
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Custom Quickchat Menus can be created by placing a properly formatted text file named '''quickchat.mnu''' in the following directory and then restarting COH after completely exiting to the desktop:
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''<COH_INSTALL_DIRECTORY>''\data\texts\''<LANGUAGE>''\Menus\
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'''<tt>''<LANGUAGE>''</tt>''' may be one of the following and needs to match the language of the version of City of Heroes that is installed:
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* ''ChineseTraditional''
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* ''English''
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* ''French''
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* ''German''
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* ''Japanese''
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* ''Korean''
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* ''uk''
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=== Syntax ===
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MNU files can be created and edited in any text editor. QuickChat Menus have the following general structure:
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// Opening comment line for the QuickChat Menu
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Menu QuickChat
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{
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    {{color|gray|Title ''TitleName''}}
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    Option ''OptionName'' ''Command''
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    {{color|gray|Divider}}
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    {{color|gray|Title ''TitleName''}}
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    Option ''OptionName'' ''Command''
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    Menu ''SubMenuName''
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    {
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        {{color|gray|Title ''SubMenuTitleName''}}
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        Option ''OptionName'' ''Command''
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        {{color|gray|Divider}}
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        Option ''OptionName'' ''Command''
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    }
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}
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* '''<tt>Menu</tt>''' defines a group of '''<tt>Option</tt>'''s. Menus can be nested, but each sub-menu requires its own pair of curly braces.
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** To create a submenu name of more than one word with spaces between them, enclose it in quotes.
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* '''<tt>Option</tt>''' is a selectable command within a menu.
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** One letter in '''''<tt>OptionName</tt>''''' can be designated as a hotkey by prefixing an ampersand (&amp;).
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** To create an option name of more than one word with spaces between them, enclose it in quotes.
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** '''''<tt>Command</tt>''''' is one or more [[slash commands]] (separated by '''<tt>$$</tt>''').
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* '''<tt>Title</tt>''' is an optional element.
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** '''''<tt>TitleName</tt>''''' labels a menu, or a section of a menu. Titles are not selectable.
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** Menus can have more than one Title.
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* '''<tt>Divider</tt>''' places a horizontal line in the menu.
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=== Notes ===
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* MNU files allow comments. Use a double forward slash (<tt>//</tt>) anywhere on a line to force the client to ignore anything between the double slash and the line return.
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* '''{{red|IMPORTANT:}}''' MNU files must have at least one line containing a carriage-return at the end of the line above the first "Menu" entry.  It can be blank, a full comment, or just the comment tag (//) or any number of those lines otherwise it will not function.
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* Changes to custom menus require you to exit the client in order for the changes to take effect.
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* Custom menus are accessible by all characters on the same machine. By extension, you can send custom menu files to other people so that they can use them as well.
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* '''<tt>Option</tt>''' and its parameters must be on one line. Otherwise, the menu will not function.
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** Inspiration and power names with spaces can be used in commands by replacing the spaces with an underscore (for example, Catch_a_Breath).  You can also enclose the entire ''<tt>Command</tt>'' portion in quotation marks.
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** Multiple '''<tt>Command</tt>'''s can be executed by one '''<tt>Option</tt>''' by joining them with <tt>$$</tt>, just as they would be on the client command line.
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==See Also==
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*{{slashcommand|popmenu}}
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==External Links==
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20120905021611/http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?p=867593 Customizing the QuickChat Menu] by Fleeting_Whisper

Latest revision as of 20:06, 3 November 2013

SlashCommand

/quickchat  

Pops up the quickchat menu.

Customizing the QuickChat Menu

Custom Quickchat Menus can be created by placing a properly formatted text file named quickchat.mnu in the following directory and then restarting COH after completely exiting to the desktop: 

<COH_INSTALL_DIRECTORY>\data\texts\<LANGUAGE>\Menus\

<LANGUAGE> may be one of the following and needs to match the language of the version of City of Heroes that is installed:

  • ChineseTraditional
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • uk

Syntax

MNU files can be created and edited in any text editor. QuickChat Menus have the following general structure: 

// Opening comment line for the QuickChat Menu

Menu QuickChat
{
    Title TitleName
    Option OptionName Command
    Divider
    Title TitleName
    Option OptionName Command
    Menu SubMenuName
    {
        Title SubMenuTitleName
        Option OptionName Command
        Divider
        Option OptionName Command
    }
}
  • Menu defines a group of Options. Menus can be nested, but each sub-menu requires its own pair of curly braces.
    • To create a submenu name of more than one word with spaces between them, enclose it in quotes.
  • Option is a selectable command within a menu.
    • One letter in OptionName can be designated as a hotkey by prefixing an ampersand (&).
    • To create an option name of more than one word with spaces between them, enclose it in quotes.
    • Command is one or more slash commands (separated by $$).
  • Title is an optional element.
    • TitleName labels a menu, or a section of a menu. Titles are not selectable.
    • Menus can have more than one Title.
  • Divider places a horizontal line in the menu.

Notes

  • MNU files allow comments. Use a double forward slash (//) anywhere on a line to force the client to ignore anything between the double slash and the line return.
  • IMPORTANT: MNU files must have at least one line containing a carriage-return at the end of the line above the first "Menu" entry. It can be blank, a full comment, or just the comment tag (//) or any number of those lines otherwise it will not function.
  • Changes to custom menus require you to exit the client in order for the changes to take effect.
  • Custom menus are accessible by all characters on the same machine. By extension, you can send custom menu files to other people so that they can use them as well.
  • Option and its parameters must be on one line. Otherwise, the menu will not function.
    • Inspiration and power names with spaces can be used in commands by replacing the spaces with an underscore (for example, Catch_a_Breath). You can also enclose the entire Command portion in quotation marks.
    • Multiple Commands can be executed by one Option by joining them with $$, just as they would be on the client command line.

See Also

External Links

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