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There is documentation on the Palace, including a user
manual at the Palace website. Here's a few frequently
asked questions to get you started.
Palace FAQ "How To Use"
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** How do you see people's names?
On the Mac, hold down Cmd-Option.
On the PC, hold down F3.
** What do the numbers (2/6) on the status bar mean?
The first number is the number of people in the room, the second
number is the the number of people on the server (in all the rooms).
** How do I make a thought balloon?
You can make a "thought" balloon by preceding the text with a colon,
like so:
:hmmm... sounds interesting
** How do I make other Interesting Balloons?
Try these other ones:
!this one is excited!
^out to lunch
@10,10 Over Here!
** Why is my text in italics? And how come everyone is ignoring me?
If you click on someone's head, you enter into a private conversation
with that person. Only you and that person see what you type, and it
appears in italics. This is called "private chat" or "whispering".
To cancel it, click on the status bar where it says "You are talking
to so and so, click here to cancel".
** How do I make sounds?
To make a sound, type a right parenthesis followed by the name
of the sound, like so:
)applause (or)
)applause He shoots! He scores!
** What other sounds are there?
You can find out what sounds you have by looking in the sounds
directory. Each sound is a separate file. The current list is:
amen, applause, belch, boom, crunch, debut, fazein, guffaw, kiss,
no, ow, pop, teehee, wet1, wind, yes
The most popular sound on the palace is probably )wind, which is
a recording of the multi-talented Mark Jeffrey. The less popular
)wet1 is the multi-talented Jim Bumgardner.
** How do I add sounds?
Sounds are 22 hkz, 8-bit mono WAV files
I heard the Palace talks. How do I make it talk?
** How do I find the other people?
Use the "Find Somebody" command on the options menu.
** Can I see what rooms there are?
Use the "Goto Room" command on the options menu.
** I missed what someone said.
Use the "Show Log" (Mac) or "Log Window" (PC) command on the options menu.
** How do people change their appearence so quickly?
Macros...
** How do I zap people, and do other cool things I've seen people do?
Zapping and other magic requires that you a) register your copy of the
palace, and b) become a student of the ways of the palace.
You will need to become familiar with the arcane art of iptscrae
scripting in order to zap people. More on this below.
** How do I register?
In the United States, Call our 800 number at 1-800-PALACE2. Elsewhere
call 619-537-2465.
** How much will it cost?
About $20 dollars - this is a flat fee for the 1.0 palace software. For your
$20 bucks, you get the ability to change your name, fully customize
your appearence, run your own server, and zap people. You can't beat it!
** How do I find out more about iptscare?
There is an iptscrae discussion group as well as a reference manual
on the website. There are some iptscrae examples in the file
cyborg.ipt which is in your palace folder.
** How do I get a personal profile on someone?
If you want to get a personal profile of a member (this won't work for
guests) - select that person for private chat, then say "finger" then
look at the log window (options menu).
** How do I change my profile?
Your profile information is stored in your cyborg.ipt file. It is actually
part of a script. Change the lines that say <<insert stuff here>>. Again,
this won't work if you're a guest.
** What format are the pictures in?
The pictures are 512 x 384 GIFs that use a specific 236 color palette.
You can get a copy of the palette by loading the picture PGATE.GIF into
your favorite paint or image processing program (e.g. Photoshop).
** How do you disappear?
Create a new prop which is a single pixel. You'll be least visible if the
single pixel is gray, and the prop is a "ghost". Note that savvy users
who have read this FAQ will always be able to find you because they
will keep an eye on the number of users in the room on the status bar,
and will keep the cmd-option key held down from time to time to find you.
** What new features are planned soon
Scriptable Props
MIDI
File Transfers