Originally posted by Kuiper7986
It doesn\'t continue for me, unless it is and somehow I\'m missing it.  It starts from zero if I start again.  But I did notice that the total overall MB changed from 64 to 42.38, does that mean I downloaded 20MB already, and it\'s resuming from there?

Well, It doesn\'t really resume the last update when you run it, it probably makes more sense to say that it checks that all files match the ones the server have to offer, and will only update files that are different from the ones on the server, since you have allready updated 20MB of files, it sees that those files match the versions of those the server offer, and so will not download these.

A usefull side-effect of this is that if you ever delete a file by mistake or a file is corrupted, the updater is likely to fetch that file again the next time it is run.

Hmmm... Well, This is a hoax that have been doing the rounds on the net for a while. The most obvious errors are that the device shown is not made to be connected to a laptop keyboard, this is meant to be connected between a normal PC keyboard and the keyboard port in a PC, normal PC keyboards have an internal microcontroller that handles the scanning of the keyboard and conversion of the information to a form suitable for transferring the data to a PC over a serial connection, as having a wire for each of the leads from the actual keyboard matrix to the PC would be rather inefficient. Laptop keyboards, how ever, will not use this approach, as the main board is already so close to the actual keyboard, a standard ribbon cable can be used, so in a laptop all the circuits involved in scanning the keyboard will be on the main board itself, so this device could not be used in the manner described. Also, this is a very unreliable way of doing this, it is far to easy for someone to remove or cripple the device, and it would not be able to log external PS2 or USB keyboards.

Now, when that is said, the device shown is a real keyboard logger, keyghost sells loggers for connection between a keyboard and a PC, or even keyboards with built in loggers. And though this device does not have network capability, there is no reason that it would not be possible to build such a function into a computer that has such a logging feature. The problem is that there would just be too much data to monitor if you were to monitor all computers, all the time, so this feature would probably only be accessed if there is some ongoing investigation. Not that they could not be abused...

The way I see it is that the form one of the gods take is some reflection of how they feel about themselves and their personalities, its not a choice. Laanx may have been marred in that incident on a spiritual level, and so the avatar ey gets when manifesting emself suffered in reflection of this. The part of ey denying eirs femininity does not have to mean a conscious choice, just like people mostly do not choose how they feel about themselves. Ey suffers from low self-esteem and doesnt let people see em without being completely covered, who know how much of what ever ugliness Laanx have now is there because ey became so bitter, Perhaps if ey could make up with Talad and get some friends and perhaps some counseling, ey might recover at least a little... Sadly, it will probably not happen, gods are not usually very good patients, and the therapist will probably not survive the session...

Of course, this is only an interpretation of the story.

There is player vs. player fighting in PlaneShift, in the form of duels. If a player wants to duel another player, they have to /challenge them and the other player have to accept the challenge before the duel can start. The client allows you to set one of three ways to handle challenges; you may automatically decline, automatically accept or have a request pop up when you are challenged. NPC monsters/bad guys can be fought without challenging, but NPCs like merchants, citizens and trainers can not be attacked.

Most new players start out by hunting rats, the Hydlaa sewers is the common place to hunt for them. They can be killed by most players without weapons, and the hides and eyes from them(/loot your kill) can be sold to merchants to earn some tria(money).

If you need help in game(for example with finding the sewers), you can either ask a player politely for help or use the help channel in the chat box. Please avoid using /shout to ask for help and avoid begging for tria or items, it is considered rude and disruptive for the other players. Role-playing is encouraged, so thinking a little on the story of your character, and how they act would be a good idea. You should familiarize yourself with the Ingame Rules of Conduct, especially the naming policy, if you are going to create a new character. Bad names are changed sooner or later, and though GMs may ask the player for suggestions, GMs do not always have the time or possibility to talk to you about it, and you may end up with a randomized name, so its best to choose a good name from the start.

I hope you find these advice helpful and Welcome to PlaneShift, may you have a pleasant time here.

Actually, the client must connect to the server before you can create your character, since you create your character on the first free of the four slots for characters your account holds. Accounts and the characters are stored on the server side, so the client don\'t know if you have any free slots on a particular account without being connected. So, I am afraid you will have to wait until the server is up again before you can make your character.

As for  the second question, I expect it will be removed after the server is up again.

You attack slower with swords than with only your fists, how much slower depends on the mass and size of the weapon. Bigger weapons tend to do more damage if you can use them successfully though.

Swords work fine, but without skill in the art of using it, you will do little damage, you have to train sword skill to get good damage with the swords.

Axes seems a little faster than swords, but also seems to do less damage(but I haven\'t used axes in a while so I am not sure if this still apply)

Yes, Alchemists did attempt transmutation of metals into gold, but they also worked on life prolonging, the search for ways to heal diseases(espesially they hoped to make a universal cure), and to improve the mind. Pure alchemy tends to involve the use of compounds that is of a non-biological type(though they may be of organic origin, like alcohols and coal).

So, Alchemy does not need to involve the search a way to transmute metals, any kind of study of the ways different compounds and chemicals react and how they may be used would go under alchemy.