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Tell and emoteto visname

The deployed I3 tell and emoteto packet shape contains eight array elements:

Index Field
0 packet type: tell or emoteto
1 TTL
2 originator MUD
3 originator user
4 target MUD
5 target user
6 originator display name (visname)
7 message/emote text

visname is the player-facing form of the sender name. It is distinct from the routing identity in originator_user, although implementations commonly use the originator user as the default display name. Target user names are normally normalized to lowercase for remote lookup.

Examples:

({
    "tell", 5,
    "SourceMUD", "alyx",
    "TargetMUD", "friend",
    "Alyx", "Hello"
})

({
    "emoteto", 5,
    "SourceMUD", "alyx",
    "TargetMUD", "friend",
    "Alyx", "$N waves."
})

The gateway's TellPacket and EmotetoPacket models emit and parse this eight-field layout. The local JSON-RPC layer uses message for tell but emote for emoteto; that local parameter distinction does not alter the router packet's final text field.

For the broader packet envelope, see Packet format.