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1 | =head1 FAQ, Tips and Tricks |
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| 3 | Here are some questions you might asked yourself over time. |
3 | Here are some questions you might asked yourself over time. |
| 4 | Also some nice Tips and Tricks are listed here, which you may find informative. |
4 | Also some nice Tips and Tricks are listed here, which you may find informative. |
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| 6 | =head2 X<faq_igniteandthaw>How do I thaw icecubes? Or: How do I ignite a torch? |
6 | =head2 Meta - About the Game and the Client |
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8 | =head3 What is the relation between Deliantra and Crossfire? |
| 9 | The right-click context menu in the L<Inventory|playerbook_inventory> reveals |
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| 10 | B<ignite/thaw>, which will ignite something or thaw icecubes. |
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| 11 | You will need a B<flint & steel> L<$ARCH/light/flint_and_steel.base.111.png> for this |
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| 14 | An alternative would be to use the L<mark|command/mark> and L<apply|command/apply> |
10 | Deliantra was originally a Crossfire server, but by now most of the code |
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11 | has been rewritten. Still most maps are very similar or identical to |
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12 | Crossfire maps, so the games share a lot. |
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| 17 | mark icecube |
14 | The major differences are a better client, better graphics, a stable |
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16 | reset) and the ability to let more players play, by using less resources |
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17 | and having a fully asynchronous design, and full support for sound effects |
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18 | and background music. |
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| 20 | If you need to something do this often, I recommend using the L<Bind |
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| 21 | Recorder|binding_recorder>. |
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| 23 | =head2 The client is very sluggish and slow, what can I do about this? |
20 | =head3 The client is very sluggish and slow, what can I do about this? |
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| 25 | Most likely, you don't have accelerated OpenGL support. Try to find a |
22 | Most likely, you don't have accelerated OpenGL support. Try to find a |
| 26 | newer driver, or a driver from your hardware vendor, that features OpenGL |
23 | newer driver, or a driver from your hardware vendor, that features OpenGL |
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| 35 | =item * B<Video Mode> should be set as low as possible (e.g. 640x480) |
32 | =item * B<Video Mode> should be set as low as possible (e.g. 640x480) |
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| 37 | =item * Enable B<Fast & Ugly> mode |
34 | =item * Enable B<Fast & Ugly> mode |
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| 39 | =item * Disable B<Fog of War> |
36 | =item * Disable B<Fog of War> and C<Map Smoothing> |
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| 41 | =item * Increase B<Map Scale> |
38 | =item * Increase B<Map Scale> |
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42 | =head3 The client doesn't correctly react to keypresses or mouseclicks. |
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46 | =item Make sure Numlock is off. |
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48 | Some Microsoft Windows versions/keyboard layouts do not report modifiers for the |
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49 | numerical keypad keys while Numlock is active. |
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51 | =item Make sure no other Modifier is "pressed". |
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53 | Mircosoft Windows versions have some accessability features that could |
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54 | interfere with games like Deliantra. You might want to switch these off in |
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55 | the keyboard settings. Sometimes modifiers can be "unstuck" by pressing |
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56 | them down once. |
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58 | =item Fullscreen switches confuse the keyboard modifiers. |
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60 | Fullscreen switches on Microsoft Windows sometimes confuse which keys are |
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61 | pressed and which aren't. Doing another switch to/from fullscreen might |
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64 | =back |
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66 | =head3 My client doesn't start anymore/graphics are corrupted! |
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68 | Sometimes you hit a bug in the client. To reset the state of your client |
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69 | you can delete your client database directory (your client will have to |
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70 | re-download music and images and you will lose your minimap contents). |
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74 | To do that, on Unix: |
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76 | rm -rf ~/.deliantra/client-* |
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78 | On windows: |
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80 | Do C<< Start => Run >>, enter F<%APPDATA%>, press return, and in the |
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81 | window that will open, first open F<deliantra>, then delete the directory |
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82 | starting with F<client->. |
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84 | =back |
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86 | Alternatively you can delete the F<.deliantra> or F<deliantra> directory |
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87 | itself, but this will also delete your settings and keybindings. |
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90 | =head2 Game Mechanics |
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92 | =head3 I lose health but can't see why! |
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94 | Here are the typical reasons why you lose health: |
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98 | =item * You are being attacked. |
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100 | Sounds obvious, but sometiems you can't see the monster attacking |
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101 | you. Check the C<Log> tab, as you usually get a message when this happens. |
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103 | =item * You are out of food. |
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105 | When your food reaches C<0> you will start to lose health. Eating (good) |
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106 | food will replenish your food level. |
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108 | =item * You are poisoned. |
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110 | Poison will reduce your health. When your body heals fast enough it will |
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111 | eventually get over the poison, otherwise you should seek professional |
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112 | help such as the House of Healing in Scorn, or a player with the C<cure |
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113 | poison> spell. It is rumored that neko san might sometimes cure poison. |
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115 | =item * You have a disease. |
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117 | Some diseases have such drastic effects on your organism that you can lose |
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118 | health. Get help in the House of Healing in Scorn, or ask a player who can |
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119 | cast C<cure disease> on your. |
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121 | =item * Your stats change. |
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123 | Switching items can affect your stats, which in turn can affect your |
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124 | healthpoints. While this is not a regular effect (it only happens when you |
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125 | change items), it can sometimes look as if you are losing health. |
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127 | =back |
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129 | =head3 How can I Prepare/Improve/Enchant Weapons? |
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131 | This is done in two steps: first you have to I<prepare> your weapon |
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132 | for the desired number of enchantments, then you apply the enchanments |
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133 | (weapons remember how many times they can be enchanted further). |
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135 | To prepare a weapon, wield it and L<mark< (e.g. using the popup menu in |
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136 | the inventory) some diamonds, as a sacrifice, then read the I<Prepare |
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137 | Weapon> scroll. The square root of the total number of diamonds sacrificed |
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138 | this way determines the number of enchantments the weapon accepts: one |
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139 | diamond for one enchanment, nine diamonds for three enchantments, 100 |
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140 | diamonds for ten enchantments and so on. |
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142 | After that, you can apply improvement and enchantnment scrolls: |
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146 | =item Improve Damage |
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148 | Each scroll read will increase the damage by five points, and likewise the |
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149 | weight by five kilograms. |
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151 | =item Lower Weight |
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153 | This "improves" the weight of your weapon: each scroll reduces the weight |
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154 | by one fifth (20%). It will not, however, create weightless weapons. |
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156 | =item Enchant Weapon |
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158 | Each scroll read increases the magic by one point. |
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160 | =item Improve Stat |
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162 | This scroll improves one of the basic stat improvements (Strength, |
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163 | Dexterity and so on). For this it needs a further sacrifice in form of |
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164 | stat potions. The stat potions must be of the same type and will determine |
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165 | which stat gets improved. |
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167 | The number of stat potions you need to improve it is twice the number of |
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168 | stat points the weapon currently gives, plus one (the minimum is two stat |
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169 | potions, however). That is, a weapon which gives no stat bonus needs two |
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170 | (C<0 × 2 + 1 = 1> which is less than two, so two) stat potion, one that |
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171 | already gives I<Str +2> and I<Int +1> will need seven (C<3 × 2 + 1>) stat |
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172 | potions. Negative stats are summed normally, so I<Str +4> and I<Int -2> |
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173 | will result in needing five stat potions only (C<2 × 2 + 1>). |
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177 | Keep in mind, however, that your character can only handle a limited |
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178 | number of weapon improvements, see the L<skills> command. Item power will |
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179 | also increase. |
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181 | =head3 How can I enchant Armour? |
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183 | Enchanting armour is easy: each time you read an I<Enchant Armour> scroll, |
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184 | the magic value will be increased by one, the speed, armour (physical |
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185 | resistance) and weight are increased by some amount, as well as the item |
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186 | power. |
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188 | =head3 What is this item power business? |
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190 | In general, the more interesting/powerful items have higher item power |
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191 | values. Your character can handle only handle only a limited amount of power - for each overall level |
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192 | you can handle C<1.25> item power points, so if you are level 16 you can handle a total of 20 item power points |
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193 | (see the L<skills> command for your current limit and remaining item power points). |
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195 | All the equipment you wear adds to this limit, so if you wield a weapon of |
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196 | item power 30 plus two rings of item power 14 each you will need 58 item |
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197 | power (and a level of 47). |
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200 | =head2 Generic how do I... |
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202 | =head3 How do I use range weapons such as bows? |
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204 | First, you have to L<apply> the bow, then it will show up in the lower |
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205 | right corner in the C<Range:> slot. If it is already shown as C<(applied)> |
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206 | but not in the C<Range:> slot you have to unapply and reaply it. |
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208 | When you have a bow (or similar weapons like guns or crossbows) applied, |
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209 | you just shoot as with spells or other range attacks - C<Shift>+direction |
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210 | key. |
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212 | You need to have arrows (shells, bolts etc.) in your inventory or an |
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213 | active container for this to work. |
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215 | You can influence how you shoot via the L<Bow Mode|bowmode> in the C<< |
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216 | Playerbook => Settings >> tab. |
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218 | =head3 X<faq_igniteandthaw>How do I thaw icecubes? Or: How do I ignite a torch? |
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220 | The right-click context menu in the playerbook inventory has an entry |
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221 | B<ignite/thaw>, which will ignite something or thaw icecubes. You will |
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222 | need a B<flint & steel> L<$ARCH/flint_and_steel.x11> for |
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223 | this to work! |
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225 | An alternative would be to use the L<mark|command/mark> and |
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226 | L<apply|command/apply> commands like this: |
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228 | mark icecube |
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229 | apply flint and steel |
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231 | You can bind these commands to a key and invoke them repeatedly. |
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233 | =head3 How do I cast a cone spell all around me (burning hands, holy word etc.)? |
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235 | Use the C<5>-key on your keypad. This will cats spells "onto yourself" |
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236 | which has the desired effect with cone spells. |
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239 | =head2 Playing Together |
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241 | =head3 How can I communicate with other players? |
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243 | There are five commands you can use to talk to others. All of them can |
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244 | be entered by just typing them in, followed by the message, followed by |
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245 | C<Return>, e.g. C<chat hey guys, what's up?>. If you have a I<tab> open |
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246 | in your message window you can also just type a text in there followed |
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247 | by C<Return> (this is especially handy as C<Return> also activates the |
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248 | current chat tab as well). |
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252 | =item chat <message> (short: C<c>) |
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254 | The most-used communications command. Whatever you I<chat> will end up |
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255 | in the I<Chat> tab of everybody else who is currently logged in. |
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261 | =item shout <message> |
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263 | This is like C<chat>, but "louder". Everybody will get your message in red |
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264 | in their C<Chat> tabs. You should not use C<shout> unless you are in an |
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265 | emergency or there is something really important to be said, otherwise you |
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266 | risk being ignored by people. |
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268 | Example: |
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270 | sh I am stuck! can anybody let me out? |
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272 | =item say <message> (short: C<s>) |
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274 | This command can be used to talk to NPCs (without going through the NPC |
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275 | dialogue window), but all players anywhere on the same map can hear you as |
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278 | Example: |
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280 | s good that schmorp cnanot hera us here! |
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282 | =item tell <playername> <message> (short: C<te>) |
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284 | This is your prototypical two-way, private, chat channel. You can talk to |
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285 | any other player that is currently logged in, and only he can hear you. |
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287 | =item gsay <message> (short: C<gs>) |
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289 | The group say command sends a message to every member of the party/group |
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290 | you are in. This is useful when playing in a team, to avoid cluttering the |
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291 | chat channel. |
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295 | =head3 Can I form parties? Which benefits does party-play have? |
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297 | You can form I<new> parties using the C<< party form <name> >> name |
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298 | command, and you can join I<existing> parties using the C<< party join |
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299 | <name> >> command. There are other party commands, use C<help party> to |
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300 | find out more. |
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302 | The main benefit of party-play is sharing experience: All experience you |
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303 | gain is distributed to all party members accoridng to their level (people |
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304 | with twice the level as you gain twice as much experience). |
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306 | This is great for training skills you are bad in, but somebody else is |
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307 | good in, and of course vice versa! |
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310 | =head2 Magic |
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312 | =head3 How can I summon a specific monster with C<summon pet monster>? |
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314 | Higher levels of L<skill_description/summoning> give you access to higher |
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315 | level monsters, but not all monsters have equal abilities. Instead of |
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316 | summoning the highest level monster allowed by your level you can also |
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317 | summon any other monster you had before by adding its I<archetype name> |
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318 | after the command, i.e. to summon bees you would use the C<cast summon pet |
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319 | monster bee> (short: C<cspm bee>) command. |
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321 | Level Monster |
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322 | 1 bat |
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323 | 3 bird |
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324 | 4 spider |
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325 | 6 killer_bee |
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326 | 7 pixie |
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327 | 8 skeleton |
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328 | 9 stalker |
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329 | 11 devil |
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330 | 13 beholder |
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331 | 15 dark_elf |
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332 | 17 skull |
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333 | 20 angel |
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334 | 25 vampire |
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335 | 30 spectre |
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336 | 35 lich |
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337 | 40 demilich |
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338 | 50 hellhound |
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339 | 60 unusual_kobold |
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340 | 70 chicken |
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341 | 80 gr_hellhound |
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342 | 90 dave |
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343 | 100 laoch |
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344 | 105 snitchangel |
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346 | =head2 Praying, Gods and Cults |
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348 | =head3 X<how_tp_pray>How do I pray? |
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350 | First enter the "praying mode" by readying your L<skill_description/praying> skill |
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351 | (by default bound to C<Alt-P>, or by typing C<rspraying>), then hold and keep holding |
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352 | C<Shift> and a direction key (e.g. C<Shift-Up>). |
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354 | You will now pray as long as you keep pressing the keys. |
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356 | =head3 How can I summon a specific monster with C<summon cult monster>? |
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358 | You can't, your god selects the monsters for you. |
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360 | =head3 How do I join a cult/become a follower of a god? |
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362 | That is simple, just find an altar of a god of your choice and start |
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363 | L<skill_description/praying>. Eventually, the god will recognize |
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364 | you. |
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366 | =head3 How do I change gods? |
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368 | That is far more difficult: gods really hate it when you defect |
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369 | them. Expect to lose a lot of L<skill_description/praying> experience in |
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370 | the process. |
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372 | First you should pray long enough to your god, until you gain 95% |
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373 | resistancy to god power. Then quickly go to the altar of your newly-chosen |
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374 | god and pray on her/his altar. Your old god won't make it easy, but if you |
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375 | are persistent your old god will let you go at one point. |
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377 | =head2 Exploring |
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379 | =head3 What areas are there to explore? |
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381 | First, you should explore Scorn and find the port pass (and maybe also the |
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382 | gate pass). Make sure you don't miss out the old city of scorn, many |
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383 | a dangers, but also many treasures, cna be found there. |
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385 | When you finished most of the quests in Scorn you should investigate how |
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386 | the pirates escape from the prison. This will lead to a number of nice |
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387 | quests in and around Port Joseph. |
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389 | Another nice series of quests, from low to medium level, can be found in |
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390 | the King's Palace in Scorn. Who wouldn't want to meet the princess in |
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391 | person? |
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393 | The areas you can reach through the various transportation modes in Scorn |
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394 | are Pupland (which has a lot of puzzles and quests from very low to very |
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395 | high level), Stoneville and Santo Dominion (low and medium level quests, |
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396 | also nice shops), and the Aldwulf Archipelago (which is more dangerous). |
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398 | Through the gate you can reach Euthville and Santo Dominion to the north, |
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399 | Brest (medium level) and Lake Country (medium to high leve) to the south, |
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400 | and Navar (medium level quests) in the east (a long travel). |
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402 | From Navar you can travel to Darcap in the far north (medium level |
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403 | quests), near the mystical country of Azumauindo, to Wolfsburg somewhere |
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404 | on the ocean, a rather dangerous area with many thieves and pirates |
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405 | (medium level quests) and Valleynoy to the south, with medium and high |
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406 | level quests (did you find the southpole yet?). |
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408 | Also, it is said that Navar somehow has access to the mystical City |
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409 | de Clouds, the biggest city ever seen (high level and very high level |
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410 | quests). There are rumors about lands beyond (St. Bartholemew and other |
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411 | cities) and other even more mystical places, but little is known about |
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