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    <section id="loggingin">
        <title>
            Logging in
        </title>
        <div class="note">
            <p>
                <img alt="[NOTE]" src="../note.png"/> If you are experiencing  problems logging in despite following the instructions here, please read <a href="http://www.daimonin.net/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&amp;file=viewtopic&amp;t=1466">this more detailed information</a> before complaining.
            </p>
        </div>
        <section id="server">
            <title>
                Choose a server
            </title>
            <p>
                After the title page you will see a dialog with a list of known servers.
            </p>
            <div class="dialog">
                <p>
                    <img alt="[Server dialog]" src="./dialog_server.png"/>
                </p>
                <table>
                    <tr>
                        <th>
                            UP/DOWN
                        </th>
                        <td>
                            highlight a server
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <th>
                            RETURN
                        </th>
                        <td>
                            connect to the highlighted server
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                 </table>
                 <p/>
            </div>
            <p>
                The default is a list of three: the BETA3 server (daimonin.game-server.cc), the BETA4 test server (test-server.game-server.cc), and a local server (although probably there is no local server actually running).
            </p>
            <p>
                The BETA3 server requires client vBETA3-0.967 to login, while the BETA4 test server requires the BETA4 preview client to login. To login to a local server your client and server versions must match.
            </p>
            <p>
                Choose a server (highlight it with UP/DOWN and press RETURN).
            </p>
        </section>
        <section id="login">
            <title>
                Login
            </title>
            <p>
                The next dialog prompts you to choose  whether you want to <a href="#createcharacter">create a new character</a> or <a href="#restorecharacter">login to a saved character</a> on the chosen server.
            </p>
            <div class="dialog">
                <p>
                    <img alt="[Login dialog]" src="./dialog_login1.png"/>
                </p>
                <table>
                    <tr>
                        <th>
                            UP/DOWN
                        </th>
                        <td>
                            highlight an option.
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <th>
                            RETURN
                        </th>
                        <td>
                            choose the highlighted option.
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                 </table>
                <p/>
            </div>
            <section id="createcharacter">
                <title>
                    Create character
                </title>
                <div class="dialog">
                    <p>
                        <img alt="[Login dialog]" src="./dialog_login2.png"/>
                    </p>
                    <table>
                        <tr>
                            <th>
                                NAME
                            </th>
                            <td>
                                the name must be between two and 12 characters long. Letters, dash ('-'), and underscore ('_') are accepted but no numbers, spaces, or other characters. It is case insensitive.
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <th>
                                PASSWORD
                            </th>
                            <td>
                                the password must be between six and 12 characters long. All characters are accepted, though only asterisks ('*') will be displayed. It is case sensitive.
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td colspan="2">
                                <div class="note">
                                    <p>
                                        <img alt="[NOTE]" src="../note.png"/> Press RETURN when you have entered a name. If the name is not already taken a second field will appear. Here you should enter a valid password, followed by RETURN. A third field will appear, prompting you to confirm the password. Simply type it a second time and press RETURN.
                                    </p>
                                </div>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                    </table>
                    <p/>
                </div>
                <div class="advice">
                    <p>
                        <img alt="[ADVICE]" src="../advice.png"/> Once you have created a character the name cannot be changed and the password can only be changed under certain circumstances. So make sure you're happy with both to begin with.
                    </p>
                </div>
                <div class="note">
                    <p>
                        <img alt="[NOTE]" src="../note.png"/> Your ingame login name/password and your daimonin.net login name/password are entirely separate. That said, for convenience and clarity it is quite a good idea to have the same name for both. But the choice is yours. Indeed, you don't even need to register with the one to have an account with the other.
                    </p>
                </div>
                <p>
                    Continue with <a href="../character/secn_1.dai">"Smacky's Guide To The Character, Section 1: Character creation"</a>.
                </p>
            </section>
            <section id="restorecharacter">
                <title>
                    Login (restore an existing character)
                </title>
                <div class="dialog">
                    <p>
                        <img alt="[Login dialog]" src="./dialog_login3.png"/>
                    </p>
                    <table>
                        <tr>
                            <th>
                                NAME
                            </th>
                            <td>
                                the name must be a valid name of an existing character. It is case insensitive.
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <th>
                                PASSWORD
                            </th>
                            <td>
                                the password must be the valid password of the specified character. It is case sensitive.
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td colspan="2">
                                <div class="note">
                                    <p>
                                        <img alt="[NOTE]" src="../note.png"/> Press RETURN when you have entered a name. If the name is recognised a second field will appear. Here you should enter a valid password, followed by RETURN.
                                    </p>
                                </div>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                    </table>
                    <p/>
                </div>
            </section>
        </section>
    </section>
    <section id="loggingout">
        <title>
            Logging out
        </title>
        <p>
            Logging out (or just logging as most people say) is not the same as saving. But when you logout (log) the game is automatically saved. You may, however, choose to save without logging out.
        </p>
        <div class="note">
            <p>
                <img alt="[NOTE]" src="../note.png"/> If your logging out is unscheduled (ie, your connection is lost or your computer dies or something) the game is automatically saved. Under these circumstances your character will remain in-game for ten minutes until it is automatically kicked. For security reasons, you will not be able to log into that character during that time. If this happens, do not worry, <em>it is perfectly normal</em>.
            </p>
            <p>
                Except in the most extreme circumstances it is virtually impossible to 'lose' your character.
            </p>
        </div>
        <p>
            There are three in-game methods to save your progress, two of which involve logging out:
        </p>
        <ol>
            <li>
                <a href="#logout">logging out</a>;
            </li>
            <li>
                <a href="#bed">going to bed</a>; and
            </li>
            <li>
                <a href="#save">saving</a>.
            </li>
        </ol>
        <p>
            These are detailed below:
        </p>
        <section id="logout">
            <title>
                Logging out
            </title>
            <p>
                Press ESCAPE and select "Logout" from the menu. This can be done anywhere at any time.
            </p>
            <p>
                Your game is saved and you are returned to the server selection dialog. So you can <a href="./secn_1.dai">login</a> again, or press ESCAPE to exit the game entirely.
            </p>
            <div class="advice">
                <p>
                    <img alt="[ADVICE]" src="../advice.png"/> Be aware that when you logout your character is suspended; you are safe from harm, yes. But the world around you is persistent and may have changed for the worse when you next login. Consider this example:
                </p>
                <p>
                    Following an epic victory in a five-on-one battle you have been reduced to single-figure hit points. But the point is you're still standing while around you lie the fetid carcasses of your foes. Flushed with success you decide to logout and celebrate with jam and scones (or jelly and biscuits if you must).
                </p>
                <p>
                    Sometime later you login again. Horrors! The erstwhile eviscerated enemies have respawned; you're surrounded and have only seven hit points. Your fingers are still sticky with jam and you cannot press the keys fast enough to beat a retreat. Better go read <a href="../character/secn_2.dai">"The Character, Section 2: Death"</a> again.
                </p>
            </div>
        </section>
        <section id="bed">
            <title>
                Going to bed
            </title>
            <p>
                <img alt="[Teddy]" src="./teddy.png"/>
            </p>
            <p>
                If you own an apartment you can simply go to bed to save and logout.
            </p>
        </section>
        <section id="saving">
            <title>
                Saving
            </title>
            <p>
                You can enter the game command <code>"/save"</code> to save your game without logging out.
            </p>
        </section>
    </section>
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