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, 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.

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
• Friends
• Rooms

The main panel has:

• Messages
• Chat rooms

Players and Friends

The left side of CIT Messenger includes:

• Players
• Friends

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

Messages

The Messages section is used for direct conversations.

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

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

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

• SMS settings include group, squad, and alliance SMS controls, AFK bell notifications, reply access after SMS is disabled, and full SMS disable.
• 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.
• /dblock for blocking Discord PMs by Discord identity.
• /dre for replying to the last Discord SMS or PM.
• /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.
• 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 and /rpc were merged into one GUI, Rich Presence customization is in /rpc, and the Discord app is 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.
• /dverify syncs the player's Discord account with CIT and /dunverify unlinks it.
• 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 can copy a selected link or all links.
• /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.
• /urls opens the CITurls panel, which shows links passed onto your screen and can copy a selected link or all links, and /urls last copies the last URL to your clipboard.

See also

• SMS
• Notifications
• Ignore List