Let's face it this is a reason a lot of you have
dropped by. That's fine. This is why it is here to give you
some help. Sometimes people don't want to ask questions in channel
because they might feel "dumb". Sometimes they figured You know I've asked
them 4 times already and I still don't get it. That's ok. Here is
another place to come and have a look at those things you want to learn
and hopefully it will help get you up to speed. Consider it a little
mIRC tutorial :) If you are still having problems after reading
this. Don't be afraid to dcc me in the lounge and ask for help.
This is what I am there for. Also remember I had to learn all this
stuff too and it didn't come easy to me either. I am a self taught
computer user.
for example
Nurse-mac plays 007.wav
you will see a message in blue [007.wav not
found] it just means you don't have it yet!!
so you type !nurse-mac 007.wav
Guess what my computer will send it to you!! And your computer
is going to store it in the right place. This transfer of files might
take a few minutes but that is the way of the net.
Also next time i play the wave 007.wav u will see
[sound] better yet you will also hear it :)
You will also see people using wave
players and mp3 players. I don't cover these things here because
they are add-ons for the program. My thoughts are master the basics
before you load things like players. But they are great fun when
you are ready to move on.
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Other common problems
Sometimes when you pull them out of a notepad we also end up copying
the line number from the notepad i.e. 150=etc. Sometimes u need to remove
the 150= in order to get the popups to work!
Check those little dots. I don't know how many times I have
just showed up one complete line in the place where my popups used to be.
It's because I deleted a (.) somewhere along the line. Just replace
that little indent (.) and you life should be peachy again.
They
won't give me those popups I want and I asked nicely too.
Try one of 2 things:
Complicated
and messy:
Directly snatch it from channel with the good old copy and paste,
and spend eons putting it together or
Lazy
man's method keep channel logs and as soon as you
leave the channel go into the logs and open the logs with a notepad and
copy the popup. This usually allows you to get the popup intact with
the colors and works. Good luck with this either method can be a challenge
and requires patience.
I got so much stuff in popups I don't know what to do with it.
Maybe try converting some of them to aliases files. The beauty of mirc
is you can carry more then 1 alias file and remote file, but your popup
menu is limited to 3000 bytes. Tinker and back up everything, it can be
done.
Remember those that create unique popups aren't likely to share
those they made. Appreciate the fact that the person has spent sometimes
hours creating the graphics that look simple to you. They are not
simple, but certainly a challenge for anyone with the creativity to do
it!
for
popup menu simple instructions :
once u have received the file, either u are working with windows
95 of 3.11 us must go into the file manager or explorer
locate c;/ and mirc file folder.
double click on it and locate the txt file that was sent to u
once u have located it double click on it
highlight the text that is there
place cursor at the start of the text and click and drag over the
text
then go under edit and select copy
once that is down close all of the files and file manger
then
in mirc:
under the 8th icon is the popup menu
click on it
there is a view command on the tool bar
click view and select nick name list
under nick name list is a text
scroll down the where the text ends and place cursor
then go under edit and paste
then under file go to save and then
the ok button
To
work the popups:
right side of the screen place highlight
a name with click left mouse button
then right click to get the list of
popups then choose one
then left click it for it to show up
in channel
aliases:
once u have received the file, either
u are working with windows 95 of 3.11 us must go into the file manager
or explorer
locate c;/ and mirc file folder. double
click on it and locate the txt file that was sent to u once u have
located it double click on it
highlight the text that is there
place cursor at the start of the text
and click and drag over the text
then go under edit and select copy
once that is done close all of the files and file manger
now
into mirc:
tools heading at the top
the first one is aliases
click on it
go to the end of the text and place cursor
then under edit select paste
then under file and save
then the ok button
to work aliases
is a command
/b1, /b2, /z, /clock1, these are text files which operate differently
than the popups
channel:
once u have received the file, either u are working with windows
95 of 3.11 us must go into the file manager or explorer
locate c;/ and mirc file folder. double click on it and locate the
txt file that was sent to u once u have located it double click on it
highlight the text that is there
place cursor at the start of the text
and click and drag over the text
then go under edit and select copy
once that is down close all of the files and file manger
go under popup menu and under view is channel
go to the end of the text and place cursor
then under edit select paste under file and save
then the ok button
to work theses
is left click on the screen
then right click to choose one of the flower boxes
write message in the the box and hit the ok button
Query/chat:
under the 8th icon is the popup menu
click on it
there is a view command on the tool bar
click view and select query/chat
under query/chat is a text
scroll down the where the text ends and place cursor
then go under edit and paste
then under file go to save and then the ok button
to work the popups
just left click on the left side no name will appear
then right click with mouse button and then click on the popup
to make your own popups
take notepad and character map
and then choose one of the text from the character map, hit the
character that u want select then
copy onto note pad then under edit in note pad
select paste (this may take some practice)
but have fun with it
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How to copy
and paste from the main channel
this is for win95 only!!
Take you mouse and place it over the line u want to copy, click
on it and hold down that click and drag it the length of line u want. It
should all highlight , keep that click held down until u get to the end
of the line or graphic u want to copy, then let go. Now click right right
with your mouse and select copy. (all the highlight is going to disappear
- don't be alarmed) I usually directly go to my pop up menu or to a notepad
at this point. The click right on your mouse and u will see the paste option..
Line up your mouse onto the new spot and select paste by clicking
right…. presto..what u just collected will reappear.
At this point u have just the outline of the pop up or graphic,
no colours yet. Those u can add in yourself. Caution your ctrl b and k
do not work in notepad. U will have to copy a ctrl b and k over from your
popup menu into notepad if u plan on doing this in notepad. I usually collect
them
in a notepad and when I work on them put them into the bottom of
my pop up menu to colorize them. It is just easier.
Easy way
If u see something you like in the main channel copy and paste it
into a note pad and save it for a rainy day when u feel like making popups.
Use the symbols and numbers on your keyboard to create some basic special
effects.
More difficult
If u have something like microsoft word and publisher u can go into
your fonts and take out neat symbols you would like to use. Hunt out your
character map in your computer there is one in there somewhere. Learn how
to access your ASCII codes they are in your hard drive somewhere
Other sources of neat stuff to steal are the other channels on dalnet
and on other parts of the net. Check out those pop up and scripting channels
you will be surprised what there is around to borrow with copy and paste.
How to log a channel and save those neat things u see there?
To log your channels and private chats do this:
go to file, options, logging and turn on these options. I would
suggest u set up another file to put this stuff in and as it piles up fairly
fast. Now if u see neat popups that u have logged. Immediately on leaving
that channel go into that log and put them into a note pad, this way u
save all the color codes etc. It can be messy sometimes. Sometimes u have
to go and remove a couple of lines of chatter in order to get the complete
pop up !
Now that I got all this neat stuff how do I make it work?
Okay a basic pop up looks like this:
.fly:/me flies $$1 across the room at 100 miles an hour!!!
.fly: tell u the name of that particular pop up and tells your computer.
Hey I am supposed to do something with what comes after the
:
/me is a familiar action command and even in pop ups when u use
/me it is going to be colored purple unless u go in there and tell it to
do something else many times u will see pop ups written that have
lines in them that say /say or /ctt it is just what u are telling the program
to do.
/say u see this used frequently especially when u are using pop
that are multiple
/ctt is an alias file u might see in a command line that tells the
program u are using a fancy script for this pop up
| is a break line that tells the computer this is the end of the
line,
used when u want to add another command or another line at the end
of your pop up.
$$1 symbol tell your computer which nick u are going to click on
and have fly across the room
For example:
.fly:/me flies $$1 across the room at 100 miles an hour!!!!! | /sound
speed.wav
what I have done is tell the program to play the wave at the end
of the popup. This works well at the end especially if u have an alias
script file attached at the beginning.
i.e..
.fly:/ctt me flies across the room at 100 miles an hour!!!!! | /sound
speed.wav
or
.fly:/sound speed.wav ctrlbk 4,8 me flies across the room at 100
miles
an hour!!!!!
.fishbanner:/say 12likes to swim like a fish with 4 *1
Trickier!!
Those 5 line pop ups and bigger graphics u see in channel
.ie would look like this in channel:
this is what this would look like in your pop up menu:
.arrow:/say 13-----------> *1 | /me 12----------> *1 | /me 11--------->
*1 | /me 10--------> *1 | /me 9------->*1
Quick tips that I use:
Lots of patience, it can take up to 5 hours to put some of these
pop ups together.Practice makes perfect and you learn by trail and error
lots of times. Find a little room of your own to play with your new creations
away from the crowd, it does get real messy sometimes! Complicated pop
ups I put into the bottom of my pop up menu and I rebuild them line by
line. If u find u need to indent that pop up with dots u might want to
hide that code…use ctrlk 1,1 and code becomes invisible. I also keep
a note pad of building blocks handy with scripts on that I have stolen
out of the channel. I frequently use then to build pop ups. I also collect
any pop ups that are offered to me. You never know when they might come
in handy. I also keep all those little extras on disk. It is amazing how
fast the pile of pop ups can build up.
