Forums Feature Suggestions sounds for text events

Hello,

I would like to add some sounds that play on text events, events that occur in the channel conversation, not properly in the client.

The most important is, the user's nick is written, thereby creating the function of a doorbell, and enabling "back is turned" participation and presence in the channel, while not "afk" or otherwise needing to alert one's callers to his/her status.

One variation on this idea can be enter/part sounds, optionally or optionally not dependent upon *who* strictly it is that does the action, such as a buddy list or, as a heavier modification, the equivalent of individual ringtones. The other is 'any text is entered', which does occur in private messages and when the user has scrolled away from the current; and which also may or may not have buddy or per-user options. This permits the user to minimize or hide the channel or client window, while maintaining at his/her discretion, awareness of what's going on.

Thank you for your time.

Sounds on text events could be done using highlight if you don't want to script it. For part/quit, if you want it based on the user, it's easy to do from a script.

Like Riamus2 said, highlight works well here. You can find the settings by going to mIRC's Address Book and clicking on the Highlight tab.

Don't be confused by the name. In addition to highlighting, it can also play a sound, flash the window, or make a tip message appear.

If you want it to trigger when someone says your current nickname, set the matching text to $me .

Edit: It's also possible to make certain types of messages (query window, notices, etc.) play sounds all the time from the Sounds section of mIRC options.