Hello and welcome to the dclient, the
mud client created exclusively for the game Alter Aeon.  This
video will demostrate some of the general features of the
program.  I am your humble narrator, Shadowfax, longtime staff
member of Alter Aeon.

I would like to first direct your attention to the large section
in the center here.  This is the main output window, where most of
the action is.  You'll see that I am not currently connected to the
game.

Below is the input window, where you type commands into the
game.

Over in the lefthand bottom corner, we have the the map
window.  This displays your current location and any other
rooms in the immediate vicinity that you have recently
explored.

You'll see some buttons here on the righthand side.  These are the
hints button.  Right now, the buttons are encouraging me to either
log in or quit.  The buttons change to accomodate the
current circumstances that your character made find available in
any given room, such as opening a door or picking a lock.

This is the default configuration.  You can change the layout
here in the preferences menu.  You'll notice a number of
other options available, such as the status bar and sky bar, which
would be displayed here above the input window.  Notice here
the 'Show Color Flash Events' option here.  This has the screen
flash to alert your attention to significant events.  For example,
your screen will flash red if your character is inflicted with heavy
damage.

You can turn on function buttons to represent the function keys on your
keyboard, in case you find it easier to click on them instead of
touching the keys.

You can also bring up some direction buttons to click on and
move your character around.  Or, you can use the number pad to
do it.  See how the direction commands are automatically entered as
I use the number pad.

By default, local echo in enabled to display your entered commands,
and those commands are seperated by a line like this.

You'll also see that over here in a scrollbar on the output window,
which you can toggle off if you wish.

Let's move over to the themes menu.  You can change the color of
pretty much everything in the dclient.  Buttons...background...you
can change the background pattern if you want.  You can change the
font colors to emulate the color on other popular clients like
Zmud or Gmud.  With the change font option here, you can change
the window fonts to anything you want, or the buttons.

There isn't much we can do with windows or the map while offline,
so let's scoot past them.  Online info will open appropiate page
in your web browser about any of these topics like quest or
spells and skills.

Let's check out the About option here in the Help menu.  You'll see
that I have version 1.091 of the dclient running.  Back up here you
can get a list of keyboard shortcuts to help you navigate the
dclient quickly.

You can page up or down through the scrollback.  Note that when you
do this, the outline around the output window changes color.  This
indicates that the screen scrolling is locked, so it won't move around
and you can read it easier.  You can also lock the
screen by manipulating the scrollbar or pressing Ctrl-S or Ctrl-Z.  You
can unlock the screen by pressing Ctrl-Q or typing anything into the
input window here.  You'll see more keyboard controls listed for
turning the map on and off, making the screen font larger or
smaller, manipulating the map size or the size of the input window.

And that should do it for now.  Don't forget to visit the websites in the
Vote menu and vote for Alter Aeon!  Happy mudding.