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Interacting with the
World
This is an Action
Tag. Nearly everything you can interact with will have an
action tag floating on or above it. Some people
just call them buttons. They appear as blue circles
with an orange arrow inside it, and the arrow often rotates
inside the blue circle pointing towards the object it's
meant to interact with. If you see an action, hover
your mouse over it, and you should see a drop down menu with
selections, with it's default selection already highlighted
in white if you click on the button directly. Or you
can click what is listed under the tag to do a different
function, or action. These tags let you get into
vehicles, sit in chairs and benches, join conversation
groups, pick up objects, enter or exit a home or
building, read books and signs, teleport links... basically
everything!
Getting
Around
General
Movement:
Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to walk around the
environment. You'll start out on foot, so up arrow key
will walk your avatar forward. Down arrow key will
walk you backwards, and left and right keys will make you
turn in that direction. Tapping the up arrow key twice
will make your avatar run. Lastly, pressing the right
mouse button will make your avatar jump. If you keep
jumping repeatedly your avatar will jump slightly higher and
higher, for about 3-4 jumps.
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Action Mode:
Action mode is best when driving a vehicle, and when on
foot you can look up and down, and all around. Action
mode puts the mouse in control of steering the vehicle
instead of the arrow keys on the keyboard.
There's two ways to get into Action Mode.
Hold down the CTRL Key
Holding the CTRL key on your keyboard will temporarily
put you in this mode, and you'll notice the mouse cursor and
the menu bar at the bottom of the screen has
disappeared. Left and right mouse movements now
control the vehicle you're in. If you're on foot, this
will change the direction your avatar is facing, and you can
also look up and down. You'll still need to press the
up and down arrow key to move forward and backwards in
action mode.
Default to Action
Mode.
This is a better way to enter Action Mode. Holding the
CTRL key the whole time you're driving a vehicle can get
cumbersome. There's a way to make it a defualt mode by
clicking the following items from the menu bar at the bottom
of your screen, as seen in the screen shot at the
left. Click on There, Customize,
World, Default to Action mode. This will set you
action mode all the time with no mouse cursor, or menu
bar. The CTRL key now works the opposite way by
brining up your mouse cursor and menu back on screen when
you need to use it.
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Getting around in
Vehicles
If you need to use a vehicle, there are
hundreds of folks in-world who will be happy to loan things
to you. So don't hesitate to ask anyone, including
your Mentor. This world is set up for sharing. There's even
a SKILL called "Newbie Helper" that encourages members to
help out newbies by loaning stuff, and talking with newbies.
If someone lends you a vehicle, the owner can retrieve it back at any time they want it back. There's no theft, no damage, or death in this world. So you can be rough with vehicles all you want, and take off with the things you borrow to anywhere you want.
Socializing
If you can't find anyone near you, check the
Places
page to see a list where everyone is at, and you can
teleport to those places. Karuna Plaza and
Zephyr are the most popular places in world, but they
are also known to be the lagiest places to go to
since there are so many people there. Also people like
to drop books and signs which add to the lag, plus people
like to build things inside their portazones. which as more
clutter and lag to these areas. So be warned especially if
you're on dialup!
Once you find groups of people, just start up a conversation with anyone passing by, saying hi or hello to someone facing you. When they respond back you should be "sucked" into a conversation grouping. To join a conversation that already exists just click on the actions tag button, and you'll join in.
Also just standing near the conversation, and typing something will often bring you into the chat group. Keep in mind that the maximum number of people that can be in a chat group is 7, unless the group is near trees or uneven ground then the group can only hold 4 people. So if you're finding your self not being able to join the conversation, this is why. Also if you've ever noticed that your avatar will suddenly start walking away for no reason, it's because you're standing too close to one of these conversation groups, and the system forces you out of the camera view for the people who are in the group. And it is VERY annoying seeing people walking in the way.
Join a
Club
There are thousands of clubs that have formed in There, and
a lot of them are geared towards helping newbies.
Simply check out the
Clubs page and search for clubs. Use the search feature
to look for key words on common interests that you are
into. You can also form your own club, however you
must be a
member
of There to do so.
Away
Avatars
I'm sure you've seen these avatars by
now. Avatars that have these green goggles floating in front
of their eyes means they are away. These will appear
if the person is looking at a web page (like shopping in
auctions), looking at another window, or simply not looking
at There client screen. The goggles also will appear
automatically if an avatar sits idle for over 5 minutes. You
can also manually place your self away by clicking the
button at the bottom right that shows a green thumbs up
(see picture at right), and select
away. You can also set other modes like Do Not
Disturb where no one will be able to send you an IM, or
Buddies Only where only people you have on your buddy
list can send you an IM.
Try-O-Matic
Machines
You've probably seen these TRY-IT machines in some of the
areas you've been visiting. Most of these have limited
selections that only last a couple hours. However there's a
better set of these machines recently created placed in
special locations, with a much BIGGER selection of clothing
and vehicles, and the items last for TEN (10) hours!
Here's a list of locations you can find them at! Click the teleport link to go there. In case one of the places doesn't have the Try-it machines, teleport to the next one listed. You'll teleport to the front of the house, or funzone. Either walk inside the funzone, or click the action tag on the door to enter the house.
- (Teleport) Emilae's House Newcomer Hangout
- (Teleport) MikeCesar's House New Member Gathering
- (Teleport) Chez Zooza house.
- (Teleport) NMSS Fun Zone (Jungle Slope)
New Member Social
Services
If your Avatar is two weeks old or
less, you can join the
NMSS Newbies Club, . Once you're in the club you will
automatically be invited to NMSS's free clothing giveaways,
free raffles, classes, and other free events located at the
NMSS
Funzone.
There is down! What is there to
do?
Not to fear. If you're a member you can post in
Forums.
Or you can check out other fan sites that may have
Forums also. But if you're looking for some real-time
interaction with Therians, most of us are on IRC chatting
operated by the folks at
ThereUniverse. If you have mIRC client, click this link
to connect to
irc.enterthegame.com
and then join the channel #there.
Other Links you might want to check
out:
New To There: A newbie guide created by my
dear friend
WildChild.
There Maps: An interactive map site!
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