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FAQ

2009-06-12T20:13:51Z

Peavey: /* Does TMW have an IRC channel? */ add content, verbose descriptions a bit

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This is the FAQ for The Mana World. If you have a question, search for it in the Table of Contents. If you cannot find it, please post it on the forums, after having previously searched for similar threads.

== Support questions ==

=== Does TMW have an IRC channel? ===

Yes it does.

* '''Server''': ''irc.freenode.net''
* '''Channel''': [irc://irc.freenode.net:6667/themanaworld #themanaworld] (user support and off topic discussions)
* '''Channel''': [irc://irc.freenode.net:6667/tmw-dev #tmw-dev] (developers' channel, server/client)
* '''Channel''': [irc://irc.freenode.net:6667/tmw-art #tmw-art] (artists' channel, graphics/music/sound)
* '''Channel''': [irc://irc.freenode.net:6667/tmw-art #tmw-content] (content channel, gameplay/backstory/quests)

=== Is my platform supported? ===

Look in [[Ports]].

=== Where can I look for help? ===

The IRC channel is a good start for solving small problems or doubts. Is usually habited by sane people, ignore everything m[a]tt says. As most people are from Europe (GMT or GMT+1 timezones) you will have more success if you try to contact at a reasonable hour in the day.

For more complex problems (compilations problems, crashes...) is advisable to use the forums as it is a non-volatile way of storing your claims. If you do in IRC some people won't have the oportunity to read them and your oportunity of getting further help will be narrowed. At the same time posting long logs or reports on IRC is not polite.

=== When is this game updated? ===

This has several aswers. The general politics in the dev team is "When it's doneâ„¢". Expect new version to be released in a span of one to two months since the previous release.

Nevertheless, you can use [[Git Repository|Git]] to fetch latest code from sourceforge's repository. That code usually has all of the bleeding-edge additions but it could also be broken and don't even compile. Although usually it does work, is a fair warning to be done. Anyways, it doesn't imply any risk of breaking your system in any way or form.

A third update way are the automated updates. As the name says, the user doesn't have to do anything, just start the game and in the log-in screen the updates will be fetch. As a general rule it is advisable to fetch them but if you don't want to or you feel that such updates are conflicting with the (more up-to-date) data taken from Git (like display of old maps or graphics when you're sure the ones in Git has been already updated), you can parse the '-u' switch to the tmw executable. This will avoid any automatic update.

=== I want to help, how do I join the team? ===

First, if you are a developer read this: [[Joining the project]].

If you're a graphic artist is suggested you read the [[Guidelines]] and take a look at the '''Graphics''' section on the front page.

If you want to help coding some scripts or managing server content, read the [http://forums.themanaworld.org/viewforum.php?f=9 Jobs postings] subforum.

If you just want to suggest something, use the [http://forums.themanaworld.org/viewforum.php?f=4 Suggestions/Feedback] subforum.

=== I don't want to be rude but... I'm fed up with maggots!!! ===

One thing you'll notice if you invest hours every day into the game, is that you'll eventually run out of things to do. While we're constantly adding to the game with maps, quests, NPCs... we really can't keep up with demand. If you'd like to help this though, just join the project! It's as simple as that; you play the games, not us, so we don't know what you'd like to see and your opinion matters to us.

== Game-related questions ==

=== I'm a bit lost... How do I start? ===

There is an article specifically about this: [[Getting started]]. For a more detailed guide to the quests and items, see the [[Walkthrough]].

=== What are the keyboard shortcuts? ===

See the README file that came with your install for the list or press F1 while in game to see the help. The shortcut keys are configurable.

=== How do skills work? ===

* '''Strength''': Makes you hit harder with melee weapons.
* '''Agility''': Makes your enemies hit you less often and increases your attack speed.
* '''Vitality''': Increases your maximum HP and your HP recovery rate. Decreases the amount of damage you receive from hits.
* '''Intelligence''': Increases your maximum MP and your MP recovery rate. this stat isn't that important yet because there isn't a way to spend your MP yet.
* '''Dexterity''': Makes you hit harder with bows. Makes you miss your enemies less often with both melee and bow weapons.
* '''Luck''': Makes you do critical hits from time to time.
For further reading see [[Stats]].

=== What are MP for? ===

MP stands for "Magic Points", thus are points used in magic spells. Currently they can't be used in the game, this is because we will be moving to our own server with its own protocol and coding stuff for our current server (eAthena) would be a waste of time.

== Common problems ==

=== When I try to login using the account that usually works, I get following message: Disconnected from server ===

The message is misleading. It means that the game server is not online at the moment. Try again later.

If you really want to make sure, make sure you're trying to connect to <code>server.themanaworld.org</code> and that the port in your <code>config.xml</code> is set to 6901.

If that is the case and you still are not convinced it really is down, run "ping -c1 <host>" to check if the server's machine is up at or run "telnet <host> <port>" to also check if the server software is listening on the port you specified. Telnet should timeout after a while if it cannot connect to the specific port on the host.

== Problems with compiling or running ==

== Misc questions ==

=== I heard the characters will be deleted when you move to the new server. Is that true? ===

Yes, it is. There is no appeal. The way the two servers work are too different to make a migration of the player database reasonably possible. However, we think that this change will make many additions to the game possible that are not feasible with the current server. Thus, the problem is unavoidable. The developers have not yet stated whether long-time players will be given some bonus or advantage on the new server after the transition.

Main Page

2009-06-12T20:01:13Z

Peavey: add irc to general info

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| style="vertical-align: center; text-align: center; padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px; font-style: italic;" | Welcome to The Mana World wiki! This wiki is meant to provide information to our players, to provide an easy way to contribute to the development of certain parts of the game and to improve collaboration between people on the development team. We hope you will find what you are looking for. To be able to edit you have to login, but signing up is free and requires no activation.
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==For players==
===General information===
*[[Project description]]
*[[Screenshots]]
*[[Developers|List of developers]]
*[[Game_Masters|List of game masters]]
*[[System requirements]]
*[[Servers|List of servers]]
*[[Guilds|List of player groups]]
*[[Forks|List of other games based on TMW]]

===Newbie information===
*[[Getting started]]
*[[Party system]]
*[[Walkthrough]]
*[[FAQ]]

===In-depth information===
*[[Monster reference|List of monsters]]
*[[Item reference|List of items]]
*[[NPC|List of NPCs]]
*[[Stats|Overview of player statistics]]
*[[Config settings|Game configuration]]
*[[Provisorical Alchemy System|Alchemy]]
*[[In-game_world_map|World map]]
*[[Walkthrough/Quests|Quests]]

===Feedback===
*[[Suggestions|Suggest features or modifications]]
*[[Bugs|Report bugs]]

===Customization===
*[[Customization|GUI graphic]]

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==For developers==
===General information===
:''Development'': [[Joining the project]] - [[Roadmap]] - [[Git Repository]] - [[FAQ#Does_TMW_have_an_IRC_channel.3F|IRC]]

===Concepts and story===
:''Story'': [[Backstory]]
:''World'': [[Geography]] - [[Creatures]] - [[Organizations]] - [[Elements]] - [[Religion]]

===Game content===
:[[Content|''List of content being worked on'']]
:''General'': [[Guidelines]] - [[Concept art]] - [[Assignments]] - [[:Special:Newimages|Recently uploaded images]]
:''Characters'': [[Playerset development|Playersets]] - [[Equipment development|Equipment sheets]] - [[Equipment in development]] - [[Hairset development|Hairsets]] - [[NPC development]]
:''Creatures'': [[Creature proposal]] - [[Monsterset development|Monster sheets]]
:''Graphics'': [[Tileset development|Tilesets]] - [[Animations]] - [[Particle engine|Particle effects]] - [[Image dyeing]]
:''Mapping'': [[Map development]] - [[Mapping Tutorial]]
:''Sound and music'': [[SFX|Sound effects]] - [[Music]]
:''Miscellaneaous'': [[Translations]] - [[Friendly Bots]]

===Gameplay===
:''Combat'': [[Game systems]] - [[Weapons]]
:''User input'': [[GUI development]] - [[Keyboard usage]] - [[Menu interface system]]

===Programming===
:[[Hacking|Source code guidelines]]
:[[eAthena Scripting Standards]]
:[[Dependencies]]
:[[Ports]]
:[http://mantis.themanaworld.org Bug tracker]
:[http://bjorn.platinum.linux.pl/tmw-docs/ Source code documentation (Doxygen)]
:''RFCs'': [[Rendering]] - [[Action layers]] - [[Improvement of the collision layer system|Collision system]] - [[Being movement system|Movement system]] - [[Logging]]
:''Reference'': [[Server development]] - [[Realtime action combat protocol|Realtime combat]] - [[Monster Database]]
:''Releases'': [[Making a new release]] - [[How to release an update]]
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Archive:GM Guidelines

2008-11-06T12:31:38Z

Peavey: more commands

Being a GM (game master) is a responsible job. In part, your actions affect what the community will be like. Hence, here are some basic guidelines to help you make decisions.

=== General guidelines ===

# Use your own common sense. You are a GM because we have trust in your judgement.

=== Enforcing the rules ===

The primary job of a GM is to keep people happy with the game by enforcing [[User:Jaxad0127/Rules_Dialog|The Rules]]. Standard punishment for each rule varies:

1. '''Do not abuse other players''' (insults, swearing, and the like directed to a particular person or persons)
::Punishment: ...
2. '''No bots''' (and botting means ANY activity while away from keyboard)
::Punishment: Permanent ban.
3. '''No spamming / flooding''' (including trade spam)
::Punishment: ...
4. '''No begging'''
::Punishment: ...
5. '''Speak English on public chat'''
::Punishment: ...
6. Treat others the same way you would like to be treated
::Punishment: Not applicable, this rule is not enforcable.

=== Responding to banned players ===

Once banned, a player often comes to ask to be unbanned. ...

=== The Abuse Forum ===

...

== Command reference ==

Common commands to use as a GM are:

* @ban <time> <name> - Ban temporarily an account
:time usage: adjustment (+/- value) and element (y, m, d, h, mn, s)
* @unban <name> - Unban an account
* @charreset <name> - Reset stats AND skills of a character.
* @charbaselvl <#> <name> - Adjust a character's base level, a number of 1 ADDS a level and -1 takes a level.
* @spawn <monster_name_or_monster_ID> [<number to spawn>]
* @hide - Make yourself invisible to monsters
* @warp <map> <x> <y> - warps you to map at location. Eg. @warp new_3-1 30 30
* @charwarp <map> <x> <y> <name> - same as above, only warps a player
* @recall <name> - warps player to you
* @goto <name> - warps you to the player
* @die - kills your char

The information above is based on the conf/help.txt

Development:Developers

2008-04-14T12:23:05Z

Peavey: /* Active */ add my name

== Active ==
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{{dev2| [[User:Av3nger|Av3nger]] | Pixel art, map creation, translations | Brazil}}
{{dev1| [[User:Axltrozz|Alex Argumedo (Axltrozz)]] | Pixel artist | USA, born in El Salvador}}
{{dev2| [[User:Bertram|Bertram]] | Programmer | France}}
{{dev1| [[User:BjÃ¸rn|BjÃ¸rn Lindeijer]] | Lead Programmer | The Netherlands}}
{{dev2| [[User:Crush|Philipp Sehmisch (Crush)]] | Pixel artist, mapper, programmer | Germany}}
{{dev1| [[User:Dabe|David Del Re (Dabe)]] | Story and Geography writer | USA}}
{{dev2| [[User:Doener|Doener]] | Programmer | Germany}}
{{dev1| [[User:ElvenProgrammer|Eugenio Favalli (ElvenProgrammer)]] | Project leader, programmer | Italy}}
{{dev2| [[User:Silene|Guillaume Melquiond (Silene)]] | Programmer | France}}
{{dev1| [[User:Len|L Pabin (len)]] | Pixel artist, concept artist, mapper, and Head of art(maybe)| USA}}
{{dev2| [[User:maci|maci]] | User support | Germany}}
{{dev1| [[User:hackgrid|Matt]] | Blabbering idiot | Germany}}
{{dev2| [[User:Modanung|Modanung]] | Pixel artist, concept artist | The Netherlands}}
{{dev1| [[User:Pajarico|Pajarico]] | Art, writer | Spain}}
{{dev2| [[User:the-me|Patrick MatthÃ¤i]] | Debian package maintainer | Germany}}
{{dev1| [[User:Pauan|Pauan]] | Graphics artist (painting, pixel art, interface design, etc.) | USA}}
{{dev2| [[User:Peavey|Dennis Friis (peavey)]] | Programmer | Denmark}}
{{dev1| [[User:Platyna|Platyna]] | Slackware package maintainer | Poland}}
{{dev2| [[User:QOAL|Quiche_on_a_leash]] | Content implementation | England}}
{{dev1| [[User:Avaniel|Rogier Polak (Avaniel)]] | Programmer | The Netherlands}}
{{dev2| [[User:Rotonen|Joni Orponen (Rotonen)]] | Head of art, story and music | Finland}}
{{dev1| [[User:Trapdoor|trapdoor]] | Programmer | England}}
{{dev2| [[User:Tuxtgz|Tuxtgz]] | Web-interface Programmer | Germany}}
{{dev1| [[User:VictorSan|VictorSan]] | Programmer | Spain}}
{{dev2| [[User:Yosuhara|Yosuhara]] | Pixel artist | Slovakia}}
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{{dev1| [[User:Gagaofdeath|Andrej Sinicyn]] | Programmer | Germany}}
{{dev2| [[User:Bear|Bear]] | Scripter | USA}}
{{dev1| [[User:Catfish_Man|Catfish_Man]] | Mac port | USA}}
{{dev2| Chetic | Mapper | }}
{{dev1| [[User:Clef|Clef]] | Pixel artist | }}
{{dev2| [[User:Demon|Demon]] | Pixel artist | }}
{{dev1| [[User:deviexx|deviexx]] | Content manager | }}
{{dev2| [[User:Golgo|Golgo]] | Pixel artist | }}
{{dev1| Gnulia | Concept artist | }}
{{dev2| Igor Morgado (imorgado) | Tester | }}
{{dev1| [[User:Javila|Javila]] | Programmer | Brazil}}
{{dev2| [[User:JoshLangley|JoshLangley]] | Client Programmer | Australia}}
{{dev1| [[User:kindjal|kindjal]] | Programmer | France, currently Italy}}
{{dev2| [[User:Kinetic|Kinetic]] | Pixel artist | USA}}
{{dev1| Alexander Baldeck (kth5/Shura) | Programmer | }}
{{dev2| [[User:Kyokai|Kyokai]] | Game systems designer | }}
{{dev1| [[User:Maester Pixel|Maester Pixel]] | Pixel artist | USA}}
{{dev2| [[User:Magick|Magick]] | Musician | }}
{{dev1| [[User:Mkael|Mkael]] | Concept artist | Finland}}
{{dev2| [[User:Mra|Mra]] | Programmer | Germany}}
{{dev1| [[User:Neko-mon|Neko-mon]] | Pixel artist | Brazil}}
{{dev2| Neorice | Pixel artist | }}
{{dev1| [[User:Nym|nym]] | Programmer | Australia}}
{{dev2| Rodney Dawes (dobey) | Packager (install process) | }}
{{dev1| Romulo Fernandes (razor85) | Artist | }}
{{dev2| Simon Edwardsson (simonedw/simedw) | Packager (Mac) | }}
{{dev1| [[User:Sora|Sora]] | Pixel artist | Poland}}
{{dev2| [[User:Sull|Sull]] | Pixel artist and hosting | Canada}}
{{dev1| [[User:Talaroc|Talaroc]] | Pixel artist | }}
{{dev2| Ti Sing Hao | Musician | }}
{{dev1| Ultramichy | Hosting | }}
{{dev2| [[User:Usiu|Mateusz Kaduk (Usiu)]] | Programmer | Poland}}
{{dev1| Vlady | Artist | }}
{{dev2| zenogais (bitshift2002) | Programmer | }}
{{dev1| [[User:Irukard|Krzysztof Daszuta (Irukard)]] | Pixel artist | Poland}}
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Development:Developers

2008-04-14T12:21:34Z

Peavey: /* Active */ add myself as dev

== Active ==
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! style="background:#efdead;" width="200px" align="left" | Occupation
! style="background:#efdead;" width="150px" align="left" | Location

{{dev2| [[User:Av3nger|Av3nger]] | Pixel art, map creation, translations | Brazil}}
{{dev1| [[User:Axltrozz|Alex Argumedo (Axltrozz)]] | Pixel artist | USA, born in El Salvador}}
{{dev2| [[User:Bertram|Bertram]] | Programmer | France}}
{{dev1| [[User:BjÃ¸rn|BjÃ¸rn Lindeijer]] | Lead Programmer | The Netherlands}}
{{dev2| [[User:Crush|Philipp Sehmisch (Crush)]] | Pixel artist, mapper, programmer | Germany}}
{{dev1| [[User:Dabe|David Del Re (Dabe)]] | Story and Geography writer | USA}}
{{dev2| [[User:Doener|Doener]] | Programmer | Germany}}
{{dev1| [[User:ElvenProgrammer|Eugenio Favalli (ElvenProgrammer)]] | Project leader, programmer | Italy}}
{{dev2| [[User:Silene|Guillaume Melquiond (Silene)]] | Programmer | France}}
{{dev1| [[User:Len|L Pabin (len)]] | Pixel artist, concept artist, mapper, and Head of art(maybe)| USA}}
{{dev2| [[User:maci|maci]] | User support | Germany}}
{{dev1| [[User:hackgrid|Matt]] | Blabbering idiot | Germany}}
{{dev2| [[User:Modanung|Modanung]] | Pixel artist, concept artist | The Netherlands}}
{{dev1| [[User:Pajarico|Pajarico]] | Art, writer | Spain}}
{{dev2| [[User:the-me|Patrick MatthÃ¤i]] | Debian package maintainer | Germany}}
{{dev1| [[User:Pauan|Pauan]] | Graphics artist (painting, pixel art, interface design, etc.) | USA}}
{{dev2| [[User:peavey|peavey]] | Programmer | Denmark}}
{{dev1| [[User:Platyna|Platyna]] | Slackware package maintainer | Poland}}
{{dev2| [[User:QOAL|Quiche_on_a_leash]] | Content implementation | England}}
{{dev1| [[User:Avaniel|Rogier Polak (Avaniel)]] | Programmer | The Netherlands}}
{{dev2| [[User:Rotonen|Joni Orponen (Rotonen)]] | Head of art, story and music | Finland}}
{{dev1| [[User:Trapdoor|trapdoor]] | Programmer | England}}
{{dev2| [[User:Tuxtgz|Tuxtgz]] | Web-interface Programmer | Germany}}
{{dev1| [[User:VictorSan|VictorSan]] | Programmer | Spain}}
{{dev2| [[User:Yosuhara|Yosuhara]] | Pixel artist | Slovakia}}
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{{dev1| [[User:Gagaofdeath|Andrej Sinicyn]] | Programmer | Germany}}
{{dev2| [[User:Bear|Bear]] | Scripter | USA}}
{{dev1| [[User:Catfish_Man|Catfish_Man]] | Mac port | USA}}
{{dev2| Chetic | Mapper | }}
{{dev1| [[User:Clef|Clef]] | Pixel artist | }}
{{dev2| [[User:Demon|Demon]] | Pixel artist | }}
{{dev1| [[User:deviexx|deviexx]] | Content manager | }}
{{dev2| [[User:Golgo|Golgo]] | Pixel artist | }}
{{dev1| Gnulia | Concept artist | }}
{{dev2| Igor Morgado (imorgado) | Tester | }}
{{dev1| [[User:Javila|Javila]] | Programmer | Brazil}}
{{dev2| [[User:JoshLangley|JoshLangley]] | Client Programmer | Australia}}
{{dev1| [[User:kindjal|kindjal]] | Programmer | France, currently Italy}}
{{dev2| [[User:Kinetic|Kinetic]] | Pixel artist | USA}}
{{dev1| Alexander Baldeck (kth5/Shura) | Programmer | }}
{{dev2| [[User:Kyokai|Kyokai]] | Game systems designer | }}
{{dev1| [[User:Maester Pixel|Maester Pixel]] | Pixel artist | USA}}
{{dev2| [[User:Magick|Magick]] | Musician | }}
{{dev1| [[User:Mkael|Mkael]] | Concept artist | Finland}}
{{dev2| [[User:Mra|Mra]] | Programmer | Germany}}
{{dev1| [[User:Neko-mon|Neko-mon]] | Pixel artist | Brazil}}
{{dev2| Neorice | Pixel artist | }}
{{dev1| [[User:Nym|nym]] | Programmer | Australia}}
{{dev2| Rodney Dawes (dobey) | Packager (install process) | }}
{{dev1| Romulo Fernandes (razor85) | Artist | }}
{{dev2| Simon Edwardsson (simonedw/simedw) | Packager (Mac) | }}
{{dev1| [[User:Sora|Sora]] | Pixel artist | Poland}}
{{dev2| [[User:Sull|Sull]] | Pixel artist and hosting | Canada}}
{{dev1| [[User:Talaroc|Talaroc]] | Pixel artist | }}
{{dev2| Ti Sing Hao | Musician | }}
{{dev1| Ultramichy | Hosting | }}
{{dev2| [[User:Usiu|Mateusz Kaduk (Usiu)]] | Programmer | Poland}}
{{dev1| Vlady | Artist | }}
{{dev2| zenogais (bitshift2002) | Programmer | }}
{{dev1| [[User:Irukard|Krzysztof Daszuta (Irukard)]] | Pixel artist | Poland}}
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