Message Windows
There are roughly 5 types of messages in Netrek:
- All - this message is seen by everyone in game
- Team - this message is seen only by the team (race) that it was sent to
- Individual - this message is only seen by the person it was sent to
- Phaser - this message is sent from GOD (server) to a player that used a phaser. The message contains statistics information on damage
- Kill - this message is sent by GOD (server) to everyone. Every message contains data on who was killed by whom, what kind of weapon caused death, and how many kill credits were earned
There are 6 different windows that can be used to see these messages:
- Review - all message are seen there
- All - only messages to 'all' are seen there
- Team - only team messages are seen there
- Individual - only messages sent to you are seen there
- Phaser - phaser messages are seen there
- Kill - only kill messages are seen there
This is how Review window looks:
The default client setup may only show the Review window, so all messages your client receives are displayed there.
It is common to hear people argue about the best message window setups. Most veterans tend to play with only one Review window. This way they know the exact time flow of messages (with multiple windows it is impossible to find out what message arrived before or after any given one).
For advanced users, there is a way to modify which sort of messages are sent to which window.
See Windows Configuration for more details.