Changes: Friends List

Latest revision as of 13:28, 3 March 2019

The Friends List can be used to send private messages to other players, and to see which worlds they are currently on. If a player's private chat is set to 'off', then they will always appear as offline and it will not be possible to send them a private message. If their private chat is set to 'friends', then only people on their Friends List will be able to send them private messages.

To add a player to your friend list, click the 'Add Friend' button in the Friends List interface, type the player's name, and press enter or simply right-click their name in the chat box and select 'Add friend'. To delete a friend from the friend list, either right-click their name on the friend list and click 'Delete', or click the 'Del Friend' button, type their name and press enter. The Friends List in Old School RuneScape can hold up to 200 names for Free-to-play players, and 400 names for members.

If a player meets one of his/her friends in-game, the friend's character will be represented by a green dot on the minimap in the upper right corner of the screen, instead of a white dot like most other players.

The Friends list for Old School RuneScape is the same Friends list as on RuneScape 3. Therefore, if a player adds a player to their Friends List on RuneScape 3, this player will also be on their Friends List on Old School RuneScape, and vice versa.

Friends Lists aren't always used for contacting or keeping track of friends, some players might add another player's name to their Friends List to spy on them, although this would only be possible if the other player has private chat set to 'on'.

Colours of the Worlds

Green: The player is online, and in the same world as you are.
Yellow: The player is online, but in a different world.
Red: The player is offline, has their private chat set to 'friends' (if you are not on their Friends List), or 'off'.

Trivia

As the Friends List in Oldschool RuneScape can only handle the word 'world', any player on a lobby server on RuneScape 3 will be shown on worlds 1100 to 1200.

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+{{External|rs|rsc=Friends}}
-[[File:Friends.png|left]]
+[[File:Friends list tab.png|right|200px|The friend list tab.]]
+The '''Friends List''' can be used to send private messages to other players, and to see which worlds they are currently on. If a player's private chat is set to 'off', then they will always appear as offline and it will not be possible to send them a private message. If their private chat is set to 'friends', then only people on their Friends List will be able to send them private messages.
+To add a player to your friend list, click the 'Add Friend' button in the Friends List interface, type the player's name, and press enter or simply right-click their name in the chat box and select 'Add friend'. To delete a friend from the friend list, either right-click their name on the friend list and click 'Delete', or click the 'Del Friend' button, type their name and press enter. The Friends List in [[Old School RuneScape]] can hold up to 200 names for [[Free-to-play]] players, and 400 names for [[members]].
-[[File:Friends_List_Menu.png|frame|The friends list menu.
-The X would represent a possible world the player would be logged in on, eg. '''Runescape 53''' if the player were to be logged in  on world 53.]]
+If a player meets one of his/her friends in-game, the friend's character will be represented by a green dot on the [[minimap]] in the upper right corner of the screen, instead of a white dot like most other players.
-The '''Friends List''' can be used to send private messages to other players, including moderators, and to see which worlds they are currently on. [[Ignore List]] can also be reached from this tab.
+The Friends list for Old School RuneScape is the same Friends list as on [[w:runescape:RuneScape 3|RuneScape 3]]. Therefore, if a player adds a player to their Friends List on RuneScape 3, this player will also be on their Friends List on Old School RuneScape, and vice versa.
-If a player's [[Private chat options|private chat]] is set to ''off'', then they will always appear as offline and it will not be possible to send them a private message. If their private chat is set to ''friends'', then only people on player's Friends List will be able to send them private messages. If attempting to send a message while the recipient logs out, it will say this player has left the [[server]].
+Friends Lists aren't always used for contacting or keeping track of friends, some players might add another player's name to their Friends List to spy on them, although this would only be possible if the other player has private chat set to 'on'.
-To add a player to the Friends List, click the yellow ''Add friend ''button in the Friends List [[interface]], type the player's name, and press enter, or simply right-click their name in the chat box and select ''Add friend''.
+==Colours of the Worlds==
-To delete a player from the Friends List, either right-click their name on the Friends List and click ''Delete'', or click the red ''Remove friend'' button, type their name and press enter. '''The friends list can hold up to 200 names for both free and member players.''' This was updated with the [[Update:Elemental Workshop III|Elemental Workshop III update]]. Before 25 May 2010 [[free players]] could only have 100 friends.
+*Green: The player is online, and in the same world as you are.
+*Yellow: The player is online, but in a different world.
-If a player meets one of their friends in-game, the friend's character will be represented by a green dot on the [[minimap]] in the upper right corner of the screen, instead of a white dot like most other players.
+*Red: The player is offline,  has their private chat set to 'friends' (if you are not on their Friends List), or 'off'.
-Some players add "famous" players, such as top people on the high-scores to their friend lists. However, the player has a very little chance to see the top player, because the top player’s friend list is most likely full. Most "famous" players also have their own Private chat set to ''Friends'', so only people on their friends list will be able to send them private chat messages.
-The Friends List is not always used for contacting or keeping track of friends. Some players might add another player's name to their Friends List to spy on them, or to locate them on the minimap for a trade opportunity, although this would only be possible if the other player had [[private chat]] set to ''on''.
-Some players may spam via private chat, so it is useful if one turns their private chat to [[friends]] or off.
-[[File:Old Friends Ignore List Icons.png|thumb|left|Previous versions of the Friends and Ignore List Icons.]]
-After an update on 12 November 2009, the divider between the usernames and the status on the Friends List is movable. This is so players can view the full usernames of friends with long names. If the divider is too far to the left, it will show somewhat like this "CutOffName..."
-Along with the [[Player-owned Port]] update on [[11 December]] [[2012]], a third icon was added beside the 'Remove friend' and labelled "Recruit a friend".Upon clicking you will be directed to a new tab or page offering the [[Refer a Friend Programme]]. Also, two new right-click options when right-clicking on a friend were added; the first is 'Trail', this shows a path on the ground to your friends' location in the world if they're in the same world. The second option being 'Join' and when selected it instantly switches your world to the one your friend is on.
-==Status of friends==
-*''<font color="#a1bd40" style="background-color:#838383;">Green </font>'' - means the player is online, and in the same world as you.
-*''<font color="ffff64" style="background-color:#838383;">Yellow </font>'' - means the player is online, but is in a different world, or in a [[Funorb]] game that you are not playing.
-*''<font color="#dd5c3e" style="background-color:#838383;">Offline </font>'' - means the player is offline, or has their private chat set to ''friends'', if you are not on their friends list, or ''off''.
-==Inactive/Non Existent Friends==
-An update on 8 July 2009 made it impossible to add friends to your friend list that don't exist. All bad names added prior to this were marked with an asterisk.
-After an update on 3 March 2010, many inactive accounts had their names made available to the public. Such accounts, until such time their user chooses one, has no name to display on the Friends' List. Players with friends who were deemed inactive, will note usernames such as [#123456789] on their Friends' List.
 ==Trivia==
+*As the Friends List in ''Oldschool RuneScape'' can only handle the word 'world', any player on a lobby server on RuneScape 3 will be shown on worlds 1100 to 1200.
-[[File:ConnectingToFriendServer.png|frame|Waiting to connect. This can happen for a long time. X represents the players current world.]]
-*On the [[8 July]] [[2009]], along with the [[Update:Mobilising Armies|Mobilising Armies]] update, the friends list icon had an update to its appearance. There was also a glitch involving an ability for players to add themselves to both their friends and ignore lists by typing in their username with an added space (EX:"Username_"). It has since been fixed though players who added themselves to their friend's list during the time have not had their name removed.
-**If a player had his or her named added to their friends list, they would not be able to access FunOrb games as the server would crash. This could be corrected by logging into RuneScape and deleting their username from their friends list.
-*Some players have a glitch where even if someone they added to their friends list is online, it might say they are offline, the added player may still Private Message the glitched player.
-*After a update on the [[2 September]] [[2009]], a friend list glitch occurred, saying to some players that their friend wasn't online when they were and had private chat "on". The cause of this is unknown, however might have something do with self adding, also saying that a friend on the same world is on a different world.
-*Although the number of the lobby is removed while playing RuneScape, the number still appears while looking at one's Friends List while in the lobby.
-*After the [[3 March]] [[2010]] [[lobby]] update, a glitch occurred where it was possible to PM somebody even if they hadn't logged in yet.
-*On [[22 July]] [[2010]], the friend and ignore lists stopped working, displaying ''Loading Friends List. Please wait.''
-*On [[12 April]] [[2011]] Friends List and [[Ignore List]] were merged together under the same tab, while [[Friends Chat]] took the place where Ignore List was before.
-*On [[3 May]] [[2011]] an update changed the world your friends are on from 'Runescape [x]' (where x is the world the players is on) to '[[File:Rs_flag.png]] [x]'. It also removed the number from the lobby status.
-*As of recently, all non-existant usernames that were previously on your Friends List have turned into "#Friend" followed by a number. E.g: "#Friend1".
-==See also==
-*[[Ignore list]]
-*[[Friends Chat]]
-*[[Clan Chat]]
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