PlaneShift

Gameplay => General Discussion => Topic started by: Bane_ on July 15, 2003, 01:57:18 am

Title: Gimme the jist of things
Post by: Bane_ on July 15, 2003, 01:57:18 am

I\'m the bigest n00b to grace your site and some things I was unable to find...

In this game when you are playing, is it in 3rd person or 1st person, or do u just clikc on doors and stuff? Or is it just a text based game?

How many people are registered and active players?

Just how big is Planeshift?

How many quests and stuff are there? Or is it just a social game?

Thats all, thanks for reading... now answer... please... :)
and sorry if this stuff has already been answered on another thread.

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Post by: Moogie on July 15, 2003, 02:12:01 am

Welcome to Planeshift!


1. There are three view modes- First Person, Third Person and camera mode. Toggle between these by pressing the M key.

2. Doors cannot be opened and the only clickable things in the world as of yet are yourself, other players and crystals.

3. There\'s thousands of registered players. The daily average of active players is around 20-30 at a time.

4. Planeshift currently consists of one town (I would name it, but off the top of my head, I can\'t remember how it\'s spelt) and a Labyrinth located underneath Laanx Temple.

5. There is currently one complete quest which you may tackle. As this is a tech demo, a game in it\'s pre-alpha stages of development, I suppose you\'re right in calling it \"just a social game\"... for now. ;)

6. For lots of little gameplay Q&A, visit my Newbie FAQ thread (http://www.planeshift3d.com/wbboard/thread.php?threadid=4594&boardid=1&styleid=3) .

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Post by: Yann on July 15, 2003, 02:14:17 am

The town is Hydlaa ... weird name yeah.

Oh and Molecular Blue consists in one town... Planeshift will be much bigger... of course, and hopefully  :D

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Post by: Bane_ on July 15, 2003, 02:15:22 am

cool, should be fun...

pre-alpha means like, extremely early doesnt it?

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Post by: Moogie on July 15, 2003, 02:18:54 am

Yes it is. Pre-alpha is all about the basic structure of the world, all the simple foundations laid down and regular testing. Alpha stage games are generally half-complete, under heavy testing. Beta stage is where most if not all of the game has been completed and bugs are being found and ironed out.

Then there\'s Gold... which is the final release of the game. Usually followed by patches they should\'ve thought of in the Beta stage. :P

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Post by: Yann on July 15, 2003, 02:19:52 am

Exactly... it s in early stage, and because it s free, it takes a long time to be fully released.

EDIT: dang ! post at the same time, no fair ! lol

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Post by: Bane_ on July 15, 2003, 02:20:56 am

so how often is it updated and things are added to it?

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Post by: Yann on July 15, 2003, 02:23:13 am

Well, it often takes many months, and the devs can\'t give any date... Just because they don\'t know.
Just be patient  :D

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Post by: Bane_ on July 15, 2003, 02:28:10 am

uh huh, and are u part of the dev team?

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Post by: Yann on July 15, 2003, 02:31:11 am

No i am not.. But you can become one if you are skilled (check the main site)

You ll surely see Boonet, Paxx, Vengeance, Talad, Acraig (they are the main devs) err.. i hope i don t forget anybody lol.

And many Want To Be members...

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Post by: Bane_ on July 15, 2003, 02:33:18 am

right, what do i have to be skilled in to join them?
and are there many guilds or clans on planeshift at the moment?

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Post by: Yann on July 15, 2003, 02:35:42 am

For the Recruitment, check:

http://www.planeshift.it/helpus_recruit.html

And for a good Guild list, check:

http://thebbb.tk/

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Post by: Bane_ on July 15, 2003, 02:36:28 am

sweet, its pretty well established for something in \"pre-alpha\" stages.

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Post by: Yann on July 15, 2003, 02:43:44 am

Yes it has to be.
Or else it would be even more slow ;)

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Post by: Bane_ on July 15, 2003, 03:12:14 am

so the shadowhand guild.... how do i join?

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Post by: Bane_ on July 15, 2003, 03:40:19 am

I just downloaded everything and started the game... I have tried over 20 names and all of them are taken... I cant get in! argh!

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Post by: Moogie on July 15, 2003, 04:22:04 am

There\'s certain rules you need to follow in regards to creating a name. Firstly, symbols are a big no-no. No hyphens or underscores or apostrophies are allowed. Also you can\'t use numbers in the name. Lastly, it must be one word- no spaces.

I hope that\'s somewhat helpful. :)

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Post by: Bane_ on July 15, 2003, 04:27:57 am

Alright i got in, i dunno if there is a buddy list but if there is my characters name is Chaapnn. Its the best i could come up with with the time i had.

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Post by: Moogie on July 15, 2003, 05:11:19 am

Feel free to add Moogie to your buddy list by typing \"/buddy Moogie\" into the chat box. When you log in, people on your buddy list that are currently online will automatically be displayed in the \'actions\' chat window.

To bring this list up manually, type \"/online\". For a list of everyone currently logged in, type \"/who\".

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Post by: Bane_ on July 15, 2003, 08:03:10 am

is there only the one server at the moment?

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Post by: mrsamd on July 15, 2003, 10:34:10 am

Just the one server.

m.

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Post by: Yann on July 15, 2003, 08:30:30 pm

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Originally posted by Bane_
so the shadowhand guild.... how do i join?

There is a Join Us section on the site, you know. All is explained there  :D