Idiots Guide No 1 - How to 'Telnet'
- From: archibald7765@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:55:45 -0800 (PST)
Hello all,
As stated in a previous thread and suggested on the Dungeon Crawl
Sourceforge Request Features page, here is my first 'Idiots Guide'.
These step by step instructions will hopefully enable anyone of any
techinical ability to successfully learn how to connect to and play
Crawl Sone Soup on the akrasiac server.
Note: These instructions are primarily for Windows users - I'm sure
anyone who understands enough about other systems will be savvy enough
to work out what to do :)
Anyway, without further ado here goes...
So you've downloaded the latest version of CrawlSS and have been
playing offline (or 'local') and you thoroughly enjoy it. You have
noticed though from the CrawlSS homepage and posts in these forums
that there is a way to enhance your gaming experience by playing
'online' by means of using something called Telnet.
Easy right? Well, if like me you played around and couldn't really
work out what to do, you give up and continue playing local, wondering
what on earth it is you must do to gain access to the akrasiac server.
Then you re-read the crawl akrasiac homepage and see at the top - 'To
play Crawl on this server, just telnet to crawl.akrasiac.org.' "Aha!"
you think to yourself, "all I need to do is click on that bit". This
you proceed to do and a black console box opens up... "I'm getting
somewhere here" you think as the box displays writing and commands.
Well, yes this is the easiest way to 'Telnet', however everything may
well appear to be jumbled or unreadable (it certainly does for me).
You then play around a bit and decide that it's pretty poor and you
would rather continue to play local with an interface you can read
properly.
That's where this guide comes in:
01. Firstly you will need an alternative means of accessing the
server. The easiest and most common method is by using a Telnet
client. In laymans terms this is simply a small programme that acts
as your interface between you (the player) and the server (the host).
Before we go any further here's what the akrasiac server allows you
to:
a) play the latest version of crawl stone soup online
b) watch other players' games
c) have the ability to chat and comment in-game
d) have your games and stats uploaded/recorded on the akrasiac web
site
e) encounter and kill/be killed by other players' ghosts
02. The next step then is to get yourself such a client. The one
most players opt for is called 'PuTTY'. Visit the PuTTY homepage
here: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
03. Got that? Okay, now go to the downloads section. Scroll down to
the Windows downloads section and look for the second option down - it
should be called 'PuTTYtel'.
04. That's the one you want, so click on the 'puttytel.exe' download
link and choose to save it to your desktop (well, that's how I did it
anyway). This should place an icon on your desktop that resembles two
blue screens with a yellow connection/electricity bolt joining them -
it should be named 'puttytel'.
05. So far, so good? Good. Okay, now double click on the puttytel
icon to open the interface which is called 'PuTTYtel Configuration'.
Here you will be presented with an interface in a small window. On
the left-hand side you will see a 'Category' tree and on the right-
hand side a series of boxes and radio buttons under the heading 'Basic
options for your PuTTYtel session'.
06. Don't be daunted here by all the technical looking jargon, we're
only concerned with a couple of actions and then we're almost there!
You will see the cursor flashing in the following box: 'Host Name (or
IP address)'. Here you need to type in (or copy and paste from the
homepage: http://crawl.akrasiac.org/) the following:
crawl.akrasiac.org. - yes the same thing you clicked on to get the
jumbled version open - So, you've done that and to the right of it
under 'Port' the number, 23 is already showing as default - that's the
number we require. Good.
07. That is all we do for the connection part. Next we need to
ensure our keyboard will work properly, once connected. So, to the
left of the interface (the 'Category' tree) you need to click/select
the 'keyboard' option. Doing this will change the options on the
right-hand side to 'Options controlling the effects of keys'. Mid-way
down that section under 'Application keypad settings:', click on the
'Nethack' radio button so it is highlighted.
08. Now we're ready! Simply click on 'Open' and you will have a
black console screen open up and be presented with the following
initial display:
## DGL source code available on ftp://ftp.alt.org/pub/dgamelaunch/
or
## http://dev.triplehelix.org/?root=dgamelaunch (development
version)
## ** Games on this server are recorded for in-progress viewing and
playback!
##
## This crawl server hosted and maintained by Rachel Elizabeth
Dillon;
## more information available at http://crawl.akrasiac.org/
Not logged in.
l) Login
r) Register new user
w) Watch games in progress
q) Quit
09. Now all you need to do is create an account. Hit the 'r' key and
continue as prompted. When you have chosen your player/user name,
this will be the name of every character you play with on that
account. The rest should be self explanatory and easy to follow.
10. Each time you want to play all you have to do is follow steps 05 -
08 and then log-in! Easy.
All your deceased characters (...or wins!) & game statistics are
automatically added to the http://crawl.akrasiac.org/ home page (warts
and all - yes all those really embarassing deaths will be there for
all to see!). You can view and compare your results by looking under
the headings: Scoring, Statistics & Server.
....If you weren't hooked before - you will be! Happy Crawling.
This guide will work exactly the same for server style Nethack - just
'Telnet to nethack.alt.org' (hehe)... now you know how to.
*Note: This is by no means a definitive guide - or perhaps the best.
It is simply me offering an easy way to achieve the aim. As I have
stated elsewhere on these forums I thought that perhaps 'local'
players may need a bit of help as they were either confused or too
afraid to ask - at the risk of sounding stupid (I personally don't
mind asking 'bone' questions - how else do you find out?).
Please feel free to amend, correct and advise on any part of this
guide that is wrong or can be improved. I understand there are
probably some 'tweaks' that I would probably find beneficial that I am
unaware of. :)
Wait out for my next 'Idiots' guide on how to join '##crawl' on
Freenode. That is basically a chat room for all things CrawlSS. I,
like most server players run it in the background whilst playing.
There are some really helpful players there who don't mind sharing
their expertise...
Archibald
P.S. Just to demonstrate how much of an 'idiot' I have been/can be -
ensure you are connected to the internet beforehand 8). Yes I am
that man who once wasted 5 hours scratching my head, wondering why
this 'PuTTY thing' wouldn't work!
.
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