Further details on IRC functionality:
The official Ergo IRCd user-guide can be found here.
Connect with an IRC client via irc.freegamedev.net port: 6697 and enable SSL. Only encrypted connections are supported. Or just use our web-client.
You can link directly to IRC channels via this sytax: ircs://irc.freegamedev.net:6697/#general or even better link to our web-client by added the channel name to the URL like this: https://freegamedev.net/irc/#general as the web-client landing page includes a short user-guide.
To register an account, connect to the network, set the desired Nickname and type:
/msg NickServ register mySecretPassword validEmailAddress@example.com
Notes: Check your spam-folder & the email can be used to reset the password.
Once you have registered an account with NickServ, SASL login is required to enable the bouncer function of Ergo.
Play back channel history on legacy clients:
/history #channel 12h (either a message count or a time duration)
Or set it to auto-reply (on connection) the latest messages:
/msg NickServ set autoreplay-lines 25
While not required for channel history, it can sometimes be helpful to specifically turn on persistent connection mode which will keep you available in the channel even when offline: /msg NickServ set always-on true
Note: Channel history is only stored for 30 days on our IRC server.
Most clients support searching listing the available channels, otherwise just type /list on the network connection to get a response from the server.
If you want to operate your own channel just type /join #myChannel to create a temporary channel. Afterwards you can register a channel to make it permanent:
/msg ChanServ register #myChannel
Set channel mode:
/mode #myChannel +/-attribute
+p - Sets the channel as invisible in /list.
+m - Mute users who are not opped/hopped/voiced.
+R - Only registered nicks are allowed in.
+M - Only registered nicks are allowed to talk.
(Just some common examples)
Kick user from channel:
/kick #myChannel nickname [reason]
Set user mode in current channel:
/mode #myChannel +/-attributes nickname
+o - User is an operator (prefix @).
+h - User is a half-op (prefix %).
+v - User has is unmuted (prefix +).
(Just some common examples)
Comprehensive help messages for service:
/msg NickServ HELP
/msg ChanServ HELP
Note: You can always use /NS or /CS instead of NickServ and ChanServ respectively.
We currently operate two IRC bots. Once comprehensive bot based on Limnoria and a simple custom game match making bot. If you want either of these bots added to your channel please get in contact with a FGD admin.
