Difference between revisions of "Playing Online"

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First of all

The very first thing you should do is READ THE RULES!!!

How to play online

Playing online works exactly like playing offline, except that you can see other players, up- or download levels and replays, and see various stats while playing. In order to use the online features, there are a lot of new keys for you to configure.

When you first time enter the game, there might be a battle running. Simply download the level, go to the external levels through the menu and find the level, that is being played.

Default key mapping in Elma Online

Elma Online uses the F1-F12 keys for most of its functionality. In addition, the F-keys can be combined with two option keys (OPT2 and OPT3, which are left SHIFT and left CTRL by default) for more functions. You can set the option keys to left or right SHIFT, left or right CTRL, or ALT in eolconf.

Default key mapping:

       F1  =  Show/hide other players
OPT2 + F1  =  Show/hide yourself from others
OPT3 + F1  =  Show help (these key bindings and other commands)
ENTER+ F1  =  Free camera (Observe without entering the level). You can move your camera using the arrow keys and go faster by holding shift while moving.

       F2  =  Observe next player     (When chatting, write PM to next player in list)
OPT2 + F2  =  Observe previous player (When chatting, write PM to previous player in list)
OPT3 + F2  =  Cancel observing        (When chatting, cancel PM)

       F3  =  Show battle queue
OPT2 + F3  =  Lock/unlock new levels
OPT3 + F3  =  -

       F4  =  Download battle level
OPT2 + F4  =  -
OPT3 + F4  =  Download any level (type level filename without the .lev extension)

       F5  =  Show players online
OPT2 + F5  =  Show best times in current level
OPT3 + F5  =  Show best multiplayer times in current level
 
       F6  =  Show battle standings/results
OPT2 + F6  =  -
OPT3 + F6  =  Show 24h tt standings/results

       F7  =  Show finished times
OPT2 + F7  =  Show finished multi times
OPT3 + F7  =  Clear finished times

       F8  =  Send/accept multiplayer invitation
OPT2 + F8  =  Cancel all multiplayer invitations
OPT3 + F8  =  Show/hide last apple time

       F9  =  Type chat line (press up/down or pageup/pagedown to scroll)
OPT2 + F9  =  Show/hide chat
OPT3 + F9  =  Toggle team chat mode on/off. When on, F9 works as team chat.

       F10 =  Show/hide battle status line
OPT2 + F10 =  Show/hide leader and your position
OPT3 + F10 =  Show/hide speedometer

       F11 =  Download winning replay of last battle
OPT2 + F11 =  -
OPT3 + F11 =  Show/hide onewheel status

       F12 =  (Re)connect to server
OPT2 + F12 =  Disconnect from server
OPT3 + F12 =  Refresh palette

How to make your own shirt (BMP)

Shirt tutorial video by iCS (For photoshop)

The following is a walkthrough on how to make a shirt picture. If you know what you are doing you can of course do it any way you want.

Open Microsoft Paint
Open a BMP
- Either: Load an existing working BMP (that already has the right colors in the game, e.g. milagros.bmp)
- Or: Create a new one with the dimensions 149 x 101 pixels
Rotate 90° counter-clockwise, if you want it to be easier to see what the shirt will look like in the game
Make the background
- Note that all pixels with the same color as the top left corner pixel will be transparent
- It may be any shape, no need to use the usual shape of the shirt
Put something unique on it: letter, image, logo, etc
Customize
- It is useful to use advanced programs like Adobe Photoshop for better results
- You can also use special fonts from pages like dafont.com
Rotate 90° clockwise if you rotated it before
Correct your BMP
- If you created or edited your shirt with another program, you might have wrong palette. Then, follow these steps:
1. Copy your BMP
2. Open working BMP
3. Paste there
  - There are mainly two different LGRs used as the default one (the original default.lgr and highq.lgr) and it's a good idea to have a look at the shirt with both LGRs as they have a different color palette.
Save as type "256 Color Bitmap (*.bmp,*.dib)"
- Use the exact same name as on Elma Online (case sensitive, no accents or special symbols)
Put it in your bmp folder in EOL directory, when you play it will be uploaded to site automatically.
Advertise to everybody on Elma Online, on forums, #battle (mIRC) and anywhere else you want

Other players' shirts are automatically downloaded when you're online in EOL.

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-== First time online ==
+== First of all ==
+'''The very first thing you should do is [[Rules|READ THE RULES]]!!!'''
-First of all you should read the [[rules]]. Playing online works exactly like playing offline, except that you can see other players, up- or download levels and replays, and see various stats while playing. In order to use the online features, there are a lot of new keys for you to configure. The default keys are:
+== How to play online ==
+Playing online works exactly like playing offline, except that you can see other players, up- or download levels and replays, and see various stats while playing. In order to use the online features, there are a lot of new keys for you to configure.
-# F1 = Show/hide other players
+When you first time enter the game, there might be a [[battle]] running. Simply download the [[level]], go to the [[external]] levels through the menu and find the level, that is being played.
-# F2 = Observe next player
+<!--
-# F3 = Observe previous player
+=== Default key mapping for Belma ===
-# F4 = Download current battle level
-# F5 = Show/Hide players online list
-# F6 = Show/Hide battle standings/results
-# F7 = Show all finished times since key was pressed
-# F8 = Clear finished times list
-# F9 = Write a chat line - ''The layout is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_keyboard#US US], get used to it''
-# F10 = Hide yourself - ''Won't work in a lev which is being battled''
-# F11 = Upload / Download winning replay of battle
-# F12 = Reconnect to the server
+ F1  =  Show/hide other players
+ F2  =  Observe next player
+ F3  =  Observe previous player
+ F4  =  Download current battle level
+ F5  =  Show/Hide players online list
+ F6  =  Show/Hide battle standings/results
+ F7  =  Show all finished times since key was pressed
+ F8  =  Clear finished times list
+ F9  =  Write a chat line - ''The layout is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_keyboard#United_States US], get used to it''
+ F10 =  Hide yourself - ''Won't work in a lev which is being battled''
+ F11 =  Upload / Download winning replay of battle
+ F12 =  Reconnect to the server
-Additional commands which don't have default mapping are:
+Additional commands which don't have default mapping in Belma are:
 # Show/hide chat
 # Show/hide battle status line
 # Show/hide battle leader in battle status line
+-->
+=== Default key mapping in Elma Online ===
+Elma Online uses the F1-F12 keys for most of its functionality. In addition, the F-keys can be combined with two option keys (OPT2 and OPT3, which are left SHIFT and left CTRL by default) for more functions. You can set the option keys to left or right SHIFT, left or right CTRL, or ALT in [[Elma Online Configuration|eolconf]].
-When you first time enter the game, there might be a [[battle]] running. Simply download the [[level]], go to the [[external]] levels through the menu and find the level, that is being played.
+Default key mapping:
+<pre>
+       F1  =  Show/hide other players
+OPT2 + F1  =  Show/hide yourself from others
+OPT3 + F1  =  Show help (these key bindings and other commands)
+ENTER+ F1  =  Free camera (Observe without entering the level). You can move your camera using the arrow keys and go faster by holding shift while moving.
+       F2  =  Observe next player     (When chatting, write PM to next player in list)
+OPT2 + F2  =  Observe previous player (When chatting, write PM to previous player in list)
+OPT3 + F2  =  Cancel observing        (When chatting, cancel PM)
+       F3  =  Show battle queue
+OPT2 + F3  =  Lock/unlock new levels
+OPT3 + F3  =  -
+       F4  =  Download battle level
+OPT2 + F4  =  -
+OPT3 + F4  =  Download any level (type level filename without the .lev extension)
+       F5  =  Show players online
+OPT2 + F5  =  Show best times in current level
+OPT3 + F5  =  Show best multiplayer times in current level
+       F6  =  Show battle standings/results
+OPT2 + F6  =  -
+OPT3 + F6  =  Show 24h tt standings/results
+       F7  =  Show finished times
+OPT2 + F7  =  Show finished multi times
+OPT3 + F7  =  Clear finished times
+       F8  =  Send/accept multiplayer invitation
+OPT2 + F8  =  Cancel all multiplayer invitations
+OPT3 + F8  =  Show/hide last apple time
+       F9  =  Type chat line (press up/down or pageup/pagedown to scroll)
+OPT2 + F9  =  Show/hide chat
+OPT3 + F9  =  Toggle team chat mode on/off. When on, F9 works as team chat.
+       F10 =  Show/hide battle status line
+OPT2 + F10 =  Show/hide leader and your position
+OPT3 + F10 =  Show/hide speedometer
-As mentioned, you can chat with the F9 key (default). You may also send private message by pressing "observe next/previous player" while having chat activated. Do not spam in private, you'll get ignored.
+       F11 =  Download winning replay of last battle
+OPT2 + F11 =  -
+OPT3 + F11 =  Show/hide onewheel status
-== How to be recognized by others ==
+       F12 =  (Re)connect to server
+OPT2 + F12 =  Disconnect from server
+OPT3 + F12 =  Refresh palette
+</pre>
-The system for graphical recognizion is very simple.
+==How to make your own shirt (BMP)==
-Let's say you have a User1.bmp file in your BMP folder, you will see that shirt on a user using the name User1. The downside of this is that if you change your nick, people wont recognize you any longer, so it is smart to keep same nick throughout your elma career!
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnpJl44Bvr0 Shirt tutorial video by iCS] (For photoshop)
-If you acquired belma from [http://zworqy.com/ zworqy's elma site ], you should have a BMP.zip among the other files. This is the shirt collection of most of the users in Belma, extract it in the bmp folder and you will recognize other players better.
+The following is a walkthrough on how to make a shirt picture. If you know what you are doing you can of course do it any way you want.
+#Open [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paint_(software) Microsoft Paint]
+#Open a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMP_file_format BMP]
+#*Either: Load an existing working BMP (that already has the right colors in the game, e.g. milagros.bmp)
+#*Or: Create a new one with the dimensions 149 x 101 pixels
+#Rotate 90° counter-clockwise, if you want it to be easier to see what the shirt will look like in the game
+#Make the background
+#*Note that all pixels with the same color as the top left corner pixel will be transparent
+#*It may be any shape, no need to use the usual shape of the shirt
+#Put something unique on it: letter, image, logo, etc
+#Customize
+#*It is useful to use advanced programs like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Photoshop Adobe Photoshop] for better results
+#*You can also use special fonts from pages like [http://www.dafont.com/themes.php dafont.com]
+#Rotate 90° clockwise if you rotated it before
+#Correct your BMP
+#*If you created or edited your shirt with another program, you might have wrong palette. Then, follow these steps:
+##Copy your BMP
+##Open working BMP
+##Paste there
+##*There are mainly two different [[LGR|LGRs]] used as the default one (the original default.lgr and highq.lgr) and it's a good idea to have a look at the shirt with both LGRs as they have a different color palette.
+#Save as type "256 Color Bitmap (*.bmp,*.dib)"
+#*Use the '''exact''' same name as on Elma Online (case sensitive, no accents or special symbols)
+#Put it in your bmp folder in EOL directory, when you play it will be uploaded to site automatically.
+#Advertise to everybody on Elma Online, on forums, #battle ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIRC mIRC]) and anywhere else you want
-To make your own shirt you should open one of the existing .bmp's in paint or similar program and make unique colors and tags. After this you should [http://zworqy.com/belma/uploadbmp.php upload it] and come to #ballelma and advertize your shirt, so we can download it for our own BMP folder.
+Other players' shirts are automatically downloaded when you're online in EOL.
-== See also ==
+==See also==
-[[Installation]]<br\>
+* [[Installing_EOL]]
-[[Start battle]]
+* [[Starting battles]]
+* [[Tips and Tricks]]

Difference between revisions of "Playing Online"

Latest revision as of 12:29, 13 April 2024

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First of all

How to play online

Default key mapping in Elma Online

How to make your own shirt (BMP)

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