Difference between revisions of "Getting Started for Users"

WORK IN PROGRESS

First of all, a big welcome to Sinespace!

As a user in Sinespace, you can chat with other users, complete quests, attend events and much more. If you are not a member of Sinespace yet and would like to be, please go to our sign up page!

Once you have an account for Sinespace, you might want to download the Sinespace client from our website. The client is better than using Sinespace in the browser. You can find the latest client here.

Logging into the Sinespace Client

Once you have downloaded and installed the Sinespace client, open it up. You will get a log in screen which looks like this:

One the left hand side, this shows the events on in the week in your local time. The box next to this shows the most recent blog post. The next box shows the forums thread. The images are from our Flickr page. There is also a blue cog in the bottom right corner of the log in screen. You can click on this to adjust graphic settings before you enter Sinespace.

At the top, this is where you enter your account details to log in. You enter the account name you set up on the sign in page, and the password. You don't need to check the preview server box. The dropdown menu shows 'Last visited', 'Default', and 'Home'. Last visited will log you into the last visited region, default will log you into the Welcome Center (This is good for new users) and Home will log you into your home region.

Once you have set where you want to log in, click on the green Login button.

Upon login to Sinespace

When you log in to Sinespace for the first time, especially in the Welcome Center, you may find you experience a bit of lag. This is due to the region needing to load fully. You will see a loading progress bar in the top right corner which looks like this:

Once this is done, the lag will disappear and you will be able to chat and move around easily. If you still find issues with moving around, you can reduce the settings by clicking on the blue cog in the bottom right corner if you haven't done this already on the log in screen.

Moving Around in Sinespace

To walk around, you can use the WASD keys, arrow keys, or we have a Click to Walk setting.

The click to walk allows you to click on the ground and your avatar will move to the spot you clicked. If Click to Walk isn't your style, you can turn this off under the settings at the bottom of the client screen.

You can also fly around the world. To fly, hit F on your keyboard. You can turn direction using WASD or arrow keys, and fly up or down using Page Up/Down or E to go up and C to go down.

You can also own vehicles in sinespace to help you get around. You can purchase cars or planes from the Shop and then spawn them into the region from your inventory.

Just click on the car/plane in your inventory, then click on the 'Drive' button. Click on the car/plane in the region to get in and take it for a spin!

Cars and planes work the same as walking. You can use WASD and arrow keys to turn and accelerate, and use space bar to brake. To get out of the car or plane, click on it.

Changing Your Avatar

When you sign up to Sinespace, you will have picked a default avatar. To customize this avatar, you can click on the Outfit button at the bottom of the screen. If you can't see the green buttons at the bottom of the screen, you can press F11 on your keyboard to switch to full-screen.

Once you have clicked on the Outfit button, you will enter the Outfit window. This is where you can change the appearance of your avatar.

As you can see, there is a dropdown menu right at the top on the left hand side, and buttons called 'Switch', 'Delete', 'New' and 'Save As'. These buttons are relating to making a new outfit. There are also different dropdown menus on the left side of the outfit window. These are: Skintone, Face Details, Avatar Size, Body Details and Worn Clothes.

Creating a new outfit

You can create a new outfit by clicking on the 'New' button at the top left of the outfit window. When you click on the New button, you will see this:

The first box at the top is the name of the current outfit you are wearing. You can change the current outfit you are wearing by clicking on the green arrow next the outfit name, then hit the 'Switch' button. You also have the option to delete the current outfit with the 'Delete' button.

The box where it says 'Enter a name' is the box where you enter the name of the new outfit, for example you can name it 'New Outfit'. The box which says 'Base Male' is a dropdown box for choosing either the Base Male or Base Female avatar skeleton.

Once you have named it and chosen the base skeleton, you can click on the 'Create' button to create the outfit. The avatar will show as a default avatar, but you can customize this with the dropdown menus.

Skintone

The skintone menu lets you pick which skintone you want your avatar to have. The 'Skintone' dropdown will let you pick the color of the avatars' skin; You can have normal skintones, or pick any color such as blue. The 'Reflection' dropdown will let you pick a reflection color. The reflection color will add an undertone to your skintone; If you pick a darker skintone for example, adding a white reflection color will make the skin show in a grey color.

Face Details

The face details menu shows you a selection of different sliders to change the appearance of your avatars' face. The above image is just a small amount of the sliders we have under Face Details. You can change these to your preference.

Avatar Size

The avatar size will adjust the overall height of your avatar.

Body Details

The body details menu will let you change the body shape of your avatar with sliders. There a lot of options here to change your avatar, like making the avatar more muscular, making the arms longer etc. You can change these to your preference.

Worn Clothes

Here you can Open Wardrobe with the 'Open Wardrobe' button to see a list of all the clothing you have. You can also remove items you are wearing with the 'Remove' button next to the clothing item.

If you haven't got any other clothes for your avatar to wear, you will need to visit the Shop.