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This guide is for playing on the official TAKP server. | This guide is for playing on the official TAKP server. | ||
== Creating Your Account == | == Creating Your Account == | ||
*'''NOTE: You must only create 1 forum account. You can create up to 10 game accounts under your forum account, but you must not create more than 1 forum account. If this is detected, the extra forum accounts will be deleted and access to any game accounts associated with them will be lost. | *'''NOTE: You must only create 1 forum account. You can create up to 10 game accounts under your forum account, but you must not create more than 1 forum account. If this is detected, the extra forum accounts will be deleted and access to any game accounts associated with them will be lost. Read the forum FAQ and Rules for more information [https://www.takproject.net/forums/index.php?threads/account-confusion-new-members-read-this.9187/ here.]''' | ||
#Create a forum account at [ | #Create a forum account at [http://www.takproject.net The Al'Kabor Project Forums]. Game accounts are linked to forum accounts, so a forum account is required. | ||
#Create your game accounts by clicking [https://www.takproject.net/forums/tools.php?tool=account Game Accounts] at the top of the page. | #Create your game accounts by clicking [https://www.takproject.net/forums/tools.php?tool=account Game Accounts] at the top of the page. | ||
#Click "Create Login Server Account" and create a game account. Your forum account may have up to 10 game accounts, but you are limited to having three game accounts +1 trader account simultaneously logged in | #Click "Create Login Server Account" and create a game account. Your forum account may have up to 10 game accounts, but you are limited to having three game accounts +1 trader account simultaneously logged in. | ||
*'''NOTE: Some GMAIL users have reported not receiving the email verification or password reset verification emails from the TAKP website. Please follow these steps as this might fix the issue. | *'''NOTE: Some GMAIL users have reported not receiving the email verification or password reset verification emails from the TAKP website. Please follow these steps as this might fix the issue. | ||
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#Reload/Refresh the page and search for any variation of TAKP | #Reload/Refresh the page and search for any variation of TAKP | ||
== Obtaining and Running the Client == | |||
TAKP's client is from the December 2002 era. This is the actual client used in the era TAKP is emulating, and the oldest client in use for any emulated server. Please familiarize yourself with the differences on this page http://wiki.takp.info/index.php?title=Server_Comparison | |||
This server has both a Windows and Macintosh client available. This is broken out onto different pages listed below for simplicity. Setup and a lot of troubleshooting would obviously be different on a PC than a Mac. The Linux setup is essentially just running the PC client on Wine, so most of the PC section would apply there. | This server has both a Windows and Macintosh client available. This is broken out onto different pages listed below for simplicity. Setup and a lot of troubleshooting would obviously be different on a PC than a Mac. The Linux setup is essentially just running the PC client on Wine, so most of the PC section would apply there. | ||
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'''[[Getting Started on Mac | '''[[Getting Started on Mac]]''' | ||
'''[[Getting Started on Linux]]''' | '''[[Getting Started on Linux]]''' | ||
==Setting up your Trader== | ==Setting up your Trader== | ||
For those not familiar, EQ of our era allows you to use a character or characters to act as merchants to sell your wares. This is possible only in | For those not familiar, EQ of our era allows you to use a character or characters to act as merchants to sell your wares. This is possible only in the Bazaar zone. Purchase some [https://www.takproject.net/allaclone/item.php?id=17899 trader satchels] and any item you place in them can have a price set on it and sold while you're afk. You access the merchant window by typing /trader. You can search other's wares by typing /bazaar. | ||
You can create a game account to use as a dedicated trader account. This account will '''only''' be usable as a trader, and once you create a character in the account, it will spawn in the Bazaar instead of its usual newbie area. You also cannot undo the trader account flag once there are characters on it. To set up the Trader: | You can create a game account to use as a dedicated trader account. This account will '''only''' be usable as a trader, and once you create a character in the account, it will spawn in the Bazaar instead of its usual newbie area. You also cannot undo the trader account flag once there are characters on it. To set up the Trader: | ||
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#Log in and create your Trader character! | #Log in and create your Trader character! | ||
Item pricing is saved in your EQ folder in BZR_CharacterName_loginse.ini files. So keep this in mind if you ever need to transfer bazaar pricing to another computer | Item pricing is saved in your EQ folder in BZR_CharacterName_loginse.ini files. So keep this in mind if you ever need to transfer bazaar pricing to another computer or folder. | ||
'''Troubleshooting:''' Some have reported that they cannot switch an empty account to a trader account. A possible work around is to create a character on the account, log the character into the world, then log out. Delete the character and then try to toggle the trader switch again on that account. | '''Troubleshooting:''' Some have reported that they cannot switch an empty account to a trader account. A possible work around is to create a character on the account, log the character into the world, then log out. Delete the character and then try to toggle the trader switch again on that account. |