Palace User Software Guide for Windows 95/98/NT Version 3.5 Copyright © 1999 Communities.com, All rights reserved. The Palace User Software Guide for Windows 95/98/NT, version 3.5 December, 1999 This document and the software described in it are furnished under license and may be used or copied only in accordance with such license. Except as permitted by such license, the contents of this document may not be disclosed to third parties, copied, or duplicated in any form, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of Communities.com. The contents of this document are for informational use only, and the contents are subject to change without notice. Communities.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this book. Restricted Rights Legend. 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Contents Chapter 1 Introduction .....................................................................................9 Chapter 2 Getting Started..............................................................................11 Requirements ............................................................................................................ 11 Installation ................................................................................................................. 12 Updating your software ....................................................................................... 12 Logging on for the first time ....................................................................................... 13 Learning on your own with the Welcome Palace Gate ....................................... 13 Talking, moving around, and other actions ......................................................... 14 Logging off................................................................................................................. 15 Chapter 3 Connecting to Palace Sites ......................................................17 If you already have a Palace User Software client running ....................................... 17 From your web browser............................................................................................. 18 Returning to a recently-visited Palace ....................................................................... 19 Using other online services ....................................................................................... 19 America Online ................................................................................................... 19 CompuServe ....................................................................................................... 19 The Microsoft Network ........................................................................................ 19 Chapter 4 How to Use the Palace ...............................................................21 Avatars ...................................................................................................................... 21 The avatar pop-up menu..................................................................................... 22 Changing your name........................................................................................... 23 Changing expression and color .......................................................................... 23 Customizing your roundhead avatar ................................................................... 24 Changing your avatar appearance...................................................................... 25 Animating your avatar ......................................................................................... 25 Profile pages ....................................................................................................... 26 Creating a new avatar......................................................................................... 27 Saving and wearing your new avatar.................................................................. 29 Talking to people ....................................................................................................... 30 Special balloons.................................................................................................. 31 Whispering and ESP (private messages) ........................................................... 32 The Palace User Software Guide for Windows 95/98/NT iii Keeping track of conversations with the log window ...........................................32 Paging an operator ..............................................................................................33 Finding people............................................................................................................33 Playing sounds...........................................................................................................34 Moving around ...........................................................................................................35 Spots and doors...................................................................................................35 Jumping to a specific room..................................................................................35 Joining another user ............................................................................................35 Going forward and backwards.............................................................................36 Props..........................................................................................................................36 Your prop window................................................................................................36 The Prop Pop-Up Menu.......................................................................................36 General prop actions ...........................................................................................37 Creating and editing props with the prop editor...................................................37 Chapter 5 The Palace Client Interface ...................................................... 39 Elements of the main window ....................................................................................39 The View Screen .................................................................................................40 The Toolbox.........................................................................................................41 The Input Box ......................................................................................................43 The Status Bar.....................................................................................................43 The Icons.............................................................................................................44 The Menus .................................................................................................................44 The File Menu......................................................................................................44 The Edit Menu .....................................................................................................45 The Options Menu ...............................................................................................48 The Bookmarks Menu..........................................................................................51 The Avatars Menu ...............................................................................................52 The Operator Menu .............................................................................................52 The Plugins Menu................................................................................................52 The Help Menu ....................................................................................................53 Hotkey combinations..................................................................................................53 The room drawing tools..............................................................................................54 The prop editor...........................................................................................................55 Chapter 6 The PalacePresents Viewer ..................................................... 59 What is PalacePresents? ...........................................................................................59 What you need ...........................................................................................................60 Launching the PalacePresents Viewer ......................................................................60 Setting preferences ....................................................................................................61 iv The Palace User Software Guide for Windows 95/98/NT Joining an event .......................................................................................................