As of now the in-game messenger should support all directx8 games. It is at least known to
work without flaws in LiveForSpeed, UnrealTournament 2004, America Army.Full Sized Screenshot
Getting GOIM InGame Messenger
You can either download the GOIM InGame Messenger through the DevelopmentUpdateSite
or since GOIM 1.0.3 through the offical update site.To download through the offical update site follow these simple steps:
Open the Context menu or click on your status icon at the bottom of the contact list.
Select Help -> Find / Install Updates
Select "Search for new features to install" and click Next
Make sure "Sphene's Update Site" is selected and click Finish
Now select the latest version of GOIM and GOIM InGame Messenger and click Finish
It should automatically download all necessary files and asks you to restart GOIM.
After the restart the GOIM InGame Messenger is ready to be used.
Using GOIM InGame Messenger
After starting the game the GOIM InGame Messenger should be invisible. You can press
alt+o to open it and view messages.If you want to write a reply to the last message press alt+p which will make
GOIM In-Game Messenger to catch all Keyboard events so that you can't harm your current
game while typing.Currently it is not possible to do anything but answering messages. (ie. not initialiating
a chat.) but there are some commands you can already use without anyone chatting with you:
/version - Prints the Version of GOIM and GOIM InGame Messenger you are currently using
/time - Prints the current time
More will follow soon.If you receive two messages from different people you will always reply to the latest.
If you want to reply to another person you can hit 'tab' to select your chat partner.(Hit tab once to see the current selection, further press tab to switch between people)If you receive a message while GOIM InGame Messenger is invisible it will show up for
20 seconds until it disappaers again. (It won't catch user input so you can continue
playing. Hit alt+p to answer to a message.)
If you don't like the position of the GOIM InGame Messenger window you can move it
by pressing and holding alt + pressing and holding right mouse button while moving the
mouse. (it most likely won't move to the same position as your mouse cursor of the
game.. but it will move relatively.)
Other Stuff
Since GOIM InGame Messenger is still a quite expierimental state you might expierence
some difficulties while using it, or some limitations.Please post your Feedback into the Forums so we can further improve GOIM.
(Every kind of feedback is valueable no matter if it worked, didn't work or had
usability problems, you wasn't confortable with the UI, whatever.)
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