StendhalManual: Difference between revisions

=Introduction=

==What is Stendhal?==

stendhal is a multiplayer online adventures game inspired in Acorn with the 90's Zelda look.

Your task is to talk with other people in the village and find jobs to do that will drive to interesting quests that will reveal the hidden plot behind the world of stendhal

In stendhal, you can also just walk around, chat with people, buy and sell items and kill some of them :)

Some of these people are NPC, they will give you tasks to accomplish and hints to solve your quest.

stendhal is totally developed using Java and Java2D, so it is portable to anything running Java 1.5.0.

=Setting up the game=

== Creating a account ==

To create an account you must go to [http://stendhal.ombres.ambre.net Account Register Site] and fill the fields to complete the form.

Automatically you obtain an account to play Stendhal.

== Downloading the game ==

You can run it using [http://arianne.sourceforge.net/jws/stendhal.jnlp Java Webstart] or you can download to your computer at http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/arianne/stendhal-0.12.zip?download

The prefered way is using Java Webstart as you will get updates automatically.

== Customizating a character ==

<b>TODO</b>

=Controls and Game settings=

To control stendhal you need to use mouse and keyboard.

==Starting the game==

Launch Stendhal by using [http://arianne.sourceforge.net/jws/stendhal.jnlp Java webstart] or by running stendhal-0.XX.jar file.

Click on <b>Login to Stendhal</b> button and fill the data.<br>

Be sure to choose the server where you created your account and finally click on Login to Server.<br>

A progress bar will appear and soon you will be connected to world game.

If the server is not online you will get a error message explaining that, so you either try later or create a new account on another server.

==Basic controls==

===Move===

Use arrows to move around the Map.

You must press the arrow long enough for the character to move. Your character will collide with elements that exists on the world, like other players and walls.

You also collides with map borders. When you reach a map border your screen won't move further and then can happen two things:

* if an area exists to move from this zone to the new area, you will be traslated to the new area.

* if no area exists nothing will happen and simply you will collide.

Signs may help you determining this.

===Face===

When attacking someone or talking to someone it is a nice thing to face them, so press Ctrl and arrow to face in that direction.

It is just a eye candy action as it has no effect on game rules.

=== Other actions ===

Use right mouse button over objects to see the contextual menu and use left mouse button to choose the action

You can click outside to abort the contextual menu.

===Exit===

Press ESC to exit. You will be prompted again to either really quit or get back to game.

===Open Game Dialog log===

In case you closed the game dialog you can open it again with Ctrl+L

This dialog contains all the important events that happen in game so it is wise to have it visible.

==Player comunication==

To communicate with other players simply write. A chat bubble will appear under your character and a new line will appear on Game log dialog. This kind of communication is public and visible to every player in world, although you will see only text for players near you.

Alternatively you can write

/tell player chat Content

To write to a single character anything you want. For example:

/tell miguel This game rules, really. I have rated it 10/10 :)

=Gameplay=

==Characters==

You can and must talk to other characters to get help and quest to complete.<br>

There are several NPC on Stendhal. All of them reply to Hi, so greet them and ask them for help or quests.

Some of them will sell and buy sheeps, others heal you, and others are simply <i>"useless"</i>

==World of Stendhal==

Explore it! :)

==Combat==

Combat is a important way of getting new levels. You only get experience by killing, you can't train your skills like in other games.

To attack a creature simply left click on it and choose <b>Attack</b>. You will see that a red box appear almost inmediately around it. You need to be next to the target in order for attack to success.

Your attack will continue until:

* you stop it using "Stop attack"

* you press ESC

* you change of zone

* your target is dead

Combat is round based, and each round last around 1.6 seconds.

On each round the attack is resolve and the result is displayed in the right-bottom corner of the target:

* a cloud that means you failed to hit the target.

* a shield that means you hitted the target but that you were unable to damage it.

* a blood that means you hitted the target and damaged it. Also you will see a red number popping out of target, that the amount of damage done.

If you kill your target you will see a blue number popping out, that's your experience reward.

=Support=