Basic Stuff
- F3 - Map of Egypt, centered around your location/region. You can expand the map at the edges. Your Coordinates (coords) are shown on top of the map
- F4 - North Arrow - will show you your Direction. It's points north, with the left side as west and right side as east. The bottom is south.
- F5 - F8 - Camera Views - Choose which ever you enjoy most. Some views are good for particular tasks thou. Double F8 gives you a Overhead view.
- Zoom zoom the edges of the screen turn your camera view.
- F9 + F10 - Chat Tab - Movie between your chat tabs without your mouse. F9 moves you up, F10 moves you down in the list.
- F11 - Friends List - yes you have friends or contacts. Press F11 once and you see all your Contacts, Press it a second time and you only see those that are online at this moment. Press F11 a third time to turn your Friends List off.
- To add Friends type in your Main tab: /af <Name> - where <name> is your friend/contact
- To remove Friends type in your MAin tab: /rf <name> - where <name> is the contact
- The ? in the Friends list gives you Information about the person thats publicly available. The C opens a private chat with that person.
- Wanna Talk? - Everything you type in the Main tab will be visible to all around you (about 15 coords radius)
- For Private Chat type: /chat <name> - where <name> is the person you like to have a private talk with (i use it mostly to ask silly questions {singh}.
- Remember some Etiquette in your dealings with other people. If you dont get answers immediatly, asume the person is busy and didnt notice your message yet.
- BOLD LETTERS - are screaming, thats a no no.
- And no foul Language in main, regional or guild chats, you wont know who you're offending by it.
- Guild Chats & Regional - It's nice to Say hallo and goodby (goodnight or morning) when logging on or off in your major guild chat. Ofcause people might live in a different part of the globe, but it's still nice to let them know you are there or have to leave.
- Locator - Forgot the region you're in or want to know the Game Time ? Type /clockloc - This will give you the year and time of Day in Game as well as your Region and coords. To turn it off, type it again.
- ESC - or Click yourself - Check out all the options you find there.
- Abbeviations Commonly found in chat's
- cya - see you or see you later
- brb - be right back (this can last hours , so dont nail the person after 2 minutes.)
- gtg - got to go (person needs to stretch their legs)
- omg - oh my god (prolly something funny)
- wtf - you'll figure it out, but dont use it
- afk - away from Keyboard (or sleeping on it ?)
- lol - laughing, sometimes also known as haha, hihi or hehe
- LOL - laughing a little harder
- rofl - rolling on floor laughing
- ROFL - I am unsure if this is more Rolling or more Laughing
- do'h - an expression of surprise
- wp - Waypoint (a way to travel faster, after you got the skill for it. It's a point you can set at will.)
- tt - Travel Time (often used like I tt to you, meaning to use a wp to get someplace faster)
- cs - Chariot Stop, also know as Bus stop
- cc - Charcoal
- :) - a smile or grin on the face
- ;) - as above with a closed eye
- :O) - with open mouth
- -@@- - blury eyed
to be continued ...