P2P sessions run right inside the chat: the invite, the conversation and the P2P Session Console live on the chat desktop, anchored to the private message with your peer.
Inviting and Accepting
Type /p2p <nick> (or use the P2P control in the PM header/nicklist context menu) to open setup before sending a request. Confirming setup opens your P2P Session Console immediately and sends a P2P request line in the private message. The invited person's PM tab opens in the background with Join and Decline in the PM header, so they can respond in place without a separate lobby link.
Both sides use the same setup dialog. It previews your camera, lists microphone/camera/speaker devices, lets you start with microphone, camera, both or receive-only, and applies those choices when the call auto-starts. If a TURN relay is configured, the same setup lets you enable privacy relay for the session.
The Session Console
Once connected, the P2P menu in the menu bar (mirrored in the Start menu) opens the P2P Session Console. Its sections cover Call for audio/video, Files for transfers, Games for the two-player arcade, and Stats for live telemetry. The console opens on activity: an incoming file offer selects Files, a game proposal selects Games, and when your peer turns their camera or microphone on the Call section surfaces and you join automatically.
The PM Is the Conversation
Messages during the session are regular private messages, saved like any other. Session events — request sent, connected, file received, game score, who ended it — are written into the PM history as P2P lines, so the story of the session survives it without turning the transcript into a control surface. While a session exists, the peer's PM tab, PM sidebar row and PM topic bar show the same P2P indicator family used by channel conferences, with state and active call/file/game/relay facets.
The Status Bar Area
The status bar always shows your active session, wherever you are in the chat. It also shows compact badges for active call, file transfer, game, call quality and relay privacy. Click it to bring the P2P Session Console to the front; the stop button next to it cancels a pending invite or ends the session, after a confirmation.
Media Controls
The Call section uses the same media language as channel conferences: mic, camera, screen share, devices, PiP, layout, self-view, mini mode, statistics and reaction controls are icon buttons with tooltips. End Call stops only the media; closing the P2P Session Console asks before ending the whole P2P session.
When the P2P Session Console is focused, Ctrl+Shift media shortcuts control microphone, camera, layout, self-view, screen share and end-call media.
One Session at a Time
You can hold one P2P session at a time. Accepting a new invite — or inviting someone else — while a session is active asks whether to end the current one first; any call, transfer or game in progress stops when you switch.
Privacy Mode
When the server has a TURN relay configured, the setup dialog or Toggle Privacy Mode in the P2P menu can force the whole connection through the relay, so your IP address is never shared with your peer. The preference is remembered for future sessions.
