Controls - Chat
Chatting in RuneScape is a major part of the game and you'll find that there are many ways to keep in touch with your friends, organise trades or interact with other players. You can chat simply by typing into the chat box.
The chat box at the bottom of the game window shows you any messages you send or receive. If you find yourself being sent a lot of messages, you might find it useful to adjust what types of message you want to receive.
The eight buttons along the bottom of the RuneScape screen control how you interact with the chat system.
The first seven buttons are chat controls that can be left-clicked, and will cause the chat box to only display the selected information/chat. These buttons can also be right-clicked, giving you a set of options to restrict whether or not you will receive those types of messages at all.
The red Report Abuse button, when clicked, displays the Report Abuse window, allowing you to report players who are breaking the rules.
The All chat button is selected by default. If you select any other chat button it will visibly change to show that you are watching that type of chat. When watching a specific type of chat, if you receive a message of a different type, its button will flash blue to attract your attention and then remain blue to show there are unread messages there. For instance, if you are viewing clan chat and you receive a private message, the Private filter button will flash blue to alert you to the message.
If you have turned a particular chat filter off (using its right-click options) it will no longer flash blue, as all chat of that type is hidden.
All:
Selecting the All filter will display all types of chat together in one place with your filter settings applied (e.g. if you have Public, Clan and Trade turned on, you will see all of these, but if you have Private turned off, you will not see that).
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Game:
Selecting the Game filter will show only information from the game itself and not any chat sent to you by other players, regardless of your other filter settings.
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Public:
Left-clicking this will display only public chat in the chat box. You will not see any clan chat, for instance.
Right-clicking this controls how much chat from other players you see on your screen. You can turn it to On, Friends, Off or Hide. If you set it to On, your chat interface will display all the text everyone types when they are chatting to you or other players. When set to Friends, the chat interface will display the chat lines for you and all your friends only. When set to Hide, if a player types some text, it is displayed above their head in the game window - nothing is displayed in the chat window. Setting it to Off disables public chat.
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Private:
Left-clicking this will display only private messages in the chat box.
Right-clicking this sets how players can contact you with private messages. If set to On, anyone can contact you whether they are on your friends list or not. If set to Friends, only people on your friends list will be able to send you messages. Off means you will not receive any private messages.
This button also controls how other players will see your online status. Anyone that can send you a message will be able to see whether you are online or offline.
Note: Jagex staff moderators will always be able to send you messages regardless of your message settings. They can be recognised by the gold crown at the start of their messages.
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Clan:
Left-clicking this button will cause the chat window to display only messages from any clan chat channel you are connected to.
Right-clicking it will allow you to control whether you will see chat from any clan channel you are on. You can also use it to control whose chat you will see. The options are On, Friends and Off.
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Trade:
You can left-click on this option to make the chat box only show trade requests, challenges, etc.
You can also right-click to control whether players can send you trade requests or challenge you. The options are On, Friends and Off.
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Assist
You can left-click on this option to make the chat box only show assist requests.
You can also right-click to control whether players can send you assist requests. The options are On, Friends and Off. |
Report Abuse Button
The Report Abuse button is your means of reporting any player in RuneScape that is being abusive towards another player or is breaking one of our rules.
When you spot such behaviour or language, click on the Report Abuse button, correctly type in the offending player's name and then select one of the rules they have broken. You can find out more about reporting abuse.
We will receive your abuse report and take action against the player immediately. If we find out that you are abusing the system, though, then action will be taken against you instead. |
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