Editing Quickstart Guide to Playing

This is a guide containing many of the commands you will use to play Untold Dawn.

== Contents ==

* [[How to Play#Basic%20Movement|1 Basic Movement]]
* [[How to Play#Look|2 Look]]
* [[How to Play#Emoting|3 Emoting]]
* [[How to Play#Describing%20Your%20Character|4 Describing Your Character]]
* [[How to Play#Postures|5 Postures]]
* [[How to Play#Voice%20Customization|6 Voice Customization]]
* [[How to Play#Your%20QC%20Chip|7 Your QC Chip]]
* [[How to Play#Other%20Commands|8 Other Commands]]

= Basic Movement =
To move around, you can type the cardinal direction you which to move through. A room may have any one (or multiple) cardinal directions available to move through. North, south, east, west, northwest, southwest, northeast, and southeast. For example:
 north
 
 n
 
 west
 
 w
 
 northwest
 
 nw

= Look =
It's important to know that you can look at the room, and you can look at objects or characters. ([[Help:Look]])

look (or l) - look at the room you are standing in

look <target> - look at the object or character you desire
 look
 
 look man
 
 look east
 
 look me

= Emoting =
Emoting is the most important aspect of roleplay. In Untold Dawn, you can emote both in speech and out of it.  ([[Help:Emote]])

The targetting style for emotes is inspired by the same emoting style in other games such as Armageddon MUD. You can emote like this:
 emote smiles.
 
 Others will see: The newbie smiles.

 emote smiles at ~man.
 
 Target will see: Newbie smiles at you.

 emote With a grin, @ nods at ~man.
 
 Target will see: With a grin, the newbie nods at you.
You can also emote in speech, with the following syntax:
 say (with a broad gesture) Welcome to Artemis!
 tell man (pointing a finger south) The cryo-pods are that way.
Here is a reference list for targeting different pronouns in emotes (credit to ArmageddonMUD):
               <Symbol    Reference                  Target Sees
               ------    ---------                  -----------
                 ~       (sdesc)                    you
                 !       him/her/them               you
                 %       (sdesc)'s                  your
                 ^       his/her/their              your
                 #       he/she/they                you
                 &       himself/herself/themself   yourself
                 =       (sdesc)'s                  yours
                 +       his/hers/theirs            yours

= Describing Your Character =
After you go through chargen, you will be able to set a short description and your main description. ([[Help:Bodyparts]])

However, you can also describe each bodypart individually; for example, you can describe your eyes and if you wear sunglasses, that part of the description will be hidden.

If you type BODYPARTS, you will see a list of all the bodyparts you have and can describe.

For example, you might get something like this:
 <bodyparts
 You have a face (#2478). It is visible if not covered by anything. It can be described.
 
 You have a neck (#2475). It is visible if not covered by anything. It can be described.
 
 ...
You can then '''optionally''' provide a description for each bodypart with the following command:
 bodyparts describe 2478 His face is oval-shaped and features dimpled cheeks.
Go ahead and feel free to play around with these descriptions; you can use them at will. '''This is completely optional'''. You can not use this system if you desire.

Another tip is to describe ONE foot (use the right - rfoot) as both.
 bodyparts describe <id> Two feet, with ten toes are well kept and clean.

= Postures =
Postures are how you can pose your character in a room. See [[Help:Stand]] or 'help stand' in game to view this helpfile while you play.

* '''Positions Available:''' stand, stand at ease, stand at attention, squat, sprawl, slump, sit, prostrate, prone, lie, lounge, lean, kneel
* '''Modifiers Available:''' in, on, under, before, behind, around

Most positions have default modifiers. For example, typing sit on <object> will attempt to sit on the object.

= Voice Customization =
You can set the sound of your voice with the VOICE command. Talking after customizing your voice will add the descriptor words you choose each time. See [[Help:Voice]] for more details.

* voice range <range> - Set your vocal range.
* voice accent <accent> - Set the geographic or cultural reference for your accent.
* voice adjective <adjective> - Sets an arbitrary adjective for your voice.

= Your QC Chip =
The Quantum Communications chip (which was implanted upon your acceptance to the Artemis program) allows you to access the QC network, a low-level augmented reality network. There are various software in the QC chip and you can access their respective helpfiles through the following commands:

* qc group help - Group management.
* qc wallet help - Currency wallets.
* qc time - Shows the current game time.

See [[Help:Qc|Help:QC]] for more details.

= Other Commands =
You can view the [[:Category:Helpfile]] for more details on any of these commands, and more!
{| class="wikitable"
|Stand/Sit/Lie  down/Squat/Kneel
|See HELP STAND  for further info - many postures are available.
|-
|N, E, S, W,  NE, NW, SE, SW, U, D
|Cardinal movements  for travelling through the world
|-
|Health
|This will show you  your character's current health
|-
|Score/Profile
|Will show you your  score sheet, stats and skills
|-
|Who
|Shows the current  player count
|-
|Look/L
|Looks around, or at  something targetted
|-
|Turn
|Turn switch on, Turn  switch off
|-
|Input
|Some devices when  looked at, will instruct you to INPUT commands.
|-
|Mine
|When holding the  appropriate equipment, will use it.
|-
|Diagnose
|This will show you  the diagnostic tests your character can run.
|-
|Treat
|This will show you  the medical treatments your character can offer
|-
|Hold
|This will put  something from your inventory, into one of your hands
|-
|FH
|Free hands will move  things from your hands, into your inventory
|-
|Get
|This will get  something from the room and put it in your hand
|-
|Drop
|This will drop  something in your hands, to the room
|-
|Get X bag
|This will get  something from your bag container (cannot be worn)
|-
|Put X bag
|This will put  something from your hands into your bag container (cannot be worn)
|-
|I/inventory
|This lists your  wearables, things in your hands and your general inventory.
|-
|Anatomy
|This lists your  anatomy descriptions and how to edit them.
|-
|Permit
|Permit <name>  Medical: This will give someone permission to administer medical treatment to  you
|-
|Story
|Entering 'Story' will  give you ongoing story updates.
|-
|Think
|Think will allow you  to sink into your characters thoughts.
|-
|Feel
|Feel will allow you  to sink into your characters feelings.
|-
|Shout
|Louder speech which  echoes to nearby spaces.
|-
|Follow
|Follow Bob wil have  you follow Bob.
|-
|Rent
|This will allow you  to rent rentable spaces.
|-
|Wear/Remove
|Wears/removes items.
|-
|Xhelp
|Contacts staff for  help.
|-
|QC
|This will bring up  the QC chip information
|-
|Attack
|Does what it says on  the tin.
|-
|Disengage
|Pulls you away from  attacking. DISE can be used.
|-
|OOC
|Speaks ooc locally.  Use= OOC HI!
|-
|Quit
|Quits you out the  game, leaving your character's body asleep in the world.
|}
[[Category:Guide]]