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107It displays what is on the tile your character stands on. If there are very many 107It displays what is on the tile your character stands on. If there are very many
108items there will be a "More..." button which will open up the Inventory. 108items there will be a "More..." button which will open up the Inventory.
109 109
110If you opened a container a button "Close container" will show up. 110If you opened a container a button "Close container" will show up.
111 111
112=head2 Setup
113
114This is the main setup window (opened via the I<Setup> button on the top of
115the client window), with following sub-windows:
116
117=head3 Server
118
119This window is for editing the connection settings and shows
120some information about the currently connected server.
121
122=head3 Pickup
123
124Here you can configure your automatic pickup configuration.
125
126=head3 Graphics
127
128Here you can configure some aspects of the graphical appearance
129of the client.
130
131=head3 Audio
132
133This window lets you enable/disable audio and set the background music
134volume.
135
136=head3 Keyboard
137
138Here you can edit the key bindings you have made.
139
140B<PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO PRESS> I<Save Config> on the top of the client window
141after you are finished.
142
143=head3 Debug
144
145Here are some debugging options, which are maybe only interesting to the developers
146of the client.
147
148=head2 The Playerbook
149
150You can open the Playerbook by pressing B<tab> or by pressing B<F2> for
151the Statistics, B<F3> for the Skills, B<F4> for the Spellbook or B<F5> for the
152Inventory.
153
154What these are is explained below:
155
156=head3 Statistics
157
158=for image sc_statistics.png
159
160You can toggle this windows via B<F2>.
161
162This page tells you about your current status and statistics.
163The B<Player> frame shows your name, title and current map, and your
164current weight and maximum weight.
165
166The B<Primary/Secondary Statistics> informs you about the status of
167your L<Primary Statistics|glossary/Glossary/Primary Statistics>, which is the group on the left and about the
168L<Secondary Statistics|glossary/Glossary/Secondary Statistics> which is the group on the right.
169
170=head3 Skills
171
172=for image sc_skill_list.png
173
174You can toggle this windows via B<F3>.
175
176TBD
177
178=head3 Spellbook
179
180=for image sc_spellbook.png
181
182You can toggle this windows via B<F4>.
183
184=head3 Inventory
185
186=for image sc_inventory.png
187
188You can toggle this windows via B<F5>.
189
190On the left side of this windows you see the player's inventory.
191On top the current weight and maximum weight are listed on the right
192of the B<sort order button>, which reveals following possible orders:
193
194=over 4
195
196=item Type/Name
197
198This order sorts the items first by type, and then by name.
199
200=item Recent/Normal/Locked
201
202This order puts the recently picked up or applied items to the top,
203then it displays the normal not so recently changed items, and to the last
204it displays the locked items.
205
206=item Weight/Type
207
208This order first sorts by weight and then by type.
209
210=back
211
212Below the sort order button there is the item list. You can hover the mouse cursor over
213the items to see what actions you can do with the mouse. Right click will
214show you the B<context menu>, with the following actions:
215
216=over 4
217
218=item examine
219
220This will let you examine the item further and print informations like this:
221
222 That is cloak (unidentified)
223 It is made of: leather.
224 It goes around your shoulders.
225 It weights 5.000 kg.
226 You reckon it is worth between 1 gold coin and 1 gold coin.
227
228=item mark
229
230This marks the item for further operations, like L<thawing or igniting something with a flint&steel|faq/igniteandthaw>.
231
232=item ignite/thaw
233
234This will ignite for example a torch or thaw an icecube with a flint&steel (L<$ARCH/light/flint_and_steel.base.111.png>), which is B<required to be in your inventory> for this to work.
235
236=item inscribe
237
238This will let you write on something (eg. scrolls) with a pen (L<$ARCH/skills/Skill_Tools/stylus.base.111.png>),
239which is B<required to be in your inventory> for this to work.
240
241When you click on this context menu entry a small popup window will open where you can type in what
242you want to inscribe.
243
244=item rename
245
246This lets you rename an item. When you click on this context menu entry a small popup window will
247open and let you type in the new name for the item.
248
249=item apply
250
251This L<applies|command/apply> an object.
252
253=item lock/unlock
254
255=item drop/put/take all
256
257=item drop/put/take <n>
258
259=back
260
261On the right side there will be displayed the currently open container or the floor on
262which you stand. There are nearly the same context menu operation aviable. On the top
263the is the name of the currently opened container or just 'Floor'.
264
265If a container is open, there will be a button 'Close container' which will apply
266the container in your inventory again to close it.
267
268=head2 X<binding_recorder>Binding Recorder
269
270This is a special facility which lets you record commands issued via the completer
271or the message window and bind them to a key.
272
273(I<Note:> as this facility is quite complicated it might change in future).
274
275It mainly works this way:
276
277First you have to I<start recording> via the button on the top.
278
279Then you can issue commands via the completer, or just run around, the commands
280will be recorded in the background.
281
282If you are finished with the command sequence click on I<stop recording> (the same
283button you used to start recording).
284
285Then you can see a list of the commands you issued and delete them if you want.
286
287Next you have to click on I<bind>, which will open a key query, where you have to press
288the corresponding key combination which you want to bind to this command sequence.
289
290After you are finished you have to click on B<OK>.
291
292B<Don't forget to> I<Save Config> B<!>
293
112=head1 FAQ 294=head1 FAQ
113 295
114=over 4 296=over 4
115 297
116=item The client is very sluggish and slow, what can I do about this? 298=item The client is very sluggish and slow, what can I do about this?

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