In-Game Mail system

Contribution by grungies1138 2016

A simple Brandymail style mail system that uses the Msg class from Evennia Core. It has two Commands for either sending mails between Accounts (out of game) or between Characters (in-game). The two types of mails can be used together or on their own.

  • CmdMail - this should sit on the Account cmdset and makes the mail command available both IC and OOC. Mails will always go to Accounts (other players).

  • CmdMailCharacter - this should sit on the Character cmdset and makes the mail command ONLY available when puppeting a character. Mails will be sent to other Characters only and will not be available when OOC.

  • If adding both commands to their respective cmdsets, you’ll get two separate IC and OOC mailing systems, with different lists of mail for IC and OOC modes.

Installation:

Install one or both of the following (see above):

  • CmdMail (IC + OOC mail, sent between players)

    # mygame/commands/default_cmds.py

from evennia.contrib.game_systems import mail

# in AccountCmdSet.at_cmdset_creation:
    self.add(mail.CmdMail())

  • CmdMailCharacter (optional, IC only mail, sent between characters)

    # mygame/commands/default_cmds.py

from evennia.contrib.game_systems import mail

# in CharacterCmdSet.at_cmdset_creation:
    self.add(mail.CmdMailCharacter())

Once installed, use help mail in game for help with the mail command. Use ic/ooc to switch in and out of IC/OOC modes.

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