| 1 | =head1 Pclient is a Crossfire+ and Crossfire game client. |
1 | =head1 Pclient - a Crossfire+ and Crossfire game client. |
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| 3 | =head2 Features |
3 | =head2 What's Crossfire+ - Basic Game Concepts |
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5 | # blurb |
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| 7 | =item Fullscreen Map |
7 | =head2 User Interface Basics |
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| 9 | PClient can uses a fullscreen map, which greatly enhances how much of the |
9 | # very short description of all ui elements |
| 10 | game world you can see. |
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| 12 | =item Persistent Map Cache (Crossfire+ only) |
11 | =head2 How To Get Started |
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| 14 | PClient can persistently cache all map data it received from the |
13 | # TODO: on first login, create character etc. |
| 15 | server. This not only allows it to display an overview map, but also |
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| 16 | ensures that once-explored areas will be available the next time you want |
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| 17 | to explore more. |
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| 19 | =item Hardware acceleration |
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| 21 | Unlike most Crossfire clients, PClient take advantage of OpenGL hardware |
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| 22 | acceleration. Most modern graphics cards have difficulties with 2D |
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| 23 | acceleration, while 3D graphics is accelerated well. |
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| 25 | =item No arbitrary limits |
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| 27 | Unlike other Crossfire clients, pclient does not suffer from arbitrary |
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| 28 | limits (like a fixed amount of face numbers). There are still limits, but |
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| 29 | they are not arbitrarily low :) |
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| 31 | =back |
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| 33 | =head1 Usage |
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| 35 | =head2 The Map |
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| 37 | The map is always displayed in the background, behind all other windows and UI elements. |
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| 39 | #TODO# middle-click scrolls |
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| 41 | # keys: |
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| 43 | # a apply |
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| 44 | # keypad moves, kp_5 applies ranged attack to self |
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| 46 | Starting to type enters the I<completion mode>. In that mode, you can type |
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| 47 | abbreviations or commands and have them executed as soon as they match a |
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| 48 | valid command. This is best explained by a few examples: |
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| 50 | Typing B<climb> will display a list of commands with I<climb> in their |
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| 51 | name, such as I<ready_skill climbing> and I<use_skill climbing>. |
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| 53 | You can abbreviate commands by typing only the first character of every |
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| 54 | word (or even characters within the word - the client will try to make |
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| 55 | a good guess, as long as the characters are in order). For example, |
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| 56 | typing I<iwor> will likely select I<invoke word of recall>, while I<ccfo> |
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| 57 | will select I<cast create food>. Likewise, I<rscli> will likely select |
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| 58 | I<ready_skill climbing> and I<usl> will give you I<use_skill levitation>. |
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| 60 | You can enter space and other text as arguemnt to the command. For |
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| 61 | example, C<cfoo waybread> will expand to C<cast create food waybread>. |
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| 63 | =head2 The map overview |
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| 65 | #TODO# |
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| 67 | =head2 The Status area in the lower right corner |
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| 69 | #TODO# |
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| 71 | =head2 The I<Statistics>/I<Stats> window |
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| 73 | #TODO# |
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| 75 | =head1 FAQ |
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| 77 | =over 4 |
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| 79 | =item The client is very sluggish and slow, what can I do about this? |
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| 81 | Most likely, you don't have accelerated OpenGL support. Try to find a |
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| 82 | newer driver, or a driver from your hardware vendor, that features OpenGL |
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| 83 | support. |
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| 85 | If this is not an option, the following Setup options reduce the load and |
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| 86 | will likely make the client playable with software rendering (it will |
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| 87 | still be slow, though): |
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| 89 | =over 4 |
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| 91 | =item B<Video Mode> should be set as low as possible (e.g. 640x480) |
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| 93 | =item Enable B<Fast & Ugly> mode |
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| 95 | =item Disable B<Fog of War> |
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| 97 | =item Increase B<Map Scale> |
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| 99 | =back |
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| 101 | =back |
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