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- WELCOME TO THE GAME SERVICE
-
- Please read the text below for more
- information.
-
- First Menu (current screen)
- ----------
- On this screen you choose a server and a
- handle.
-
- - Ubi Soft servers
- Gives a listing of available servers.
- Select the server that is geographically
- nearest you.
-
- - New User
- Press this button when you want to play via
- the Game Service for the first time.
- The following information must be provided
- so that the account can be created.
-
- Name (mandatory): Enter your handle here.
- Your Handle is limited to 8 characters and
- must begin with an alphanumeric character
- (a-z or 0-9). If someone else is already in
- the GameService using that exact handle,
- it will tell you, "Your name is already used"
-
- Password (mandatory): You must associate
- a password with your name so that you will
- be the only one to use your user's name.
- The password is limited to 8 characters.
-
- Country (optional): Enter here the country
- where you come from.
-
- E-mail (optional) : Enter your internet
- address here.
-
- Visiting card (optional) : Enter whatever
- you want here.
-
- POD version (automatic): Displays the
- installed version of POD.
-
- Additional tracks (automatic): Displays the
- name of the additional tracks installed.
-
- Reverse mode (automatic): Informs the
- player whether the reverse mode is active
- or not.
-
- - Back Button
- This button returns you to the multiplayer
- mode selection menu.
-
- - Dialog Box
- This portion of the screen will tell you
- information about what is happening or what
- to do.
-
- - Connect Button
- Once you have chosen a server and a Handle
- (name) click on this button to proceed to
- the next screen. Sometimes (depending on
- your internet connection) it may take a few
- seconds to connect after you have hit this
- button.
-
- Second Menu
- -----------
- On this menu you are able to see your ping
- time and select an arena.
-
- - Server Messages
- This area will contain any information you
- might need to know concerning the worldwide
- competition .
-
- - Selection list
-
- Arena : This portion of the screen shows
- you which arenas are available to choose from.
- The geographical names represent the actual
- locations of the servers, so you are more
- likely to have a better connection in a
- room that is closer to you.
-
- Ping limit: This indicates the maximum ping
- you can have and still enter the room. If
- your ping is a high number (over 500)
- sometimes you will not see all of the rooms.
-
- People : This number indicates how many
- people are currently in each arena.
-
- -Your ID
- Pressing this button allows you to modify
- some information such as your visiting
- card or email address.
-
- - Back
- This button will take you to the previous
- screen.
-
- - Dialog box
- This small box will display your current
- average ping and your connection class.
- The lower your ping time, the better
- connection to the server you will usually
- have.
-
- - Connect
- Once you have selected an arena (use the
- mouse or keyboard and highlight one of the
- arena names) you can enter that arena by
- pressing the connect button.
-
-
- Third Menu
- -----------
- This screen is the arena. In the arena
- you can chat with others and set up races.
-
- - Player list
- This area gives information about who is
- in the channel and what they are currently
- doing.
-
- Name : Names appearing in green show players
- who are currently not involved in a race. By
- clicking on someone's name and the player
- button, you can find out where they are from
- and what addon tracks they currently have.
- The (M) beside the player's name means that
- they are currently Master of a session.
-
- Score : This number shows the total points
- that the player currently has.
- The way the points are allocated is based
- on the E.L.O. chess system. In other words,
- you earn more points by beating a player
- who has a good ranking.
-
- Session : The name in this column shows
- which (if any) session the player is
- currently joined to. The number to the right
- of the session name shows (how many players
- are currently in that session/max number of
- players allowed in the session) If the
- session name turns orange, it means the
- session is full. If [brackets] appear around
- the session name, this means that the
- session has been launched and the players
- involved are no longer active in the
- chatroom.
-
- Chat box : Click on this area and a cursor
- will appear. You may then type your
- message and hit enter to send it.
-
- Global chat window : This is where chat
- text appears when people type in the
- public chat.
-
- Private chat window : This is where private
- chat messages and server messages
- (indicating which session has been started,
- etc) will appear. To use private chat, click
- he button that says private. A gray
- checkbox will appear beside the names of
- all the players. Click on the box of the
- person(s) you wish to send private
- messages to, and the gray box will be filled
- in with solid white. You may then p-chat.
-
- - Server/information window : This window
- displays different information
- depending on which of the three orange
- buttons on the right are selected.
-
- Player : This will give you information
- about the currently selected player.
-
- Session : If you have a session or a player
- with a session selected, you will see
- information about the name of the session,
- the list of players involved, and which
- racetrack(s) are selected in that session.
-
- Server : This will give you instructions
- or information about who finished in which
- place in recently completed sessions.
-
- Start : If you are the master of a session,
- you can use this button to launch the
- session and begin the race.
-
- Quit : Use this button to return to the
- previous screen.
-