List of chat commands

(Up to Guides, FAQs, and ReadMes)

The list is incomplete

Used anywhere

/me <message>

Sends an 'action' message to all players. The message will appear white in the WormNET channel, green in other places.

Example: /me says hello. gives one of the following to everyone:

YourName says hello.(Everyone in lobby or LAN screen)

* YourName says hello. *(Everyone in WormNET channel)

YourName says hello.

(Everyone in game)

/msg <player name> <message>

Sends a private message to a specific player.

Example: /msg John some message results in:

*John* some message(You in frontend)

<YourName> some message(John in frontend)

*John* some message

(You in game)

Note that in WormNET channel the square brackets [] are used instead of angular brackets <> shown above.

Used in WormNET channel

/help

Displays the following:

A list of available commands.

/msg <nickname> messagetext   ( Allows you to send a message to a specific channel member )
/away messagetext   ( Send this message text to anyone sending you a message )
/away   ( Clears the away message )
/me actiontext   ( Sends you a message to show you have performed an action )
/ignore <nickname>   ( Ignores user, or clears ignores if nickname omitted )
/time   ( Display the time and date both locally and GMT )

/ignore <player name>

Ignores a player in WormNET. Ignored players will have their nickname appear red in the nickname list.

Example: /ignore John ignores the player named John.

/unignore <player name>

Un-ignores a player in WormNET.

Example: /unignore John

/time

Displays the current time.

The current local time is 00:30:02, and the date is 11/25/24
The current world (GMT) time is 00:30:02, and the date is 11/25/24

Used in lobby

/url (Alias: /u)

For the game host only. Displays and copies a wa://address-of-host URL into the clipboard, which can be used by other players to join the game directly.

/batty

For the game host only. Enables BattyRope. (Rope will stay connected during other players' turns.)

/150 (Aliases: /fast, /speed)

For the game host only. Enables 150% speed. (Everything in-game go 50% faster.)

/ts (Alias: /test)

For the game host only. Enables TestStuff.

Used in game

/anon <message>

Sends an anonymous message to all players. The message will appear yellow.

Example: /anon I'm nobody! Who are you? gives the following to everyone:

[I'm nobody! Who are you?]

/afk (Alias: /away)

Away from keyboard. The game will automatically skip your turns while this mode is activated. If enabled during worm placement, the worm will be automatically teleported to a random spot.

While you are Away, your turns will be automatically skipped.

Pressing any key will stop this mode, you should do so when you return.