string

 key

 Description

vice_on 

"vice ctrl"

""

Sent by a control script to toggle the observer script on or off.  vice_on=0 closes the listen socket and makes the observer inactive; any other integer enables the listener.  Note that a "seated" link message isn't necessary for the observer script, because it's not associated with any particular avatar in combat.

team_number

"join"

gunner_id

Sent by the observer script to inform that a player with key gunner_id has joined the game, and is on team team_number.

 team_number

"exit" 

gunner_id 

Sent by the observer script to inform that a player with key gunner_id has exited the game, and was on team team_number 

 team_number

"team" 

gunner_id 

Sent by the observer script to inform that a player with key gunner_id switched teams to join team team_number

 13

victim_id

gunner_id 

Sent by the observer script to inform that a player with key victim_id has been killed by a player with key attacker_id, and that this is a non-friendly-fire kill or suicide (suicide if victim_id==attacker_id).

 -13

victim_id

gunner_id

Sent by the observer script to inform that a player with key victim_id has been killed by a player with key attacker_id, and that this is a friendly-fire kill (the victim and attacker were on the same nonzero team).