The Interface
The Interface is basically everything you interact with to make things happen within SWC. There are a couple of main areas of the interface that you should understand.
Top Bar
This top-most series of links provides shortcuts to some of the main areas of the site.
- News - this link takes you to news from the developers and administration
- Members - this takes you to the start page
- Rules - this takes you to the rules pages where you can get indepth information on various aspects of SWC
- Forum - this gives you access to the SWC forums
- The Guide - takes you
- Community - opens a page where the sidebar provides links to various OOC community areas
- Contact Us - Gives a list of the various people that are involved in SWC, and what aspects they look after
- Live Chat - provides access to the IRC server where you can talk with other players
Icon Bar
This bar that stretches accross the entire page holds some crucial information.
- Time - this is the current SWC time, which is real-time remember. Based on EST.
- Member count - this is the total number of members that have been active in the last week
- Online - this is the current number of players that are online at the moment
- Icons - these are icons that link to various sections of the website
- Logged in - this tells you who you are logged in as, as well as the logout button
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Sim News |
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Galactic News Service |
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Messages |
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Personal Event |
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Faction Event |
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Inventory Event |
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Combat Event |
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Room Event |
Sidebar
This allows you to access the majority of pages that have a direct influence on your character.
General
- Avatar - this is the image that portrays your character
- Name - this is the name of your character
- Faction - this is the name of the faction you are currently in (Freelancer if you have no faction)
- HP - your current/maximum hit points
- XP - your current XP number and progress to next level
- Level - your current level
- CP - your current number of CPs
Location
- Gives your current location
Control
- Position - access the Position page
- Equipment - access the Equipment page
- Party - access the Party page
- Enter Cockpit - access the Cockpit page
- Building Management - access the Management page
Manage
- Account Settings - change various things about your account and OOC information
- Character - view your skills, change your biography and history, edit your signature and others
- Faction - allows you to view various abilities you may have to manage your faction
Inventory
- Personal - shows how many of each asset you own personally
- Faction - shows how many of each assets your faction owns
- Transaction Sheets -
- City Permissions - allows you to view requests for cities both by you and to you
- Build Persmissions - allows you to view requests for facilities both by you and to you
- Station Permissions - allows you to view requests for stations both by you and to you
Production
- Station Construction - allows you to start construction of a space station
- City Creation - allows you to lay a city slab down
- Facility Construction - allows you to start construction of a facility
- Roads - allows you to create and destroy roads on the current city
Comlink
- Send Message - opens a page where you can send a message to someone
- Classifieds - an area where people can post sales
- Search Profiles - allows you to search the profiles of other players
