I have noticed frequently in general chat people advertising for guilds but now also for groups using chat links, which as per the screenshot below open up into an additional window containing more information:
How is this achieved? How would I go about making a link of my own like this?
Best Answer
In short, this is done by creating a Scripts folder in your TSW installation, placing HTML formatted text in there and then invoking it from the chat command-line. It's a bit complicated. A detailed guide can be found here.
A basic example:
C:\Program Files\The Secret World\
The morning light <font color=red>burns</font>
<a href="text://htmlhere">chatlinkhere</a>
/MyInfo
on the chat command lineHere's the whole file if you've put it together correctly:
And this is what it looks like in game:
Told you it was a bit complicated, didn't I?
You can use various HTML tags for formatting and also issue any chat command, including sending tells and opening URLs with the chatcmd:// URL scheme. More details in this guide.
This is not to be confused with linking items to chat, which is as simple as Ctrl-rightlicking the item.