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Messages are displayed for approximately four seconds and then disappear. The "Enter" key will re-display the previous message. The "F8" key will disable game-generated messages (and subsequently reenable them). ("F8" does not affect messages from other players.) | Messages are displayed for approximately four seconds and then disappear. The "Enter" key will re-display the previous message. The "F8" key will disable game-generated messages (and subsequently reenable them). ("F8" does not affect messages from other players.) | ||
− | In multiplayer mode, there is a second line in the heads-up display that is used to compose messages to be sent to the other players. The "T" key begins message composition, and a | + | In multiplayer mode, there is a second line in the heads-up display that is used to compose messages to be sent to the other players. The "T" key begins message composition, and an underline (used as a cursor) appears. A message may then be typed, and sent with the "Enter" key, or one of several predefined messages (known as "chat macros" or "chat strings") may be sent by holding "Alt" and pressing the assigned number key. If there are more than two players, a message may be sent to a single specific player by using the first letter of that player's color instead of "T" ("G" for green, "I" for indigo, "B" for brown and "R" for red). |
Many [[source ports]] have made enhancements to the heads-up display, such as scrolling message lines, additional game-generated messages, varying color and position of text, and modes that replace the [[status bar]] at the bottom with heads-up display data (commonly known as ''HUD mode''). | Many [[source ports]] have made enhancements to the heads-up display, such as scrolling message lines, additional game-generated messages, varying color and position of text, and modes that replace the [[status bar]] at the bottom with heads-up display data (commonly known as ''HUD mode''). |