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Chat Prefixes (30+ Countries)
By Jacob
This guide illustrate the three chat prefixes to specify messages. It also visualize the keys on 43 different keyboard layouts.
   
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Category: Secrets
Languages: English
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11 Jun, 2021 @ 1:18pm
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Chat prefix 
Allied prefix explained 
32 keyboard layouts 
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Chat prefix
Write this prefix / prefixes before each sentences, to either message allies, enemy or everyone:

only enemy (hash)
Send message to enemies:
#
The ' # ' symbol is called an hash.
only allies (semilicion)
Send message to allies:
;
The ' ; ' symbol is called an semicolon.
everyone (asterisk)
Send message to everyone regardless of the team:
*
The ' * ' symbol is called an asterisk.
Allied prefix explained
You might wonder why one need an Allied prefix when the chat is alreay set to allied as default. According to this fact will i explain for that prefix is used.

I will upload an image of the "chat dialoge box" which popup at Alt+T at default hotkey. There are socalled "checkboxes" and "taunts". Ignore the taunts and just focus on the checkboxes. Lets say you have unchecked all player included your allies. Then you can use the allied prefix to chat even though you have unchecked them in the chat dialoge. That for what the prefix is used for.

This means the prefix is for usage regardless of the chat prefrences or checkbox modifications.
32 keyboard layouts
Countries with same "AoE Chat Prefix"-Key positions Nr.1







  • US-style (USA)
  • taiwanese
  • indish
  • Myanmar (Burmese)
  • south korea
  • thailand
  • vietnamese
  • arabic
  • Persian/farsi
  • israel (hebrew)
  • croatian

Countries with same "AoE Chat Prefix"-Key positions Nr.2







  • belgian
  • dutch (netherlands)
  • latin america
  • spanish

Countries with same "AoE Chat Prefix"-Key positions Nr.3







  • danish
  • finnish
  • france
  • iceland
  • swedish

Countries with same "AoE Chat Prefix"-Key positions Nr.4







  • german / austria
  • italian

Countries with individual "AoE Chat Prefix"-Key positions
  • czech
  • hungary
  • portugese (portugal)
  • Portuguese (Brazil)
  • russian
  • switzerland
  • united kingdom
  • japanese
  • turkish

They can be found below:

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Belgian keyboard layout

Croatian keyboard layout (also Bosnia, Slovenia, and Serbia)

Czech keyboard layout

Danish keyboard layout

Finnish keyboard layout

France keyboard layout

Germany / Austria keyboard layout

Hungary keyboard layout

Iceland keyboard layout

Italian Keyboard layout

Dutch (Netherlands) keyboard layout

Portuguese (Portugal) keyboard layout

Portuguese (Brazil) keyboard layout

Russian keyboard layout

Spanish keyboard layout

Swedish keyboard layout

Switzerland keyboard layout

United Kingdom / Ireland keyboard layout

Latin America keyboard layout

Taiwanese keyboard layout

Indish (Hindi) keyboard layout

Japanese keyboard layout

Myanmar (Burmese) keyboard layout

South Korea keyboard layout

Thailand keyboard layout

Vietnamese keyboard layout

Arabic keyboard layout

Israel (Hebrew) keyboard layout

Pakistan (Urdu) keyboard layout

Turkish keyboard layout

Afghanistan / Iran / Tajikistan (Persian / Farsi)

US-style keyboard layout







Note: If you missing the keyboard layout from your country,
or you find any disagreements, then feel free to comment it below.
3 Comments
MegaNoob 3 Oct, 2020 @ 10:28pm 
@Jacob @adria There is a user mod for that
adria 28 Sep, 2020 @ 9:22pm 
I heard in some stream that you can target a certain player to send a message, but I am not sure if it was fantasious thought or you can actually do it.

Sth like:

->4 hello (the message hello is sent to player 4). -> is an invented prefix.
Гена Цидармян 26 Sep, 2020 @ 12:39pm 
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