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Chat Commands

Chat Commands in CIT are used for public chat, private messages, team communication, organization chats, room chats, support, adverts, and other social systems.

Some chat systems use direct commands, while others are mainly accessed through the J chat interface or CIT Messenger.

Overview

CIT has several types of chat:

public chat
country chat
main chat
team chat
local chat
friend chat
private messages
support chat
group, squad, alliance, and unit chats
special chats such as car chat, donator chat, radio chat, and super adverts
room chats through CIT Messenger

Opening chat

Basic chat controls:

Press T to type in chat
Press Y for Team Chat
Press U for Local Chat
Use /tabchat or press J to open the full chat interface

Public and general chats

Country Chat

If you press T and type normally without using /main, your message goes to Country Chat.

This is different from:

/cc

because /cc is Car Chat, not Country Chat.

Main Chat

To talk in Main Chat:

/main [message]

Notes:

LS, SF, OS, and BC share the same /main chat
LV has its own /main chat
Main Chat is English only

Team Chat

To use Team Chat:

press Y

Local Chat

To use Local Chat:

press U
or use /localchat [message]

Only nearby players can see Local Chat.

CITBook friend chats

Friend Message

FMSG means Friend Message.

To send one message to all your CITBook friends:

/fmsg [message]

Local Friends Chat

To send a message only to nearby CITBook friends:

/locf [message]

Local Friend Team Chat

To send a message only to nearby players who are both:

in your CITBook
on the same team as you

use:

/loct [message]

This works for:

Criminal
Law
Civilian
Gangster
Roleplayers

Private messages

SMS

To send a private message to a player:

/sms [player name] [message]

If they are online, they see it immediately. If they are offline, they receive it when they log in.

Reply

To reply to the last private message:

/re [message]

Quick SMS through CITPhone

Players can also use the Quick SMS app in CITPhone for quick private messaging.

Support chats

Support Chat

To ask a support question:

/sup [question]

You can also use:

J > Support

Support in your own language

To ask for help in your own language:

/ssup

Organization chats

Group Chat

To chat with your group:

/gc [message]

Group Staff Chat

To chat in group staff chat:

/gsc [message]

Squad Chat

To chat in squad chat:

/sc [message]

Squad Staff Chat

To chat in squad staff chat:

/ssc [message]

Your squad rank must have permission to use it.

Alliance Chat

To talk to everyone in your alliance:

/ac [message]

Alliance Staff Chat

To talk in alliance staff chat:

/asc [message]

Squad Alliance Chat

Squadally Chat is used between your squad and allied squads.

To use squad alliance chat:

/sac [message]

To use squad alliance staff chat:

/sasc [message]

Unit Chat

To talk in unit chat:

/uc [message]

Only your current unit can see it.

Car, radio, and special chats

Car Chat

To talk in Car Chat:

/cc [message]

Only players:

inside your vehicle
or glued to that vehicle

can see it.

Radio Chat

To talk in radio chat:

/r [message]

This is used for your current radio or job channel.

Donator Chat

To use Donator Chat:

/d [message]

Only donators can see Donator Chat.

State Officials Chat

To use State Officials chat:

/so [message]

Guider Chat

To use Guider chat:

/gd [message]

Room chats

Room chats are managed through CIT Messenger.

To open CIT Messenger:

press F10
or use /messenger

To talk in a room chat:

/r<room command> [message]

Example:

If the room command is hello, use:

/rhello [message]

Room management is handled from the Rooms section of CIT Messenger.

Adverts and public announcements

Superadvert

To send a server-wide super advert:

/superadvert [message]

Notes:

it is sent to all online non-AFK players who can receive it
it requires at least 8 hours of playtime
it costs $500 per receiver
it allows up to 110 characters

Cooldowns:

normal: 3 hours
DL1: 2 hours
DL2: 1 hour
DL3: 3 minutes

Country Advert

To send an advert to players from your country:

/countryadvert [message]

Chat interface and chat tools

J chat interface

To open the main chat interface:

press J
or use /tabchat

The visible channels in the J chat interface include:

Support
Contact Admin
Trading
My Country
Main
Team
Local
Group
Squad
Unit
Alliance
squadally
SMS
FMSG
Kills
JoinQuit
Name Changes
Emergency
Donator
Super Advert
Duties
Ignored
Car Chat
Dev Chat
Arabic
Russian
Turkish
All

J interface options

Inside the J chat interface, players can use:

Show in Chatbox
Beep on Message
Line Select

Line Select

To enable line selection for copying text:

/lineselect

When enabled:

hold LCTRL and select the lines you want to copy
releasing LCTRL copies the selected lines to your clipboard
to copy an entire grid list, select any line, hold LCTRL, and right click the line

Ignore tools

Ignore a player

To ignore a player:

/ignore [player name or ID]

Unignore a player

To remove someone from ignore:

/unignore [player name or ID]

Ignore list

To see your ignore list:

/ignorelist

Ignored messages are hidden from the main chatbox and only appear in the Ignored tab.

Discord-linked chat

Reply to Discord messages

To reply to Discord messages in game:

/discordre [message]

Chat-related display settings

Some chat types can be shown, hidden, or filtered in settings.

Confirmed chatbox-related settings include:

Enable Main Chat
Enable My Country Chat
Disable Team Chat in Chatbox
Super Adverts
Show Law Chat
Show Duty Chats in Chat Box
Show Police Dispatch Calls
Show Police Dispatch Response Messages

To manage chat appearance or visibility:

open /settings
go to the relevant chat section

Useful chatbox bind shortcuts

The following chat shortcuts can be used with:

/bind [key] chatbox [shortcut]

Confirmed shortcuts include:

localchat
locf
main
fmsg
gc
sc
uc
cc
groupnote
ac
e
sup
td