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If you haven't alreay, download Furcadia here. After reading the guidlines, download the zipfile and out it in a new folder. Unzip the file in the same folder. Remember to keep the zipfile becasue you may need it in the future.
After you unzip the file called FURZIP.EXE execute the file called FURCADIA.EXE. If everything is working so far a title screen will appear. Wait a few moments and a message screen will appear, it is always a good idea to read these each time you enter Furcadia. After reading the messages click on the screen. You will see the the "Create A Furre" screen and now your ready to make you very own furre! You are able to select the species, gender and color of your furre's clothing and fur. Creating a furre isn't as complicated as it may seem. Remember that a furre is the character that you will be using to play Furcadia, the furre is you! After you have finished picking your colors(don't worry, you can always change them later) continue by clicking on the button in the lower right hand corner of the screen. Now you are asked to choose a name, password, email address and description. Choose a name that you like(it is possible to change your name later), enter in a password(don't forget, you'll need your password if you lose you character but still want to use the same name), and you can enter in your email address if you would like but you don't have to. Like everything else you can always change your description later so it doesn't matter if you know what to put yet or not. When your done click "OK". Congradulations you have successfuly created a furre!
As soon as you have finished creating your character you are brought right into Furcadia. You probably will be greeted with a few messages in your "dialogue box"(refer to labelled diagram below*soon to come*). You can move around by using the 7,9,1 and 3 keys on the number pad or simply by using the arrow keys. Moving about Furcadia is something that takes time to get used to and may be a bit frustrating. You see all those other furres? They are other characters playing also... real people which is what makes furcadia so fun. Go ahead and walk up to one and say hi. Remember these are real people though so please be nice. If you haven't already figured it out, to say hi all you have to do is type the word and press enter. By doing this, everyone on your screen will see you say hi. There are alot more furres on Furcadia than you can see in your screen and sometimes you want to talk to them all or sometimes you want to talk to just one furre, for a complete list of communication commands, click here. As soon as you enter Furcadia you are standing on the "main map" or "Meovanni Village". Now if you wouldn't mind doing so, please vote for us by clicking here.
Creating Your Character
In The Game
Maps
There are several different maps in Furcadia.
Meovanni Village
Each time you enter Furcadia you start on the "Main Map" also known as "Meovanni Village". Most of the furres in Furcadia can be found in Meovanni Village. There are many places in Meovanni Village to hangout including Equine Alley, Mycroft's Bar, Digo Market, Jodi's Ostrix & Raptor Stable's, the lagoon and the soccerfield. In Meovanni Village you are not required to "roleplay", this means that you can talk about real life stuff or "person a play". Almost every other map can be entered by portals found in Meovanni Village. To get to Allegria Island you must walk into the birds called Scarhawks. To get to the roleplaying area of Harshlaw from Meovanni Village you must walk into the portal labelled "In-Character Only Please" in the northwest section. To get to Theriopolis you must must walk into the boat that is found on the northeast side of the lagoon. To get to Jigsaw Joint you only have to walk into the portal labelled "To The Jigsaw Joint" in the center of Meovanni Village. You may find many "newbie's" wandering around Meovanni Village so please stop to say hi and offer to show them around.
Allegria Island
Allegria Island is no ordinary map. It is where players go to upload there own maps or as they are called in Furcadia: dreams. The way you get into a dream is to walk into the portal labelled "Enter here to visit the Dreams of A Player". You can make your own maps by using the EDIT.EXE program or CTRL-E in Furcadia. To upload a dream press "cntrl-t". Allegria Island is the only map where player can upload there dreams. The large building you appear in everytime you arrive in Allegria Island is called the "Hall of Dreams". To become good at building dreams its a good idea to visit alot and get ideas.
Jigsaw Joint
To get to Jigsaw Joint walk into the portal in Meovanni Village labelled "To The Jigsaw Joint". In Jigsaw Joint three puzzles that you can take apart and put together... explore and find them all! The puzzle pieces are just like objects. You can also put puzzles in your dreams. For more info on dreams click here. Not very many furres hangout in Jigsaw Joint. Jigsaw Joint is a not a large map. There is one main building and the rest is outdoors. The map is surrounded by inaccessible buildings. There are no strict rules about roleplaying here so just have fun.
Theriopolis
There is another map called Theriopolis that you can enter through a boat on the northeast side of the lagoon. Theriopolis is a city on water. Each part of theriopolis is connected by bridges controlled by switches.
Roleplaying Area
Another map is used for roleplaying. You can enter this map through a door in the north of the main map or north in Allegria Island. Ask someone to show you... but remember that furres in the roleplaying area are picky about roleplaying so if you go there please ROLEPLAY. More info on Roleplaying soon.
Dreams of Players
In Allegria Island there are many portals that will transport you to player's dreams. Dreams are built by a player through Dream Editor. Press CTRL-E to use Dream Editor while playing Furcadia. In dreams there may be games, mazes, puzzles, houses or anything else that the creator decides to put in it. Yu can upload your own dream on Allegria Island by pressing CTRL-T. In a dream there is also somehting known as DragonSpeak. DragonSpeak is like the programming of a dream and it allows players to set off triggers in a dream which will in turn effect the dream. Some examples of things you can make using DragonSpeak are: waterslides, pillow-makers, swimming pools, door locks, and disco floors. To edit the DragonSpeak of your dream press CTRL-D while using Dream Editor. By pressing CTRL-D in dream editor you will get a read-me document that will help explain how to write DragonSpeak.
Controls
Communication
Type to talk to furres on your screen.
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"ignore
"ignore off" cancels all ignores.
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"emit
Commands
Arow keys/number pad moves furre.
CTRL-Z for in game help.
CTRL-S to return to start.
SHIFT-up scrolls up.
SHIFT-down scrolls down.
CTRL-G picks up the item you are standing on or puts
down the one in your hands.
CTRL-U uses the object in your hands.
DEL/INS changes the direction your furre is facing.
CTRL-E runs dream editor.
CTRL-T uploads your dream.
CTRL-W lists players on the map.
CTRL-Y tests graphics.
CTRL-X exits game.
