Dauntless
08-21-2009, 07:25 AM
http://sclegacy.com/images/uploaded/irc/header.jpg
Getting started
Downloading, installation, setting up, etc.
StarCraftLegacy (our bot)
RSS and !seen.
Other things
Auth with Q, highlight, timestamps, scripts.
Reasons for deploying an IRC Channel.
Firstly, we will use the channel for live event coverage. This is the current plan, but as both the website and forum grows and is updated with new content and features we will use it at a larger scale.
In an IRC channel it's very easy to communicate with multiple people at once, without having to make a thread on a forum. By having this IRC channel we can get rid of some of the smalltalk on the forum, talk that fit better in an IRC channel. It's also a nice way to get to know other SCL Users without having to PM and similar in the forum. Easy access to SCL Staff, moderators and users, as long as they are online.
And it should be mentioned, that we will integrate web based IRC to our site or forum somewhere down the line.
If you'd rather not install mIRC now, and instead connect through your browser, you can simply go to http://webchat.quakenet.org/ and type in your nick and channel #sclegacy and click connect.
We'll see you there :)
Getting started (Windows only, for mac alternatives check http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/mac/)
(1) Download mIRC by clicking here (http://www.mirc.com/get.html).
Once the download is complete an installer will appear.
(2) Start the installation and follow the instructions you get in the setup.
Choose Run mIRC at the end of the installation.
(3) When mIRC starts, click continue. This window will appear:
http://sclegacy.com/images/uploaded/irc/3window.jpg
Fill in the entire form, most importantly Nickname and Alternative. Your Full Name and Email Adress does not have to be real, or even existing.
http://sclegacy.com/images/uploaded/irc/3windowdone.jpg
(4) Now choose Connect->Servers from the tree menu. Scroll your way down to QuakeNet, click it. Then double click on Random server.
http://sclegacy.com/images/uploaded/irc/4server.jpg
(5) Now choose Connect->Options and check Connect on startup. Click Perform...
Check Enable perform on connect. Click Add and choose Quakenet. Type in the following in the Perform commands:
/j #sclegacy
Your window should look like this:
http://sclegacy.com/images/uploaded/irc/5perform.jpg
(6) Choose the Connect menu and click Connect. This window will appear:
http://sclegacy.com/images/uploaded/irc/6window.jpg
Uncheck both options and click Ok.
(7) You're done! You are now in the official SCLegacy IRC channel. Don't be afraid to try things out. Try talking in our channel, and don't hesitate with asking if you get any problems =)
http://sclegacy.com/images/uploaded/irc/7done.jpg
StarCraftLegacy
StarCraftLegacy is our wonderful bot, which does a number of things.
Mainly, she checks every 3rd minute for news from SCLegacy, through RSS, and posts it in the channel if there's anything new.
Example:
[22:01.03] (@StarCraftLegacy) [StarCraft: Legacy] Full HD StarCraft II Battle Report Three - http://sclegacy.com/news/23-sc2/415-starcraft-ii-battle-report-three
She can also check if she's seen anyone lately.
Example:
[22:02.03] (@Aideca) !seen ChaosSmurf
[22:02.04] (@StarCraftLegacy) ) ChaosSmurf was last seen quitting from #SCLegacy 7 hours, 43 minutes ago stating (Signed off).
Will output the time she last saw someone, if that person is not already there.
Other things
Authing with Q
There is no way to guarantee that your nick will always be available at QuakeNet, but you can register with Q, a bot on QuakeNet, and authenticate with it whenever you connect to QuakeNet. We will give everyone, who is from SCLegacy and is authenticated, a voice (displayed as a "+" beside your nick) in our channel (#sclegacy). This shows that you're from the SCLegacy community, and allows you to speak during events where we moderate the channel. I.e. BlizzCon and WWI Press events where we update directly to the IRC channel.
This is subject to change. If people spam during these events, we will have to remove the voices, to better moderate the channel. To get your voice, talk to an Operator other than StarCraftLegacy and Q (displayed as an @ beside the nick).
To register with Q, type /MSG Q@CServe.quakenet.org HELLO <your@email> <your@email>. You need to type your email address twice to make sure you have typed it correctly. Your account name will be your nick at the time you say hello. You should only ever need to register once.
Note that you may need to change your nickname (with the /NICK command) if the account name you want is already taken, or if your nickname contains special characters which are not allowed in account names (for example: `~^[]{}|_\).
Q will send an email containing your new account details. We advise you read this email carefully as it contains important information about protecting your account.
Authenticate with Q by typing /MSG Q@Cserve.quakenet.org AUTH <username> <password>.
You can now change your password to something more memorable (but please, not easily guessable), by using /MSG Q NEWPASS <oldpassword> <newpassword> <newpassword>. You need to repeat your new password so we are sure you have typed it correctly.
You will need to "auth" with Q each time you reconnect to the network in order to use your account.
A good way to do this is to go back to the mIRC Options and choose Connect->Options->Perform. Make a new line in which you type /MSG Q@Cserve.quakenet.org AUTH <username> <password>. That should do it.
Highlighting
You might want to recieve some kind of notification when someone tries to reach you through IRC. By enabling highlighting, you will be notified through a sound when someone types your nick (or whatever word you want).
To do this press Alt+B, choose Highlight, check enable and click Add.
To recieve notifications when YOUR nick is highlighted, type in $me. You might want to choose a color, like red, and choose a sound, like Beep, or whatever you want.
To avoid getting spammed with your chosen sound, you should check Flash message and choose 1 time(s).
The window should look something like this:
http://sclegacy.com/images/uploaded/irc/highlighting1.png
Additionally, you could choose to highlight "[StarCraft: Legacy]", to get notified once any news is posted.
Timestamps
Enabling timestamps might be useful to see when something was written in a channel. To enable this, go to the options menu and choose Irc->Messages from the tree menu. Check Timestamp events and write in something like [HH:nn:ss].
This will output Hour(24-hour format):minute:seconds i.e. [16:12:14]
hh = hour (12-hour format)
Scripts
There are a lot scripts out there that enhance the way mIRC is displayed and works. Though this is not necessary, it might improve mIRC to be exactly how you want it to be.
You can find mirc scripts all over the net. A good place to start is here (http://www.mircscripts.org/).
Future Plans
Furthermore, we'd like to link StarCraftLegacy to our upcoming UnitDB. This means that you will be able to use various commands to quickly access unit information.
Examples:
!unitdb Zealot hp
StarCraftLegacy: Zealot HP: 100
!unitdb Zealot abilities
StarCraftLegacy: Zealot Ability #1: Charge - Allows the zealot to quickly approach enemy units within a certain range.
!unitdb Charge research
StarCraftLegacy: Zealot Charge is researched at: Twilight Council Min: 200 Gas: 200 Research time: 140s
And, as earlier mentioned, we will integrate web based IRC to our site or forum.
Lastly, questions and help requests go either here in the topic or in a PM to me. Or if you've gotten into our channel, you can ask me there =)
Getting started
Downloading, installation, setting up, etc.
StarCraftLegacy (our bot)
RSS and !seen.
Other things
Auth with Q, highlight, timestamps, scripts.
Reasons for deploying an IRC Channel.
Firstly, we will use the channel for live event coverage. This is the current plan, but as both the website and forum grows and is updated with new content and features we will use it at a larger scale.
In an IRC channel it's very easy to communicate with multiple people at once, without having to make a thread on a forum. By having this IRC channel we can get rid of some of the smalltalk on the forum, talk that fit better in an IRC channel. It's also a nice way to get to know other SCL Users without having to PM and similar in the forum. Easy access to SCL Staff, moderators and users, as long as they are online.
And it should be mentioned, that we will integrate web based IRC to our site or forum somewhere down the line.
If you'd rather not install mIRC now, and instead connect through your browser, you can simply go to http://webchat.quakenet.org/ and type in your nick and channel #sclegacy and click connect.
We'll see you there :)
Getting started (Windows only, for mac alternatives check http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/mac/)
(1) Download mIRC by clicking here (http://www.mirc.com/get.html).
Once the download is complete an installer will appear.
(2) Start the installation and follow the instructions you get in the setup.
Choose Run mIRC at the end of the installation.
(3) When mIRC starts, click continue. This window will appear:
http://sclegacy.com/images/uploaded/irc/3window.jpg
Fill in the entire form, most importantly Nickname and Alternative. Your Full Name and Email Adress does not have to be real, or even existing.
http://sclegacy.com/images/uploaded/irc/3windowdone.jpg
(4) Now choose Connect->Servers from the tree menu. Scroll your way down to QuakeNet, click it. Then double click on Random server.
http://sclegacy.com/images/uploaded/irc/4server.jpg
(5) Now choose Connect->Options and check Connect on startup. Click Perform...
Check Enable perform on connect. Click Add and choose Quakenet. Type in the following in the Perform commands:
/j #sclegacy
Your window should look like this:
http://sclegacy.com/images/uploaded/irc/5perform.jpg
(6) Choose the Connect menu and click Connect. This window will appear:
http://sclegacy.com/images/uploaded/irc/6window.jpg
Uncheck both options and click Ok.
(7) You're done! You are now in the official SCLegacy IRC channel. Don't be afraid to try things out. Try talking in our channel, and don't hesitate with asking if you get any problems =)
http://sclegacy.com/images/uploaded/irc/7done.jpg
StarCraftLegacy
StarCraftLegacy is our wonderful bot, which does a number of things.
Mainly, she checks every 3rd minute for news from SCLegacy, through RSS, and posts it in the channel if there's anything new.
Example:
[22:01.03] (@StarCraftLegacy) [StarCraft: Legacy] Full HD StarCraft II Battle Report Three - http://sclegacy.com/news/23-sc2/415-starcraft-ii-battle-report-three
She can also check if she's seen anyone lately.
Example:
[22:02.03] (@Aideca) !seen ChaosSmurf
[22:02.04] (@StarCraftLegacy) ) ChaosSmurf was last seen quitting from #SCLegacy 7 hours, 43 minutes ago stating (Signed off).
Will output the time she last saw someone, if that person is not already there.
Other things
Authing with Q
There is no way to guarantee that your nick will always be available at QuakeNet, but you can register with Q, a bot on QuakeNet, and authenticate with it whenever you connect to QuakeNet. We will give everyone, who is from SCLegacy and is authenticated, a voice (displayed as a "+" beside your nick) in our channel (#sclegacy). This shows that you're from the SCLegacy community, and allows you to speak during events where we moderate the channel. I.e. BlizzCon and WWI Press events where we update directly to the IRC channel.
This is subject to change. If people spam during these events, we will have to remove the voices, to better moderate the channel. To get your voice, talk to an Operator other than StarCraftLegacy and Q (displayed as an @ beside the nick).
To register with Q, type /MSG Q@CServe.quakenet.org HELLO <your@email> <your@email>. You need to type your email address twice to make sure you have typed it correctly. Your account name will be your nick at the time you say hello. You should only ever need to register once.
Note that you may need to change your nickname (with the /NICK command) if the account name you want is already taken, or if your nickname contains special characters which are not allowed in account names (for example: `~^[]{}|_\).
Q will send an email containing your new account details. We advise you read this email carefully as it contains important information about protecting your account.
Authenticate with Q by typing /MSG Q@Cserve.quakenet.org AUTH <username> <password>.
You can now change your password to something more memorable (but please, not easily guessable), by using /MSG Q NEWPASS <oldpassword> <newpassword> <newpassword>. You need to repeat your new password so we are sure you have typed it correctly.
You will need to "auth" with Q each time you reconnect to the network in order to use your account.
A good way to do this is to go back to the mIRC Options and choose Connect->Options->Perform. Make a new line in which you type /MSG Q@Cserve.quakenet.org AUTH <username> <password>. That should do it.
Highlighting
You might want to recieve some kind of notification when someone tries to reach you through IRC. By enabling highlighting, you will be notified through a sound when someone types your nick (or whatever word you want).
To do this press Alt+B, choose Highlight, check enable and click Add.
To recieve notifications when YOUR nick is highlighted, type in $me. You might want to choose a color, like red, and choose a sound, like Beep, or whatever you want.
To avoid getting spammed with your chosen sound, you should check Flash message and choose 1 time(s).
The window should look something like this:
http://sclegacy.com/images/uploaded/irc/highlighting1.png
Additionally, you could choose to highlight "[StarCraft: Legacy]", to get notified once any news is posted.
Timestamps
Enabling timestamps might be useful to see when something was written in a channel. To enable this, go to the options menu and choose Irc->Messages from the tree menu. Check Timestamp events and write in something like [HH:nn:ss].
This will output Hour(24-hour format):minute:seconds i.e. [16:12:14]
hh = hour (12-hour format)
Scripts
There are a lot scripts out there that enhance the way mIRC is displayed and works. Though this is not necessary, it might improve mIRC to be exactly how you want it to be.
You can find mirc scripts all over the net. A good place to start is here (http://www.mircscripts.org/).
Future Plans
Furthermore, we'd like to link StarCraftLegacy to our upcoming UnitDB. This means that you will be able to use various commands to quickly access unit information.
Examples:
!unitdb Zealot hp
StarCraftLegacy: Zealot HP: 100
!unitdb Zealot abilities
StarCraftLegacy: Zealot Ability #1: Charge - Allows the zealot to quickly approach enemy units within a certain range.
!unitdb Charge research
StarCraftLegacy: Zealot Charge is researched at: Twilight Council Min: 200 Gas: 200 Research time: 140s
And, as earlier mentioned, we will integrate web based IRC to our site or forum.
Lastly, questions and help requests go either here in the topic or in a PM to me. Or if you've gotten into our channel, you can ask me there =)