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Canucck Alpha Tester Joined: Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:54 pm Posts: 3933	[FS] Global Agenda IRC, Live Dev/AvA Feed and more This is a simple guide to show you how to connect to the AgendaStats IRC network and join the chat. 1) Download mIRC - The program is completely free, just follow the installer and you'll be fine. 2) Connecting to a server - In the status window that open with the program, type this line into the text box: /s irc.agendastats.com That's it, these two steps will get you immediately into the chat. I will post more information below about what to do once you're connected, but this is essentially all you need to know for now, and the rest will come over time and while talking to people on the server. Alternatively you can use the jpirc app here, although your options will be fairly limited. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Current Features/Channels: #lobby --> Immediate notification of dev posts Quote: [01:47:51] [Solbot] New post by HiRezStew in "Help Us Test: New Global Agenda Installer" on Sat Jul 24, 2010 2:47 pm [01:47:51] [Solbot] Link: viewtopic.php?f=220&t=22643&p=313054#p313054 --> Pull player stats from AgendaStats.com Quote: [18:36:06] [@Canucck] !stats Canucck [18:36:08] [Solbot] Player: Canucck [JL\|Protocol] « Credits: 15,716,974 » [18:36:09] [Solbot] -- 50 RECON (ASM: 104.62) « Rank: N/A » « Games: 23 (48%) » « K+A/D: 278+86 / 38 » [18:36:09] [Solbot] -- 50 ASSAULT (ASM: 102.33) « Rank: N/A » « Games: 13 (62%) » « K+A/D: 176+96 / 42 » [18:36:09] [Solbot] -- 50 MEDIC (ASM: 100.99) « Rank: N/A » « Games: 5 (40%) » « K+A/D: 27+54 / 12 » [18:36:09] [Solbot] -- 50 ROBOTICS (ASM: 93.83) « Rank: N/A » « Games: 6 (0%) » « K+A/D: 26+17 / 28 » --> Raid mission countdown Quote: [06:21:25] [ToroBot] RAID! [06:21:25] [ToroBot] RAIDS OPEN FOR 15 minutes, 0 seconds [06:21:25] [ToroBot] Next raid: 1 hours, 0 seconds [18:32:29] [torokokill] !raid [18:32:30] [ToroBot] Last Raid: 19 minutes, 33 seconds [18:32:30] [ToroBot] Next Raid: 43 minutes, 26 seconds #AvAFeed --> Live feed for AvA matches (report winner & loser w/ link to stats) Quote: [22:48:13] [@ToroBot] [AvAFeed] [A]CPunks vs [D]Protocol [22:48:13] [@ToroBot] [AvAFeed] Winner: Protocol [22:48:13] [@ToroBot] [AvAFeed] URL: http://account.globalagendagame.com/GAr ... ?m=4197774 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Nickname management /msg nickserv register <password> <email> This will register the nickname you are currently using. You must identify with this nickname at least once every 90 days or it will be dropped from the system, then anybody will be able to register it. If you like to use more than one name but would like to have just one password to remember, you can "group" different nicknames together. /msg nickserv group <nickname> <password> You must first have a nickname registered of course, then this command will make it so the nickname you are currently using will use the same password and have all the same access as the nickname you already have registered(the one you enter as a parameter). To view the nickname you have in your group you can type: /msg nickserv glist Many people lose connection or have their PCs crash on them every so often. When this happens a "ghost" can be left on the network with your nickname. This is where it can be useful to have alternate nickname with the same access as your primary name, but there is a simple and easy way to get rid of the ghost. /msg nickserv ghost <nickname> <password> This will disconnect the nickname you specified from the network, so long as the password entered is correct. *TIP: I would suggest making an alias(/command) to identify with your nickname. It's not impossible to make a mistake while identifying and have you password displayed to everyone in a channel. You can avoid this by making a simple alias by doing this: /alias /id /msg nickserv identify <password> This will make it so you can type only "/id" and you will identify yourself with nickserv. The same thing can be done for grouping and ghosting nickname. Many interesting or common things can be simplified by making use of mIRC's programming language. Channel Management /msg chanserv register <channel> <password> <description> This will register a channel in your name with the password you specify. You must be in the channel and opped(+o) in order to register it. The description CAN have spaces in it, contrary to what many people believe. There are five different channel specific access levels available. These are OWNER(+q,~ or @), SOP(+ao,& or @), AOP(+o,@), HOP(+h,%), and VOP(+v,+). These can be set through chanserv. You cna only set an access level if you exceed it(i.e. an AOP can set someone as a HOP). /msg chanserv XOP #channel PARAM <nickname> XOP can include any of the following access levels: SOP, AOP, HOP, VOP. PARAM can include and of the following parameters: add, del, list, clear. "list" and "clear do not require a nickname to be specified. "clear" will remove every nickname from an access list. You cna also give temporary access by using the /mode command. For exmaple: /mode #channel +v <nickname> This would "voice" a user. You can also give multiple users different access at the same time. /mode #channel +vho <nick1> <nick2> <nick3> nick1 would recieve a voice(+v), nick2 a halfop(+h), and nick3 an op(+o). Once again, in order to give the access level you must exceed that level. If you nickname is dropped, any channel you have registered will also be dropped. You can avoid this by setting a successor. A successor will become the channel owner if your nickname happened to be dropped. This way the channel and all its access level remain intact. You cannot group channel as you can with nicknames. Each channel must be registered individually. Aliases can also be made for chanserv commands in order to simplify changing and organizing access levels, identifying, or other things. Server Management Adding a server: Go to the File menu and click on "Select Server.." (alternatively press Alt+E). In the window that pops up click on the "Add" button. Another window with several text boxes will open. Enter the following information in each box: Description: irc.agendastats.com IRC Server: irc.agendastats.com Port(s): 6667 Group: AS Press "Add." Now you no longer have to type in "/s irc.agendastats.com" each time you open mIRC, you can just select the server and press connect. You can also have mIRC execute certain commands each time you connect to a network. To do this, press Alt+O. On the left side of the popup window, under the "Connect" drop menu, select "Options." Click on the Perform button. Here you should have an empty drop menu and a checkbox. First, check the checkbox. Then click on Add, and find the "AS" group that you added as directed previously. Once added, highlight AS in the drop menu, then in the text box add: /nick <your nickname> /msg nickserv identify <password> /join #channel1, #channel2, etc Fill in my placeholders with the appropriate information. There are many more commands you can add here to make life easier, but for now this will ensure that each time you connect you'll have the name you want, be in the channels you want to be in, and be identified with the server, all without having to type anything. ----------------------------------------------------------- If anyone has any additional guides they'd like to share please post them in a similar/sensible format and I'll add them to this post. An IRC hub can bring a lot to community, eventually we'd like this to become popular enough to host things such as dev chats and other events. There are many player made goodies you can look forward to as well, such as updating/checking your stats, pulling player/agency information, live AvA feed channel (i.e. [Citadel] Agency1 defended Agency2 on hex 123), and other interesting ideas. If this could get stickied it'd really be appreciated. Last edited by Canucck on Thu Jul 29, 2010 3:10 pm, edited 8 times in total.
Sat May 22, 2010 12:55 pm

Recon Beta Tester Joined: Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:15 am Posts: 631 Location: Tar Valon	Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC Might wanna make that "irc.agendastats.com". And cheers to rekk and you for adopting my idea <3 _________________ Last edited by Recon on Sat May 22, 2010 5:42 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Sat May 22, 2010 1:10 pm

Xtol Beta Tester Joined: Tue Jul 07, 2009 12:27 pm Posts: 950	Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC Nice idea.
Sat May 22, 2010 1:40 pm

torokokill Beta Tester Joined: Sun Jan 25, 2009 2:01 pm Posts: 1515 Location: Vancouver, BC Steam Gamer Name: torokokill	Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC Aww yeah IRCs are always fun. I've got a ton of crazy ideas for awesome IRC<->API stuff. Although I am moving this week, I'll start hammering out code and hopefully have something nice and awesome by the end of this week. Here are some of the ideas I have floating around in my head (API calls being the limiting factor). Requests/suggestions welcome: IdleRPG with a GA theme AvA results feed AgendaStats&API stats lookups Forum DevTracker feed Agency info lookup & Hex ownership info Possible 4v4 and 10v10 arena results feed Anything and everything that 1.3 brings _________________ Shooting thingserer irc.agendastats.com War for the Overworld - An Unreal Engine spiritual successor to Dungeon Keeper Last edited by torokokill on Sat May 22, 2010 3:59 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Sat May 22, 2010 2:46 pm

chasmatic Beta Tester Joined: Sat Jan 23, 2010 11:11 pm Posts: 827 Steam Gamer Name: chasm	Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC torokokill wrote: Aww yeah IRCs are always fun. I've got a ton of crazy ideas for awesome IRC<->API stuff. Although I am moving this week, I'll start hammering out code and hopefully have something nice and awesome by the end of this week. Here are some of the ideas I have floating around in my head (API calls being the limiting factor). Requests/suggestions welcome: IdleRPG with a GA theme AvA results feed AgendaStats&API stats lookups Agency info lookup & Hex ownership info Possible 4v4 and 10v10 arena results feed Anything and everything that 1.3 brings gogogooggogoog _________________ Requiem Vol. 1
Sat May 22, 2010 2:47 pm

rekk Joined: Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:35 pm Posts: 1278	Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC Thanks for putting this guide together Canucck! I didn't feel like writing one and you know a lot more about this stuff than I do (I had no idea about the nickname grouping and making aliases). I posted a link to this thread on my IRC page for AgendaStats. Actually, since you can't see this without logging in I should probably just copy/paste your guide into it's own section of the page.
Sat May 22, 2010 4:16 pm

Cryme Beta Tester Joined: Fri Jan 22, 2010 3:00 am Posts: 3039	Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC AvA live news ticker = sexy like nicki minaj _________________ kznlol wrote: everything that isn't optimal is bad
Sat May 22, 2010 4:19 pm

Kordy Joined: Mon Jul 13, 2009 3:47 pm Posts: 77	Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC If it's possible, a query server to see hex open times in 1.3? Anyway, been idling there for a day. Gotta love opera's built in irc. _________________
Sat May 22, 2010 6:01 pm

Kapeket Beta Tester Joined: Wed Sep 30, 2009 11:12 pm Posts: 71 Location: Los Gatos, CA Steam Gamer Name: Kapeket	Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC IRC is dead. Thanks all. _________________
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BjQrn Beta Tester Joined: Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:26 pm Posts: 239	Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC If you could post some of the populated channels that would be spiffy; so you won't have to do a complete channel listing when you connect just to see if there are any channels at all. _________________ aka POKEMANS
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Canucck

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Joined: Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:54 pm
Posts: 3933

[FS] Global Agenda IRC, Live Dev/AvA Feed and more

This is a simple guide to show you how to connect to the AgendaStats IRC network and join the chat.

1) Download mIRC - The program is completely free, just follow the installer and you'll be fine.

2) Connecting to a server - In the status window that open with the program, type this line into the text box:
/s irc.agendastats.com

That's it, these two steps will get you immediately into the chat. I will post more information below about what to do once you're connected, but this is essentially all you need to know for now, and the rest will come over time and while talking to people on the server.

Alternatively you can use the jpirc app here, although your options will be fairly limited.

-------------------------------------------------------------------

Current Features/Channels:

#lobby
--> Immediate notification of dev posts

Quote:

[01:47:51] [Solbot] New post by HiRezStew in "Help Us Test: New Global Agenda Installer" on Sat Jul 24, 2010 2:47 pm
[01:47:51] [Solbot] Link: viewtopic.php?f=220&t=22643&p=313054#p313054

--> Pull player stats from AgendaStats.com

Quote:

[18:36:06] [@Canucck] !stats Canucck
[18:36:08] [Solbot] Player: Canucck [JL|Protocol] « Credits: 15,716,974 »
[18:36:09] [Solbot] -- 50 RECON (ASM: 104.62) « Rank: N/A » « Games: 23 (48%) » « K+A/D: 278+86 / 38 »
[18:36:09] [Solbot] -- 50 ASSAULT (ASM: 102.33) « Rank: N/A » « Games: 13 (62%) » « K+A/D: 176+96 / 42 »
[18:36:09] [Solbot] -- 50 MEDIC (ASM: 100.99) « Rank: N/A » « Games: 5 (40%) » « K+A/D: 27+54 / 12 »
[18:36:09] [Solbot] -- 50 ROBOTICS (ASM: 93.83) « Rank: N/A » « Games: 6 (0%) » « K+A/D: 26+17 / 28 »

--> Raid mission countdown

Quote:

[06:21:25] [ToroBot] RAID!
[06:21:25] [ToroBot] RAIDS OPEN FOR 15 minutes, 0 seconds
[06:21:25] [ToroBot] Next raid: 1 hours, 0 seconds

[18:32:29] [torokokill] !raid
[18:32:30] [ToroBot] Last Raid: 19 minutes, 33 seconds
[18:32:30] [ToroBot] Next Raid: 43 minutes, 26 seconds

#AvAFeed
--> Live feed for AvA matches (report winner & loser w/ link to stats)

Quote:

[22:48:13] [@ToroBot] [AvAFeed] [A]CPunks vs [D]Protocol
[22:48:13] [@ToroBot] [AvAFeed] Winner: Protocol
[22:48:13] [@ToroBot] [AvAFeed] URL: http://account.globalagendagame.com/GAr ... ?m=4197774

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Nickname management
/msg nickserv register <password> <email>

This will register the nickname you are currently using. You must identify with this nickname at least once every 90 days or it will be dropped from the system, then anybody will be able to register it.

If you like to use more than one name but would like to have just one password to remember, you can "group" different nicknames together.

/msg nickserv group <nickname> <password>

You must first have a nickname registered of course, then this command will make it so the nickname you are currently using will use the same password and have all the same access as the nickname you already have registered(the one you enter as a parameter).

To view the nickname you have in your group you can type:
/msg nickserv glist

Many people lose connection or have their PCs crash on them every so often. When this happens a "ghost" can be left on the network with your nickname. This is where it can be useful to have alternate nickname with the same access as your primary name, but there is a simple and easy way to get rid of the ghost.

/msg nickserv ghost <nickname> <password>

This will disconnect the nickname you specified from the network, so long as the password entered is correct.

*TIP: I would suggest making an alias(/command) to identify with your nickname. It's not impossible to make a mistake while identifying and have you password displayed to everyone in a channel. You can avoid this by making a simple alias by doing this:

/alias /id /msg nickserv identify <password>

This will make it so you can type only "/id" and you will identify yourself with nickserv. The same thing can be done for grouping and ghosting nickname. Many interesting or common things can be simplified by making use of mIRC's programming language.

Channel Management
/msg chanserv register <channel> <password> <description>

This will register a channel in your name with the password you specify. You must be in the channel and opped(+o) in order to register it. The description CAN have spaces in it, contrary to what many people believe.

There are five different channel specific access levels available. These are OWNER(+q,~ or @), SOP(+ao,& or @), AOP(+o,@), HOP(+h,%), and VOP(+v,+). These can be set through chanserv. You cna only set an access level if you exceed it(i.e. an AOP can set someone as a HOP).

/msg chanserv XOP #channel PARAM <nickname>

XOP can include any of the following access levels: SOP, AOP, HOP, VOP.
PARAM can include and of the following parameters: add, del, list, clear. "list" and "clear do not require a nickname to be specified. "clear" will remove every nickname from an access list.

You cna also give temporary access by using the /mode command. For exmaple:

/mode #channel +v <nickname>

This would "voice" a user. You can also give multiple users different access at the same time.

/mode #channel +vho <nick1> <nick2> <nick3>

nick1 would recieve a voice(+v), nick2 a halfop(+h), and nick3 an op(+o). Once again, in order to give the access level you must exceed that level.

If you nickname is dropped, any channel you have registered will also be dropped. You can avoid this by setting a successor. A successor will become the channel owner if your nickname happened to be dropped. This way the channel and all its access level remain intact.

You cannot group channel as you can with nicknames. Each channel must be registered individually.

Aliases can also be made for chanserv commands in order to simplify changing and organizing access levels, identifying, or other things.

Server Management

Adding a server: Go to the File menu and click on "Select Server.." (alternatively press Alt+E). In the window that pops up click on the "Add" button. Another window with several text boxes will open. Enter the following information in each box:

Description: irc.agendastats.com
IRC Server: irc.agendastats.com
Port(s): 6667
Group: AS

Press "Add." Now you no longer have to type in "/s irc.agendastats.com" each time you open mIRC, you can just select the server and press connect.

You can also have mIRC execute certain commands each time you connect to a network. To do this, press Alt+O. On the left side of the popup window, under the "Connect" drop menu, select "Options." Click on the Perform button. Here you should have an empty drop menu and a checkbox. First, check the checkbox. Then click on Add, and find the "AS" group that you added as directed previously. Once added, highlight AS in the drop menu, then in the text box add:

/nick <your nickname>
/msg nickserv identify <password>
/join #channel1, #channel2, etc

Fill in my placeholders with the appropriate information. There are many more commands you can add here to make life easier, but for now this will ensure that each time you connect you'll have the name you want, be in the channels you want to be in, and be identified with the server, all without having to type anything.

-----------------------------------------------------------

If anyone has any additional guides they'd like to share please post them in a similar/sensible format and I'll add them to this post. An IRC hub can bring a lot to community, eventually we'd like this to become popular enough to host things such as dev chats and other events. There are many player made goodies you can look forward to as well, such as updating/checking your stats, pulling player/agency information, live AvA feed channel (i.e. [Citadel] Agency1 defended Agency2 on hex 123), and other interesting ideas.

If this could get stickied it'd really be appreciated.

Last edited by Canucck on Thu Jul 29, 2010 3:10 pm, edited 8 times in total.

Sat May 22, 2010 12:55 pm

Recon

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Posts: 631
Location: Tar Valon

Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC

Might wanna make that "irc.agendastats.com".

And cheers to rekk and you for adopting my idea <3

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Last edited by Recon on Sat May 22, 2010 5:42 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Sat May 22, 2010 1:10 pm

Xtol

Beta Tester

Joined: Tue Jul 07, 2009 12:27 pm
Posts: 950

Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC

Nice idea.

Sat May 22, 2010 1:40 pm

torokokill

Beta Tester

Joined: Sun Jan 25, 2009 2:01 pm
Posts: 1515
Location: Vancouver, BC
Steam Gamer Name: torokokill

Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC

Aww yeah IRCs are always fun.

I've got a ton of crazy ideas for awesome IRC<->API stuff. Although I am moving this week, I'll start hammering out code and hopefully have something nice and awesome by the end of this week.

Here are some of the ideas I have floating around in my head (API calls being the limiting factor). Requests/suggestions welcome:

IdleRPG with a GA theme
AvA results feed
AgendaStats&API stats lookups
Forum DevTracker feed
Agency info lookup & Hex ownership info
Possible 4v4 and 10v10 arena results feed
Anything and everything that 1.3 brings

_________________
Shooting thingserer
irc.agendastats.com
War for the Overworld - An Unreal Engine spiritual successor to Dungeon Keeper

Last edited by torokokill on Sat May 22, 2010 3:59 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Sat May 22, 2010 2:46 pm

chasmatic

Beta Tester

Joined: Sat Jan 23, 2010 11:11 pm
Posts: 827
Steam Gamer Name: chasm

Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC

torokokill wrote:

IdleRPG with a GA theme
AvA results feed
AgendaStats&API stats lookups
Agency info lookup & Hex ownership info
Possible 4v4 and 10v10 arena results feed
Anything and everything that 1.3 brings

gogogooggogoog

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Requiem Vol. 1

Sat May 22, 2010 2:47 pm

rekk

Joined: Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:35 pm
Posts: 1278

Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC

Thanks for putting this guide together Canucck! I didn't feel like writing one and you know a lot more about this stuff than I do (I had no idea about the nickname grouping and making aliases). I posted a link to this thread on my IRC page for AgendaStats. Actually, since you can't see this without logging in I should probably just copy/paste your guide into it's own section of the page.

Sat May 22, 2010 4:16 pm

Cryme

Beta Tester

Joined: Fri Jan 22, 2010 3:00 am
Posts: 3039

Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC

AvA live news ticker = sexy like nicki minaj

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Sat May 22, 2010 4:19 pm

Kordy

Joined: Mon Jul 13, 2009 3:47 pm
Posts: 77

Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC

If it's possible, a query server to see hex open times in 1.3?

Anyway, been idling there for a day. Gotta love opera's built in irc.

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Sat May 22, 2010 6:01 pm

Kapeket

Beta Tester

Joined: Wed Sep 30, 2009 11:12 pm
Posts: 71
Location: Los Gatos, CA
Steam Gamer Name: Kapeket

Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC

IRC is dead. Thanks all.

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Sat May 22, 2010 6:02 pm

BjQrn

Beta Tester

Joined: Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:26 pm
Posts: 239

Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC

If you could post some of the populated channels that would be spiffy; so you won't have to do a complete channel listing when you connect just to see if there are any channels at all.

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aka POKEMANS

Mon May 24, 2010 9:29 am