OverviewWelcome to Syntensity! Syntensity is a virtual world of games that is free and open source, and lets anybody both play the games as well as modify and improve them.To get started right away, see the Quick Start Guide (but you should read the rest of this page later). A detailed description of the getting started process is below. The main steps are:
User AccountsCreating a user account on the registration page is free and takes just a few seconds. Your username and password will then be needed in two places:
Connecting to a Server to Join a GameTo play a game, you need to connect to a server that is running a game.Jumping right inRun the client program, which you should have downloaded (and
installed, if necessary), then log in to the master server using your
username and password.Next, if there is an option called 'connect to lobby...', then click that. Otherwise click 'connect to selected...'. In both cases you will then connect to a 'lobby' world, which has a tutorial as well as portals into other worlds. The easiest way to get to other worlds is simply to use the portals in the lobby world: walk into them to teleport to another world. Selecting a serverAside from using the portals in the lobby, you can also select a server 'manually'. This is useful for worlds not appearing as portals in the lobby.To see what servers are currently running, see the server instances page (or go to the main website (http://www.syntensity.com, go to the 'tracker' - there is a link in the upper right - and click on the 'Server Instances' tab. The 'tracker' is the part of the main website that tracks games, game content, users, and so forth). Each server will have listed for it the current activity (that is, game), number of players, and so forth. Each will also have a 'Select' button (at the right edge). If you press it, you will 'select' the server instance. You can have only one server instance that is 'selected' at at time. The purpose of selection is that you can connect to the selected instance in a convenient manner from the client program. Run the client program, which you should have downloaded (and installed, if necessary), log in to the master server using your username and password, and click on 'connect to selected...'. You will then connect to the selected server that you chose earlier on the website. We realize that it is a little annoying to select servers on the website and not in the client program itself. As mentioned earlier, we are working on making this more convenient. There are also some other ways to connect to games:
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