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Sammie J's TriadCity Newbie Guide
By
Sammie J.
(Shirrah)
Your Character:
On entering TriadCity for the first time you will notice
the following things:
The panel to the left is the statistics for your character.
The first one you see, "Health", shows you how much
health, energy, hunger and thirst you have. When you have
been logged in for a few minutes, you’ll notice the Hunger
and Thirst bar start to show green. This means you are a
little bit hungry/thirsty. As you get more and more
hungry/thirsty they will go orange and then red. It IS
possible to starve your character or die of thirst. Watch
this one constantly, and keep all your stats in the green as
much as possible.
To drink, simply find a vessel (bottle, canteen, fountain,
sprinkler etc) and type "drink vessel". Example,
"drink fountain".
To eat is similar, just choose what you are going to eat, make
sure it is in your inventory, that is that you've already
gotten an edible item from somewhere, and type "eat item".
If your energy gets too low, you will receive a message "Alas,
you are too exhausted". To stop this from occurring, you need
to sleep. To do this simply type, "sleep".
There is another panel called "Attributes". Have a
look at it. It shows you the values you chose for your character,
and also some combat stats.
There are ways to increase your attributes, experiment; you’ll
work it out.
The third panel is "Exp, Align $". This shows you
that you are Level 1 and you require 100 experience points to
Level 2. It also shows you how much exp you have already
(0 at the start) and that your alignment is neutral. Your
alignment can be affected by a number of things in the game.
This panel also shows how much money you carry (0 to start).
The inventory panel show you how much weight and items you
can/are carrying.
The final panel is the Skills panel. On starting, it shows
you have 6 practices and 0 skills learnt. You can learn many
skills from various places.
In the centre is the panel "Game". This is where
all the information from the TriadCity world around you is
displayed. When you first arrive you will be at The Origin Stone
at Sanctuary Island. Read what it says.
The right hand panel is for communication between other
players. This one is VERY handy if you need help, as there
will almost always be someone on with you who can help you out.
Below these panels is a long white bar. This is your Command Bar.
In it you type the commands, which tell the system what you want
it to do. You will find a list of commands and what they do
here.
How to manipulate the game/chat windows:
If you want to ask a question, say hello or just generally
chat in the game, type "chat" in the command line
followed by what you want to say. For example to say Hello,
you type "Chat Hello". On the right hand panel you
will see a message come up saying You chat: "Hello"
There are other commands you can use in the same way. To
speak to one person only, without the others seeing what you
say, use the "tell" command. This is similar to
the "chat" command but requires you to enter whom
you wish to speak to. Example, to say Hello to Shirrah,
type "tell Shirrah Hello".
This one is useful for asking embarrassing newbie questions
of the higher-level players.
There are other chat commands available, which can be used in
different situations.
Now that you have worked all that out, it’s time to look at the
Game panel.
You can manipulate this in MANY ways, and you can find that
information on the website. The basic commands you really need
to know are how to look and how to move around.
First of all we’ll start with the origin stone.
You’ll see the description has a paragraph describing the room
followed by two separate sentences telling you The Origin Stone
and a Monk are in the room with you. (There may be others too,
but these two will definitely be there).
In the command line, type, "look stone". It will give
you a description of the Origin Stone. Now, look at your exp,
align $ panel and you’ll see that just by looking at the stone,
you have earned 3 experience points!
Now try it with the monk….
The next step:
Now, we need to move around in the TriadCity world. To move
in any direction, simply type the direction in the command
line. At the bottom of the room description is [Exits: north
east south west]. I suggest to start with you go north.
Type "north" or just "n"
You are now in the donation room. This is where you can get
some basic equipment for your character.
In the command line type "look sign". This will tell
you how to look at, and get things from, the tables.
(Note, other tables around TriadCity can simply be referred to
as "table" but in the donation room, there are five
tables, so you need to specify which one you want).
You should be able to get some clothes, water, food and things
like that at the donation room. If there isn’t something there
that you think you need, simply ask one of the experienced
players and they should be able to help you out. You
should DEFINITELY get a robe or cloak to cover your newbie
nakedness and a water bottle.
Getting Food:
Once you’ve played with the donation room, and got everything you
need, lets go east!
Type "east" or just "e" in the command line.
Here you will find a golden pear tree. Type "look tree"
and it tells you there are many juicy pears to be had from the tree!
To get a pear from the tree, you need to tell the system (like with
the tables) what you want, and from where. So, for the pear we
type, "pick pear tree" or "get pear tree".
Now, look at your inventory panel. It tells you that you are holding
one item, which weighs 1. To see what is in your inventory
type "inv" in the command line. By now, your character
is probably a bit hungry. Type, "eat pear" in the command
line and see the hunger bar drop.
Have fun!
You now have enough information to get started on your adventure
in TriadCity. If you haven’t already, look at the
Command Reference,
and have a look at the other helpful references available, like the
FAQ
and the
Player’s Guide.
These will help you enrich your experience with TriadCity.
Make sure you look at EVERYTHING! If you see a noun, try looking
at it! Many things gain you experience, just from looking at
them!
There are Players and NPCs to interact with, things to see, find,
get, earn and buy/sell.
Try everything, and feel free to ask the other players for assistance
if you are confused or lost.
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