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=head1 Deliantra Client Tutorial - A gentle introduction to the game client
=head2 What's Deliantra - Basic Game Concepts
Deliantra is a 2D MORPG (Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game). This means
that you choose a character which will allow you to interact with a fictional
virtual world. In that world you can meet other people, fight monsters,
gain experience and gain treasures.
This Tutorial will guide you through the main interface elements of the
game client for Deliantra.
Later, if you managed to log in, another Tutorial will guide you through
the main game elements. It will teach you how to interact with the world
and other players.
Deliantra is freely distributed under the General (Affero)
Public License (GPL) and the code may be obtained from
L.
=head1 Getting Started
First of all, don't be daunted by the apparent complexity of Deliantra -
in reality, Deliantra is quite easy to play and character generation is
simple. Later on, when you have some experience playing the game, you may
wish to read the full manual.
=head2 User Interface Basics
=head3 The Button Bar
First start with the button bar on top of the client window:
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That button bar consists of following buttons:
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=item B
Opens the client setup window, where you can make all kinds of client
related settings. For example setting your login name and password,
the resolution, whether the client should run in fullscreen or windowed
mode. And lots of other things.
=item B
This button will open one of the most important windows in the game: The
Playerbook. It will tell you many interesting and important statistics about
your character, for example which stats it got, which magical spells you know
and probably most importantly, whats in your inventory.
=item B
This button will save all settings you made in the B window.
Also the positions of the windows will be saved, so that you don't have to
change the layout of the windows everytime you start the client.
=item B
The B button will open the documentation for the game, where
you will also find this tutorial. If you are stuck a look at the
L or the other documentation there.
=item B
This button will exit the client. Be careful not to just quit the client
when you are logged in. You should really search for a save bed before
exiting. Because if you logout while being in a dungeon nasty cave-ins will
probably kill you if you are away for too long.
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=head3 Tooltips
Another B source of information for beginners are the
tooltips, which are shown when you hover with the mouse cursor above certain
user interface elements of the client:
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They often reveal very useful information about the user interface elements.
Also they answer many of the frequently asked questions about the usage of the
client.
And before you ask: No you can't disable them.
=head3 Minimap
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This minimap can usually be found on the upper left of the client window,
it shows the rough layout of the map you are currently on. It can be helpful
to keep track of already explored areas.
=head3 Message Window
Another very important window is the B:
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It shows all the important textual information which occur in the game.
The first tab, the B tab, usually shows status information about
the server for example the message of the day.
The next tab usually is the B