Main Chat

Main Chat is the public English chat channel in CIT. It is used for general public communication with players in the main shared chat area for your region.

Overview

Main Chat is the standard public chat used for normal server-wide communication in the supported main-chat region.

To talk in Main Chat, use:

/main [message]

Main Chat is:

public
English only
divided by region

How to use Main Chat

To send a message in Main Chat:

press T
type /main [message]
send the message

Example format:

/main hello

Main Chat regions

Main Chat is split into these region groups:

LS
SF
OS
BC
LV

LS, SF, OS, and BC share the same Main Chat.

LV has its own separate Main Chat.

Language rule

Main Chat is:

English only

If you want to talk in another language:

use Country Chat

Posting non-English messages in Main Chat is punishable.

A listed mute reason includes:

posting at least 2 non-English messages in main or team chat

Main Chat rules

The listed main chat rules are:

no spam
no server advertising
no racism or hate speech
no insulting players or their families
no religious or political arguing
no caps flooding
English only in main chat

Examples of punishable misuse

The listed punishable misuse in or related to Main Chat includes:

posting non-English messages
repeating words, dots, emojis, or random letters
flooding with caps
naming other MTA servers
telling players to join another server
posting server IPs
racist or homophobic insults
insulting players or their families
political or religious arguing
drama bait
harmful lying such as telling a player to use /quit

Breaking chat rules and then saying you were joking with friends does not make it allowed.

Saying fail after a punishable message does not make it allowed.

Reposting a quote or log that breaks the chat rules also counts as breaking that same rule.

Where to view Main Chat

Main Chat is one of the channels in the J chat interface.

To open the chat interface:

press J

From there, you can select:

Main

The selected channel includes options such as:

Show in Chatbox
Beep on Message
Line Select

Main Chat visibility setting

Main Chat visibility in the chatbox can be changed in:

/settings

In Chat Box Text, the listed setting is:

Enable Main Chat

This setting controls whether Main Chat is shown in the chatbox.

Related notes

If you press T and type normally without /main:

your message goes to Country Chat
it does not go to Main Chat

Notes

Main Chat is the public English chat channel.
LS, SF, OS, and BC share one Main Chat.
LV has its own separate Main Chat.
Main Chat can be viewed through the J chat interface and controlled with the Enable Main Chat setting.