Shout System

A server-wide global chat channel with a cooldown, per-player opt-out, region and ban restrictions, plus a separate staff-only channel. Source: UOD - System Shout.scp.

How it works

Shouting — FUNCTION shout (invoked via .sh <text>):

• Blocked if the player has tag.shout_ban==1 (shout-banned).
• Blocked in any region whose name matches *jail* (unless GM) or The Maze.
• Strips accented/non-unicode characters via NOACCENTS.
• Staff (account.plevel > 1) shout with no cooldown; their message is broadcast to all clients as [Staff] <name> shouts: ....
• Players are rate-limited by the equipped timer item i_shout_memory (10-second cooldown). On a successful shout the message is broadcast to every client via show_shout, and a new i_shout_memory is equipped.

Receiving — show_shout prints the shout to each client unless that client has tag.shoutoff set, so players can mute the channel.

Staff channel — FUNCTION staff sends <args> to all clients through f_staff, which only displays it to accounts with plevel > 1 ([STAFF] <name> to staff: ...).

Commands / player-facing usage

Key definitions

Note: Colours come from def.sysshout, def.syschat, and def.sysgm. The player-branch code checks region The Maze for shouting; regions like Jail are matched case-insensitively.