Okay, next try! I added 'on' and 'off' as arguments for the base channel command in channelhandler which allows you to unmute or mute the channel respectively, and added the mute and unmute methods to ChannelDB. distribute_message now checks for a subscriber being muted before passing along the message. Reverted the changes to the channel cmdset. Added the 'all' switch to delcom to allow for the deletion of aliases, otherwise it keeps the aliases intact for when they next join the channel.

evennia/comms/comms.py

@@ -79,6 +79,34 @@ class DefaultChannel(with_metaclass(TypeclassBase, ChannelDB)):
             has_sub = self.subscriptions.has(subscriber.player)
         return has_sub
 
+    @property
+    def mutelist(self):
+        return self.db.mute_list or []
+
+    def mute(self, subscriber):
+        """
+        Adds an entity to the list of muted subscribers.
+        A muted subscriber will no longer see channel messages,
+        but may use channel commands.
+        """
+        mutelist = self.mutelist
+        if subscriber not in mutelist:
+            mutelist.append(subscriber)
+            self.db.mute_list = mutelist
+            return True
+
+    def unmute(self, subscriber):
+        """
+        Removes an entity to the list of muted subscribers.
+        A muted subscriber will no longer see channel messages,
+        but may use channel commands.
+        """
+        mutelist = self.mutelist
+        if subscriber in mutelist:
+            mutelist.remove(subscriber)
+            self.db.mute_list = mutelist
+            return True
+
 
     def connect(self, subscriber):
         """
@@ -102,6 +130,8 @@ class DefaultChannel(with_metaclass(TypeclassBase, ChannelDB)):
             return False
         # subscribe
         self.subscriptions.add(subscriber)
+        # unmute
+        self.unmute(subscriber)
         # post-join hook
         self.post_join_channel(subscriber)
         return True
@@ -125,6 +155,8 @@ class DefaultChannel(with_metaclass(TypeclassBase, ChannelDB)):
             return False
         # disconnect
         self.subscriptions.remove(subscriber)
+        # unmute
+        self.unmute(subscriber)
         # post-disconnect hook
         self.post_leave_channel(subscriber)
         return True
@@ -197,6 +229,9 @@ class DefaultChannel(with_metaclass(TypeclassBase, ChannelDB)):
         """
         # get all players connected to this channel and send to them
         for entity in self.subscriptions.all():
+            # if the entity is muted, we don't send them a message
+            if entity in self.mutelist:
+                continue
             try:
                 # note our addition of the from_channel keyword here. This could be checked
                 # by a custom player.msg() to treat channel-receives differently.