CIT Messenger

CIT Messenger

CIT Messenger is the in game messaging panel in CIT. It is opened with F10 or /messenger and is used for private messaging, contact management, and chat rooms.

CIT Messenger panel.

Messenger basics

Action	Use	Notes
Open Messenger	F10, /messenger, or the Messenger X button.	The left side has Players, Recent, Friends, and Rooms.
Set default reply target	Select the contact, then use Set this contact as default /re.	This controls the default /re target.
Rooms	Use Rooms to search, join, leave, create, or manage rooms.	Room messages show as (Room name) Player: <message>.
Attachments	Attachments dropdown.	Attachments do not seem to work reliably right now.
Friends tab	Use the search box.	The Friends tab has a search box, a Friends list, Contacts: <n> and Messages: <n> counts, and Clear Conversation.

Messenger Uses

CIT Messenger is used for:

• viewing player contacts
• messaging players
• messaging friends
• joining and creating chat rooms
• managing chat rooms
• setting a default reply target

How to open it

You can open CIT Messenger by:

• pressing F10
• using /messenger

Layout

CIT Messenger has:

• Players
• Recent
• Friends
• Rooms

The main panel has:

• Messages
• Chat rooms

Players and Friends

The left side of CIT Messenger includes:

• Players
• Recent
• Friends

From there, you can select contacts and chat with them.

Messages

The Messages section is used for direct conversations. The contact shows Online now or a Last seen: time. There is a Search: box, and a counter shows the message size as 0 / 200 bytes.

You can use it to:

• chat with selected contacts
• manage your reply target

Default /re target

CIT Messenger can set a default contact for:

• /re

To do that:

• open CIT Messenger
• select the contact
• use Set this contact as default /re

Rooms

The Rooms tab is used for public or shared chat rooms.

From Rooms, you can:

• search for a room
• select a room
• join a room
• leave a room
• create a new room

Create room asks for Name of chatroom:, R, G, B color: (the room's chat color), Chatting command: and Room password:. Use Confirm or Cancel.

Joining and leaving rooms

To use a chat room:

• open CIT Messenger
• go to Rooms
• search or select a room
• use Join selected, Leave selected, or Create new

Chat rooms tab

The Chat rooms tab shows room messages in this format:

• (Room name) Player: <message>

It also includes:

• Manage selected room

Managing a room

To manage a room:

• open CIT Messenger
• go to Rooms
• select the room
• use Manage selected room

The room management panel lets you manage:

• room members
• moderators
• hex code toggling
• the room password

Room moderators

Room moderators can:

• make other players moderators
• demote the selected player
• kick the selected player
• enable or disable hex codes in the room

Players with orange names in the room member list are:

• the room moderators

Room password

To set a room password:

• open CIT Messenger
• go to Rooms
• select the room
• open Manage selected room
• use Set pass

Attachments

CIT Messenger has:

• an Attachments dropdown

The dropdown in Messages and Chat rooms offers Pin location and Send image/audio. Image/audio attachments use a URL ending in .mp3, .png, .jpg, .jpeg or .gif, with Send URL and Cancel. The Messenger - Pin location window has a map, Send location and Cancel.

Use /viewaud stop to stop received audio or /pinloc dest to remove a received location's red S blip. Attachments do not seem to work reliably right now.

Messenger Notes

• CIT Messenger is opened with F10 or /messenger.
• It includes both direct messaging and chat room features.
• It can set your default contact for /re.
• The Attachments dropdown exists, but attachment support is not reliable right now.

Commands

Command or key	Use
F10	Open CIT Messenger
/messenger	Open CIT Messenger

Related notes

• /settings > Interface > SMS contains only SMS Output and the permissions SMS From Group Members, SMS From Squad Members, and SMS From Alliance Members. SMS Output controls who can send you SMS, including the Completely Off option; the organization permissions apply when Friends Only is selected. Show in Chatbox and its AFK bell belong to the SMSs tab in the J interface, not the SMS settings section. SMS reply access has no setting.
• Holding Alt near a speaker shows its owner.
• Disable Team Chat in Chatbox under /settings > Interface > CHAT BOX TEXT hides Team Chat and prevents sending when set to Yes. You can still read messages through J > Team. Set it to No to enable sending; the default is No.
• /youtube has Picture in Picture.
• Forum suggestions use up and down arrows on the first post, and the down vote button is enabled.
• Messages appear above the player's head like Local Chat messages.
• Use /ignore to block a sender's Discord private messages.
• Use /disre <message> to reply to the most recent Discord private message.
• /notify opens the Notify Me panel, which notifies you when an account on its list logs in or quits.
• /radio stops the radio, and /radio <station> starts a station by partial channel name.
• /busy <reason> shows a busy text bar, and players who SMS you can see the reason. Busy players do not appear in /online.
• Screenshot sending to other players is disabled and Send screenshot is not in F10 attachments.
• Listing an item on F7 automatically posts a message to the Trading tab in J.
• Music speakers are automatically removed if the creator goes more than 200 meters away.
• PC, CB, and SO duty tags show in local chat messages.
• /streamurl has a search bar for radio stations.
• /youtube opens the YouTube app faster.
• Players can SMS only 4 players outside friends, group, alliance, and squad mates per 5 minutes.
• /discord opens CITbot - Discord Server Panel; the separate /rpc window handles Rich Presence customization. The Discord app is also in CITPhone.
• The /gradio Group Radio panel has fields, tabs, volume controls, and buttons.
• /gradio recently played songs are saved on script restart and can be deleted by double right clicking.
• Ignored players cannot mark you through CITPhone Mark Players and you do not get a message when an ignored player tries to send money.
• J kill messages show kill streaks as x2, x3, and x4, and that streak means kills close together in time.
• CITbook has a Sent Requests button.
• /mplayer songs lets you add songs played by others to your playlists.
• Custom stream addresses work for personal radio, house radio, apartment radio, and car radio.
• /highlights lets players add words that alert them when those words appear in chat.
• Highlight alert options for sound, idle or minimized notification, tray icon flash, minimized desktop notification, volume, sound choice, and text to speech language.
• Dynamic highlight tokens :nick:, :account:, :group:, :squad:, :team:, and :occupation:.
• (note) in /highlights notifies the player when an admin note is taken.
• /mplayer songs lets you add songs played by others to playlists, and playlists can be played through the speaker system from the Speaker tab.
• /mplayer can set the current time in a music file.
• /mplayer has a CIT2 Radio songs browser.
• The F10 Friends tab has a search box.
• Pressing X and clicking a speaker toggles playing.
• Speakers from ignored players do not appear.
• Speakers cannot be placed within 12 meters of another speaker.
• Use /ssup <message> for Support Non English. Its tab is not available in the J chat interface.
• Support and Support Non-English chatbox message colors can be changed in settings.
• CIT2Radio DJs can use /djc <text> to talk in official DJ chat.
• Main Chat uses /main [message], T opens Country Chat, Y opens Team Chat, U opens Local Chat, chat keys can be changed in /settings > Binds, and Main Chat messages appear above the player's head.
• Open CIT Messenger with the Messenger X button.
• Use /discord > Register Account to verify your Discord account. /dverify is a shortcut to begin Discord verification. Enter the code shown in game as .dverify CODE in a CIT Discord server. Account unlinking uses /discord.
• Players can use /locf or start local chat with [].
• Nearby CITbook friends and nearby group members can see local friends chat.
• /bind KEY chatbox locf binds it.
• Police codes convert to text in /e and /codes shows the list.
• Muted players can SMS friends unless it is a full mute.
• /smsmute <player> <reason> shows the SMS mute reason to that player.
• /urls opens the CITurls panel and shows links passed onto your screen.
• The panel has Refresh and Copy url link to clipboard. Double-click a link, or select it and use the copy button; there is no copy-all control.
• /urls last adds the last URL sent in the chatbox to your clipboard.
• Ignore coverage includes X click player, /ignore GUI, /unignore, /ignore, and J > Ignored.
• /r job radio supported jobs: Pilot, Bus Driver, Delivery Man, Fisherman, Lumberjack, Mechanic, News Reporter, Waste Manager, Trucker, Fire Fighter, and Farmer.
• CITbook friends can SMS you when your SMS setting allows friends.
• Pressing X and clicking a player gives a shortcut to add them as a CITbook friend.
• /offsms <account> <text> sends an offline SMS, and /smsmute <player> <reason> shows the SMS mute reason to that player.

See also

• SMS
• Notifications
• Ignore List