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Sound Setup

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*In order to setup sounds on your computer, you must have a working sound card and speakers.

  1. First, create a directory for your sounds, such as c:\mIRC\sounds (in my case, it's d:\sounds). You can do this in File Manager or in Windows95 Explorer. If you already have a directory named c:\mIRC\sounds, disregard this step unless you want them to be elsewhere.
  2. In mIRC, press Alt-O (or select File, Options from the top menu) to go into your Options menu. Click on the tab at top that says "Sounds" (NOTE: The screen will look slightly different in version 5.5 and will be called "Sounds, Requests"):

  3. Check off all five boxes (only three in versions older than 5.0). Then, click the long boxes and assign c:\mIRC\sounds (or the directory that you just created) for your sounds. Click on OK.
  4. From then on, you can type "/sound {channel/nick} nameof.wav" to play the sounds. This will work only if you have the sound file in your sound directory (see below). In most cases, you can download sound files by typing !{nickname} nameof.wav in query. If KickButt plays flute.wav and you would like to hear it, download it by typing "/msg KickButt !KickButt flute.wav".
  5. Type "/help sound requests" at any screen to jump right to the mIRC help screen regarding sound requests.

DCC Setup

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*All your sound files (*.wav, *.mid) must reside in your sound directory for them to play. Download all new sound files into this directory by setting this up in DCC Options. This can also be done with other types of files by specifying other files types and destinations (You should never be downloading into c:\mIRC).

  1. To do this, select DCC, Options from the menu at the top or click the icon that says "DCC". Click on the tab that says "Dirs" (NOTE: The screen will look slightly different in version 5.5 and will be called "Folders"):

  2. The long box should say "default". Click the little down arrow to the right of this and scroll down and look for "*.wav, *.mid". If it is there, select it and click on EDIT. If it is not there, click on ADD:

  3. Enter "*.wav, *.mid" in the top box if it is not there. Click on the center bar and choose your sound directory. Leave the bottom bar blank. Click on OK.
  4. Important: Click on the tab that says "send" and make sure that "On Send request, Show get dialog" is checked. Click on OK:

  5. Type "/help dcc" at any screen to jump right to the mIRC help screen regarding DCC setup.

Adding Remote Events

[Sound Setup] [DCC Setup] [Adding Pop-Ups] [Adding Aliases]

*Eventually, you will prolly want to have sounds that you are missing downloaded automatically (they are already automatically downloaded from other mIRC users IF you BOTH have checked off all five boxes in Options, Sounds). Otherwise we do this, in mIRC, with "Remote Events", which allow your computer to react to certain "events" than happen on IRC.

  1. To add a Remote Event, press Alt-R to go directly into the Remote section of the mIRC Script Editor (the tab that says "Remote" should be highlighted):

  2. Select File, New from the menu at the top and enter the following, exactly as shown, into the large box:

    #soundgroup on
    on 1:text:! $+ $me*:*:/dcc send $nick $wavdir $+ $nopath($parm2)
    on 1:NOSOUND:{if ($away == $false) {/msg $nick ! $+ $nick $filename}}
    #SOUNDGROUP end

  3. Make sure that you are "listening" for Remote Events by selecting Listen from the top menu and making sure that Events is checked:

  4. It is best to save these events to a new file. Select File, Save As from the menu at the top to save your file to a name such as "sounds.ini" (You should never have a file in Remote Events named "script.ini"). Then click on ok to exit.
  5. Type "/help remote" at any screen for additional help with remote events. Type "/help mIRC commands" or "/help irc commands" for help with commands that you can use in remotes. Type "/help remote identifiers" at any screen for additional help with identifiers.

Adding Pop-Ups

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*Pop-ups can make IRC a lot of fun! They are pre-recorded macros that play by highlighting someone's nickname at right and pressing the right mouse button. When you select a pop-up from the menu that "pops up", the person's nickname is inserted into the macro. Colors, sounds, actions and pictures are all available in pop-ups. They can also be used for query windows, channel windows, etc.

  1. To add a pop-up, press Alt-P to go directly into the Pop-up section of the mIRC Script Editor (the tab that says "Popups" should be highlighted):

  2. Select View, NickName List from the menu at the top (select Query/Chat to make a pop-up that plays only in query windows, and so on...):

  3. Select Popup from the menu at top to see your current popup menu. Click on one of the pop-ups to go directly to it in the editor. Otherwise, press Ctrl-End to go to the end of the file.

  4. Cut and paste an existing pop-up from Notepad or Wordpad (highlight and press Ctrl-C to copy, Ctrl-V to paste) or even from an mIRC channel screen (just highlight to copy - it'll blink right out and that's fine). NOTE: All pop-ups go each on their own line and may take ONLY one line.
  5. Always select File, Save & Exit from the top menu to save your pop-ups after editing.
  6. You can also write your own pop-ups. The format is:

    popupname:/command to execute

    NOTE: Wherever $$1 appears in the pop-up, the nickname highlighted at right (or the other person in a query window) will be inserted.

  7. To nest pop-ups, place a submenu name on one line. On succeeding lines, put a period in front of all entries that you want to appear under that submenu:

    -
    &Actions
    .Hug:/me hugs $$1
    .Kiss:/me gives $$1 a chaste kiss
    .Quilt:/me sews a quilt for $$1
    -

    NOTE: The popups named Hug, Kiss and Quilt will be on their own little submenu that pops up when you select Actions. This will nest pop-ups under this submenu until it encounters the next entry without a period.

  8. Placing an ampersand (&) before a letter in a pop-up name (or submenu heading) will "energize" that letter (you can press that letter to activate that pop-up). In the example above, pressing "A" with the pop-up menu showing, will bring up the Actions submenu.
  9. Placing a hyphen (-) on it's own line will cause a line to be inserted, visually separating one pop-up section from another. In the example above, the submenu would be set off by lines before and after.
  10. Multiple commands can be used in any pop-up. This is done by separating the commands with a | (shifted-backslash) character:

    Bonk:/me bonks $$1 over the head with a roll of batting | /sound $chan bonk.wav

    NOTE: Wherever $chan appears in the pop-up, the name of the channel that the pop-up is played in will be inserted.

  11. Type "/help popup menus" at any screen for additional help with pop-ups. Type "/help mIRC commands" or "/help irc commands" for help with commands that you can use in pop-ups. Type "/help identifiers" at any screen for additional help with identifiers.

Adding Aliases

[Sound Setup] [DCC Setup] [Adding Remote Events] [Adding Pop-Ups]

*Aliases are mIRC shortcuts! They are pre-recorded macros that play when you type their command-names. Colors, sounds, actions, commands and pictures are all available in aliases. They can be used anywhere.

  1. Aliases can be added remotely (in versions 5.0 and above) to the alias file with the mIRC command, /alias. The format is:

    /alias /commandname /command to execute

  2. To add an alias manually, press Alt-A to go directly into the Alias section of the mIRC Script Editor (the tab that says "Aliases" should be highlighted):

  3. Press Ctrl-End to go to the end of the file.
  4. Cut and paste an existing alias from Notepad or Wordpad (highlight and press Ctrl-C to copy, Ctrl-V to paste) or even from an mIRC channel screen (just highlight to copy - it'll blink right out and that's fine).
  5. Always select File, Save & Exit from the top menu to save your aliases after editing.
  6. You can also write your own aliases. The format is:

    /commandname /command to execute

    Example: /hug /me gives $$1 a big hug

    NOTE: Wherever $$1 appears in the alias, a parameter that you can pass to the alias will be inserted. In the example above, typing "/hug Kathy" will play "{YourNick} gives Kathy a big hug".

  7. Multiple commands can be used in any alias. This is done by either separating the commands with a | (shifted-backslash) character or placing each command on a separate line and surrounding them with {}'s. Either of the following will work fine:

    /bonk /me bonks $$1 over the head with a roll of batting | /sound $chan bonk.wav

    bonk {
    /me bonks $$1 over the head with a roll of batting
    /sound $chan bonk.wav
    }

    NOTE: Wherever $chan appears in the alias, the name of the channel that the alias is played in will be inserted.

  8. Type "/help aliases" at any screen for additional help with aliases. Type "/help mIRC commands" or "/help irc commands" for help with commands that you can use in aliases. Type "/help identifiers" at any screen for additional help with identifiers.

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