How do you do the "description" thing?

[Palehood]

Usually when you RP,you eventually use dialogue but I've seen some people use Chat in which they just describe the RPers actions like for example:

Satanz stared blankly at the person right in front of him. He then turned his head away. This particular sentence appears in the Chat box but isn't dialogue but a description. How do you do that?

[Magairlín]

If you mean it appeared in italics, you'd type

 

;petted the cute kitten. Awwww.

 

and it'd show up in the chatbox with your character's name before it. It also shows overhead as a thought bubble; there's no way to seperate those.

[TwoDee]

You can also do /em or /me to kick it off; anything that follows those becomes emote text following your character name.

[A Cat]

I'm glad you asked because I have been wondering this as well! 

[GM Kal]

Yep it's all the emote command.

 

;pets a cat.

 

In the chat window:

GM_Kal pets a cat.

 

In a thought bubble above my character on screen:

pets a cat.

 

If you specifically type an emote animation, it will do that instead.

;doublefacepalm

 

No bubble, no chat window text, my character slaps both hands to face.

 

Some folks also chat with it when more information is needed, or they want to not just say a line.

 

;turns to Palehood and says "Good question, glad you asked that."

 

GM_Kal turns to Palehoood and says "Good question, glad you asked that."

 

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https://hcwiki.cityofheroes.dev/wiki/Emotes

 

Edited August 8, 2021 by GM Kal