User Guide

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I R C I R C
To post a message into the currently active room, type it into the chat message entry box at the bottom of
the screen and press Enter.
The list on the right displays all the current players in the room. Those with the crown icon next to their
name are room operators. Those with balloons icons are room moderators. Those with the eye
icons are room observers. If the user is away, the door icon will be next to their name. More information
is available at our website.
Disconnecting from IRC To disconnect from IRC, press IRC DISCONNECT from the IRC CHAT
screen.
Special IRC Commands There are several special IRC commands that allow you to perform certain
functions that can be typed into the chat message entry box. More information is available at the Starsiege
TRIBES website as well as links to other pages describing IRC in more detail.
Options
To modify the game to your preferred settings, press the OPTIONS button to go to the OPTIONS main
screen. At any time, you can switch between back to the PLAY or CHAT menu screens by selecting one or
the other from the upper left portion of the screen.
Select an option from the menu on the left to select an Option page. Any changes you make to an Option
page will automatically save when you leave that page.
If you make changes that you do not wish to keep, press the CANCEL button before leaving the page.
Once you have chosen a server and a nickname, click on the CONNECT TO IRC button.
Chatting in IRC
Once you have logged into IRC, you will automatically
enter the TRIBES chat room on IRC. All IRC chat
occurs in “rooms.” You can be in several rooms at
once, but only one room is displayed at a time. The
title and current topic of the room will be displayed
underneath the room scroll bar.
If you are in multiple rooms, these rooms will be dis-
played across the top of the screen on the room scroll
bar. You can switch from room to room by clicking
on the room you wish to enter. If you are
connected to more than five rooms, an arrow will
appear to the left and/or right edge of the bar, enabling
you to scroll through the rooms. If a room
off-screen has unread messages, the arrow or arrows will blink.
You will always belong one room, the special “status” room that is used to display system status and error mes-
sages sent by the IRC server. The current room will be highlighted along the room scroll bar. If any room has
unread messages, it will blink in the scroll bar.
To join a new room, click on the JOIN button and either select a room from the list box or type in the name
of the room you want to join in the dialog box that will pop up. If the room you want to join does not exist,
it will be created automatically. To exit a room, select the room to exit and click on the LEAVE button.