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After you [[New_Players#Connecting_to_the_Server|join the server]], you will be greeted with a windows which has "Setup Character", "Join Game!", "Observe" and "Show Player Polls" on it. <br>

Click the '''Setup Character''' button and you will get a settings window.<br>

== Heads Up Display ==

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|'''Your inventory is along the bottom and lower left of the screen. <br>Commands are to the lower right corner, and your personal status is on the right edge of the screen.'''<br>

| [[File:Hud-Pocket.png]] '''Pocket slots''' - For all small items.

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|'''2 [[File:Hud-hands.gif]] [[Intent#Right.2FLeft_hand|Hands]]''' - Shows you what you are currently holding, and which hand you will interact with. This is also where you can switch between which hand you're currently using.

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The game uses a '''point-and-click system'''. You select '''which hand''' you wish to use with the [[File:Hud-hands.gif]] '''hand buttons''' and by clicking on the item you wish to interact with.

Here we come to the first sign of of whether you'll be a good player or not: <br>

If you're bored already and can't be assed to do these exercises then you're probably not going to like Space Station 13. <br>

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|<center>'''Welcome aboard the Space Station 13, chances are you have arrived late in the shift and are currently located on the [[Arrivals|Arrival Shuttle]].'''

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:#Use the movement keys (arrow keys, numpad keys with numlock off or WASD with the in-game [[hotkeys]] on) to move.

:#Click the locker with an empty hand selected to open it.

:#Click the locker with an empty hand to close it.

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:#Head out of the Arrival Shuttle to the north.

:#Go into either of the Escape Pod shaft (red doors).

:#You may leave the old jumpsuit and shoes here as you won't need them anymore.

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:#Open the backpack and take out the box.

:#Open the box with your other hand.

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:#Head out of the maintenance shaft through the same door you came in.

:#Go south past the arrival shuttle and then to the right.

:#Put the pen back on the desk, examine the note (Shift+Click it), and close the window after you're done examining.

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:#Using the radio is simple. Instead of using '''say "Hello"''' like you would to say things to the people around you, you use '''say ";Hello"'''. Basically you add a semicolon before your message. Some departments have department radios (e.g. security, engineering, medical). As an assistant, however, you don't belong to a department, and as such don't have a department radio, but when you do, it works by writing '''say ".h Hello"''' (or '''#h''', or ''':h''' for departmental radio, whichever suits you best).

:#Be polite and professional when asking. An example of how to ask: say ";This is assistant [your name], I've just arrived on this station and am wondering if anyone needs assistance with any job."

:#If you don't get a reply, continue with this exercise.

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:#Your PDA already holds a pen inside, which is removable by right-clicking on the PDA and selecting Remove Pen.

:#The PDA can also hold an ID card inside it. Take your ID and click the PDA with your ID in active hand to place it in. Your PDA/ID combination can be held in your ID slot to function as an ID card but this way you can also save one inventory slot.

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# Explore the station, keep your mouse cursor over doors and check your lower left bar for the room's name. Check the [[map]] and get used to the layout, the station is really not as big as it first seems.

# Talk to people, ask them what they're doing and if you could be of any assistance. The [[bar]] is an excellent place to find bored people who have nothing else to do but socialize.

# Read the few tips underneath and start your second round by choosing your first "real job" as a [[Cargo Tech]], which you should probably play for at least a few rounds. Don't get greedy, work your way slowly up from civilian jobs to more vital ones. Good luck and have fun!

*'''Arrow keys, numpad keys with numlock off or WASD with [[hotkeys]]''' to move

*type '''ooc "Hello"''' to speak [[OOC|Out Of Character (OOC)]]

*type '''say "Hello"''' to speak [[IC|In-Character (IC)]]. Clicking the chat button in the lower right corner will automatically place say in the chat bar.

*type '''say ";Hello"''' to speak over the radio (in character)

*'''Left click''' items to interact with them.

*'''Right click''' items to bring up the context menu.

== General Tips ==

* Play your first "real" round as a [[Cargo Technician]] - It will let you learn the controls from more experienced players (notably the [[Quartermaster]]) in a low stress, low importance job, while being useful.

* Tell anyone about a [[Hud|symbol]] suddenly appearing over your head. You are (most likely) now part of a [[cult]] (Green icon above your head) or [[revolution]] (Red R above your head) and will get a notification of this.

* Share any in-character information in the [[OOC]]-channel or over IRC. (Be careful what you say here. It's extremely easy to spoil the round type to everyone and doing this can and will result in a ban. See [[Terminology#IC_in_OOC|IC in OOC]] for more information.)