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Revision as of 05:25, 16 May 2018

First of all

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

External Link

Play online Here

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 two option keys to fit all keys to F-keys by default. You can set the option keys to left or right SHIFT, left or right CTRL, or ALT.

Preliminary key mapping:

       F1  =  Show/Hide others
OPT1 + F1  =  Show/Hide yourself from others
ENTER+ F1  =  Free camera (Observe without entering the level)

       F2  =  Observe next player     (When chatting, write PM to next player in list)
OPT1 + F2  =  Observe previous player (When chatting, write PM to previous player in list)
OPT2 + F2  =  Cancel observing        (When chatting, cancel PM)

       F3  =  Show battle queue
OPT1 + F3  =  Lock/Unlock new levels

       F4  =  Download battle level
OPT1 + F4  =  Download cup level (currently disabled)
OPT2 + F4  =  Download any level (type level filename without the .lev extension)

       F5  =  Show players online
OPT1 + F5  =  Show best times
OPT2 + F5  =  Show best multi times 
 
       F6  =  Show battle standings/results
OPT1 + F6  =  Show cup standings/results (currently disabled)
OPT2 + F6  =  Show 24h tt standings/results

       F7  =  Show finished times
OPT1 + F7  =  Show finished multi times
OPT2 + F7  =  Clear finished times

       F8  =  Send/Accept multiplayer invitation
OPT1 + F8  =  Cancel multiplayer invitation
OPT2 + F8  =  Change active cup (currently disabled)

       F9  =  Type chat line (press Up/Down to scroll chat, works also with Page_Up/Down)
OPT1 + F9  =  Show/Hide chat
OPT2 + F9  =  Show/Hide last apple time

       F10 =  Show/Hide battle/cup status line
OPT1 + F10 =  Show/Hide leader and your position
OPT2 + F10 =  Show/Hide speedometer

       F11 =  Download winning replay of last battle
OPT1 + F11 =  Download winning replay of last cup (currently disabled)
OPT2 + F11 =  Show/hide onewheel status

       F12 =  (Re)connect to server
OPT1 + F12 =  Disconnect from server
OPT2 + 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

Shirts can be downloaded from Elma Online Site.

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 == First of all ==
 '''The very first thing you should do is [[Rules|READ THE RULES]]!!!'''
+== External Link ==
+* [http://tvkchaitanya.com/ Play online Here]
 == 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 for Belma ===
-The default keys are:
+ F1  =  Show/hide other players
+ F2  =  Observe next player
-# F1 = Show/hide other players
+ F3  =  Observe previous player
-# F2 = Observe next player
+ F4  =  Download current battle level
-# F3 = Observe previous player
+ F5  =  Show/Hide players online list
-# F4 = Download current battle level
+ F6  =  Show/Hide battle standings/results
-# F5 = Show/Hide players online list
+ F7  =  Show all finished times since key was pressed
-# F6 = Show/Hide battle standings/results
+ F8  =  Clear finished times list
-# F7 = Show all finished times since key was pressed
+ F9  =  Write a chat line - ''The layout is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_keyboard#United_States US], get used to it''
-# F8 = Clear finished times list
+ F10 =  Hide yourself - ''Won't work in a lev which is being battled''
-# F9 = Write a chat line - ''The layout is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_keyboard#US US], get used to it''
+ F11 =  Upload / Download winning replay of battle
-# F10 = Hide yourself - ''Won't work in a lev which is being battled''
+ F12 =  Reconnect to the server
-# F11 = Upload / Download winning replay of battle
-# F12 = Reconnect to the server
+Additional commands which don't have default mapping in Belma are:
-Additional commands which don't have default mapping 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 two option keys to fit all keys to F-keys by default. You can set the option keys to left or right SHIFT, left or right CTRL, or ALT.
+Preliminary key mapping:
+<pre>
+       F1  =  Show/Hide others
+OPT1 + F1  =  Show/Hide yourself from others
+ENTER+ F1  =  Free camera (Observe without entering the level)
+       F2  =  Observe next player     (When chatting, write PM to next player in list)
+OPT1 + F2  =  Observe previous player (When chatting, write PM to previous player in list)
+OPT2 + F2  =  Cancel observing        (When chatting, cancel PM)
+       F3  =  Show battle queue
+OPT1 + F3  =  Lock/Unlock new levels
+       F4  =  Download battle level
+OPT1 + F4  =  Download cup level (currently disabled)
+OPT2 + F4  =  Download any level (type level filename without the .lev extension)
+       F5  =  Show players online
+OPT1 + F5  =  Show best times
+OPT2 + F5  =  Show best multi times
+       F6  =  Show battle standings/results
+OPT1 + F6  =  Show cup standings/results (currently disabled)
+OPT2 + F6  =  Show 24h tt standings/results
+       F7  =  Show finished times
+OPT1 + F7  =  Show finished multi times
+OPT2 + F7  =  Clear finished times
-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.
+       F8  =  Send/Accept multiplayer invitation
+OPT1 + F8  =  Cancel multiplayer invitation
+OPT2 + F8  =  Change active cup (currently disabled)
+       F9  =  Type chat line (press Up/Down to scroll chat, works also with Page_Up/Down)
+OPT1 + F9  =  Show/Hide chat
+OPT2 + F9  =  Show/Hide last apple time
+       F10 =  Show/Hide battle/cup status line
+OPT1 + F10 =  Show/Hide leader and your position
+OPT2 + F10 =  Show/Hide speedometer
+       F11 =  Download winning replay of last battle
+OPT1 + F11 =  Download winning replay of last cup (currently disabled)
+OPT2 + F11 =  Show/hide onewheel status
+       F12 =  (Re)connect to server
+OPT1 + F12 =  Disconnect from server
+OPT2 + F12 =  Refresh palette
+</pre>
-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.
+==How to make your own shirt (BMP)==
-==How to be recognized by others==
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnpJl44Bvr0 Shirt tutorial video by iCS] (For photoshop)
-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 won't recognize you any longer, so it is smart to keep the same nick throughout your Elma career!
-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
-Possibly the easiest way to make your own shirt is opening one of the existing .bmp in Paint or similar program and then drawing something over the center area (your nick, capitals or a simple logo or anything that you think other players will instantly associate with you). It might be a good idea to test it yourself first. 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. After this you can [http://zworqy.com/belma/uploadbmp.php upload it] and come to #ballelma and advertise your shirt, so others can download it for our own BMP folder.
+Shirts can be downloaded from [http://beta.elmaonline.net/?s=help Elma Online Site].
 ==See also==
-* [[Installation]]
+* [[Installing_EOL]]
-* [[Start battle]]
+* [[Starting battles]]
+* [[Tips and Tricks]]

Difference between revisions of "Playing Online"

Revision as of 05:25, 16 May 2018

Contents

First of all

External Link

How to play online

Default key mapping in Elma Online

How to make your own shirt (BMP)

See also

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