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== Heads Up Display ==
== 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>
|'''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>
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=== Status Alerts ===
=== Status Alerts ===
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|'''These icons are normally not seen on the screen. They will only appear if something is wrong.'''
|'''These icons are normally not seen on the screen. They will only appear if something is wrong.'''
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<br>[[File:Hud-hunger.png]] '''Hunger warning''' - Appears when you start getting hungry. You cannot die from hunger, but the longer you go without food, the slower you will be able to run.
<br>[[File:Hud-hunger.png]] '''Hunger warning''' - Appears when you start getting hungry. You cannot die from hunger, but the longer you go without food, the slower you will be able to run.
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== Picking Up and Using Items ==
== Picking Up and Using Items ==
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<font size="4">'''First Day on the Job'''<font size="2">
 
<font size="4">'''First Day on the Job:'''<font size="2">
=== Clothing and Internals ===
=== Clothing and Internals ===
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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]].'''
|<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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|[[File:Backpack.png]]<font size="3">'''1. Navigation and items:'''<font size="2"> Firstly you need to get your clothing. Head over to the blue and pink lockers and open them, pick up a jumpsuit you like and a pair of shoes and place them in your backpack. When you're done close the locker.
|[[File:Backpack.png]]<font size="3">'''1. Navigation and items:'''<font size="2"> Firstly you need to get your clothing. Head over to the blue and pink lockers and open them, pick up a jumpsuit you like and a pair of shoes and place them in your backpack. When you're done close the locker.
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:#Turn internals on by clicking on the internals status icon ([[Starter_guide#Heads_Up_Display|number 8 on the HUD-image above]]).
:#Turn internals on by clicking on the internals status icon ([[Starter_guide#Heads_Up_Display|number 8 on the HUD-image above]]).
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Great! Now you're ready to start your first day on Space Station 13!
'''Great! Now you're ready to start your first day on Space Station 13!'''
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===Writing, radio and PDA's===
===Writing, radio and PDA's===
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'''Let's learn how basic communication works.'''
Let's learn how basic communication works.
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|[[File:Pen.png]]<font size="3">'''4. Writing:'''<font size="2"> It's good to have things written down, so I want you to write your name on the sheet of paper in the [[Security Checkpoint]].
|[[File:Pen.png]]<font size="3">'''4. Writing:'''<font size="2"> It's good to have things written down, so I want you to write your name on the sheet of paper in the [[Security Checkpoint]].
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You've just finished the tutorial and are now up to scratch with how basic things works.
You've just finished the tutorial and are now up to scratch with how basic things works.
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=== Next recommended steps ===
=== Next recommended steps ===
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# Most rounds end with a shuttle call, the [[Escape Shuttle]] will arrive to the [[Escape Shuttle Hallway]], which you can find easily if you follow the panicking people, blood trails and hallways leading east. Get on board the shuttle, buckle yourself to a chair and enjoy the ride! When you arrive to CentCom, the round ends and another one starts soon after, such is the circle of life in Space Station 13.
# Most rounds end with a shuttle call, the [[Escape Shuttle]] will arrive to the [[Escape Shuttle Hallway]], which you can find easily if you follow the panicking people, blood trails and hallways leading east. Get on board the shuttle, buckle yourself to a chair and enjoy the ride! When you arrive to CentCom, the round ends and another one starts soon after, such is the circle of life in Space Station 13.
# 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!
# 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!
== Keyboard Shortcuts ==
Check out the list of [[Keyboard Shortcuts]] for making your life on the station easier.




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*'''Left click''' items to interact with them.
*'''Left click''' items to interact with them.
*'''Right click''' items to bring up the context menu.
*'''Right click''' items to bring up the context menu.
=== Keyboard Shortcuts ===
Check out the list of [[Keyboard Shortcuts]] for making your life on the station easier.




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Also, try to resist the urge to press the "be syndicate" buttons when you join the game. [[Game Modes|Antagonist roles]] can be excessively hard, and next to impossible to the newest of players! Get your space legs for a bit, and hope you get brainwashed in a [[Revolution]] or [[Cult magic|Cultist]] round to have a watered down [[traitor]] experience before taking the plunge.
Also, try to resist the urge to press the "be syndicate" buttons when you join the game. [[Game Modes|Antagonist roles]] can be excessively hard, and next to impossible to the newest of players! Get your space legs for a bit, and hope you get brainwashed in a [[Revolution]] or [[Cult magic|Cultist]] round to have a watered down [[traitor]] experience before taking the plunge.


== How to Get Your Favorite Job ==
== How to Get Your Favorite Job ==
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