Chat Commands

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MapTool's chat system supports a number of "slash commands" (that is, commands preceded by a "/" character) that execute particular actions when typed directly into chat.

General Usage

To use a chat command, you type directly into the chat window, using the following format:

/command argument

where command is one of the commands in the table below, and argument is an appropriate argument (a dice roll, or a string of text, etc.) upon which the command acts.

NOTE: Remember, the commands shown below are always preceded by a forward slash (/) character.

NOTE: Slash commands will only work correctly in a MapTool macro if they are the first text in the macro. This is a result of macros simply being text that is "stored up" until it's pushed into the chat window where it's executed. However, many chat commands have related macro functions that can achieve the same effect within only a part of a chat message. Those functions are pointed out below where applicable.

Built-in Commands

Command	Built-in Alias (if any)	Description
about	a	Opens About window
addtokenstate	tsa	Add a new token state that can be set on tokens
alias	alias	Create a command alias
clear	clr	Clear the chat window
clearaliases		Clear all aliases
color	cc	Change your chat text color. Color must be in hexadecimal format, e.g. /cc #ff0099
emit	e	Broadcast text to all connected players without revealing who sent it (GM-only command)
emote	me	Broadcast an emote to all connected players
emotes	mes	Broadcast an emote to all connected players, adding the possessive ('s) to the end of the token name.
gm	togm	Send text to GM exclusively (see [g:])
goto	g	Go to location or go to token, e.g. /goto X,Y or /goto tokenname (see goto())
help	h	Display a list of available commands
impersonate	im	Speak as if you were someone or something else (typically, speak as if you were a token)
loadaliases		Load a file that contains aliases, one per line, with a : between the name and the value (just as if you were typing it in)
loadtokenstates	tsl	Load all of the token states from a file
ooc		Out-of-character chat (chat is enclosed in double parentheses)
reply	rep	Reply to the last player to whisper to you
roll	r	Roll dice (using a Dice Expression) and broadcast result to all players (see roll())
rollgm	rgm	Roll dice and broadcast result only to yourself and the GM
rollme	rme	Roll dice and show the result only to yourself
rollsecret	rsec	Roll dice and show the result only to the GM (hiding the result from even yourself)
savealiases		Save all current aliases to a file
savetokenstates	tss	Save the current set of token states to a file
say	s	Broadcast a message to all connected players
self		Send a message only to yourself (see [s:])
settokenproperty	stp	Set the value of a Token Property (see setProperty())
settokenstate	sts	Set the value of a Token State (see setState())
table	tbl	Run a table lookup, e.g. /tbl tablename value-to-lookup (see table())
texturenoise	tn	Turn Perlin noise on/off and get/set values.
tmacro	tm	Run the given macro on the selected token (see [macro():])
tsay	ts	Say the given speech on the selected token (see getSpeech())
version	v	Outputs MapTool version to chat.
whisper	w	Send a message to a specific player (see [w():])

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