CONTENTS:
1. Setting Up
2. How To Play
3. Special Abilities
4. Useful Commands

Setting Up

Installation

Follow the default installation instructions. If needed, you can choose a different install location.

Create Profile Press CTRL+P, click “New”, choose a profile name, and create a unique player name + password Example Profile:	Ship Select Select a ship from the roster. Zone List When you first run the game, it will update active servers. Select SSCJ Devastation, then click the "Play" button.
^topHow To Play
Default Controls Up: ↑ Arrow Down: ↓ Arrow Left: ← Arrow Right: → Arrow Thrust: Shift + ↑/↓ Bullets: Ctrl Bombs: Tab Mines: Shift + Tab	Basic Options Press CTRL+O. Change these: Radar Mode: Large Sound Mode: Engines Off Graphics: Uncheck Backgrounds & Rolling Ship Other: Enable Multi-Fire, Show Ping Times
Advanced Options Press CTRL+A. Enable “Avoid Page Flipping” and “Disable Clipping”.
Pickup Items (Prizes) Drive over green items to receive power-ups. ^top Special Abilities
Repel: Shift+Ctrl - Repels away anything directly surrounding you. Portal: Set with Shift+Insert, Use with Insert. Burst: Shift+Del - Fires several energy bursts that will activate once they bounce off a wall, and will continue bouncing for a brief period of time. Stealth: Home - Makes you invisible on radar, unless an enemy ship has X-radar activated. Cloak: Shift+Home - Renders you invisible to others on the screen, but will still show on radar. Rocket: F3 - Initiates constant super thrust that lasts a brief moment. X-Radar: End - Lets you see stealthed and cloaked enemies. Anti-Warp: Shift+End - Prevents the enemy from laying a portal in your base. Decoy: F5 - Releases copy of your ship which flies and spins in the opposite direction you do. Thor’s Hammer: F6 - Releases a powerful bomb that cango through walls. Brick: F4 key — Deploys a small wall that enemies cannot shoot or go through.
Chat Type a message and press enter to send a Public message. To send other message types, put one of these prefixes before your message: // or ' - Sends message to your team / - Sends private message to ticked player (red pointer next to name) :: - Sends private message to person who last messaged you ::: - Keep pressing : to cycle through last five persons to message you :name: - Sends a private message to 'name' # - Sends a message to all online squadmates :#sqd: - Sends a message to all online members of the squad called 'sqd' ; - Sends message to first chat channel ;2; - Sends message to second chat channel (up to 9) ^topUseful Commands Game Info ?time - Displays time remaining in current game (if timed) ?spec - Lists any persons spectating you ?target=[x] - Sets your radar's minimum target bounty to [x] ?buy - Lists items available for purchase ?buy [item] - Buys the specified item Chat ?lines=[x] - Changes number of displayed message lines to [x] ?namelen=[x] - Changes number of letters shown in player names to [x] ?ignore - Ignores messages from ticked player ?ignore [name] - Ignores messages from [name] ?nopubchat - Toggles displaying Public Chat on/off ?obscene - Toggles ignoring zone defined obscenities (if any) ?away [msg] - Set an away message. Auto-responds to private messages with [msg]. Type ?away to turn off. ?log - Toggles message logging on/off (Default: %bsession.log) ?log [f] - Starts message logging to text file [f] ?logbuffer - Toggles message logging on/off, includes chat buffer of messages prior to log start (Default: %bsession.log) ?logbuffer [f] - Starts message logging to text file [f], includes chat buffer. ?kill - Toggles displaying kill messages in chat area, center, or neither. ?enter - Toggles displaying player entrance messages in chat area, center, or neither. ?leave - Toggles displaying player leaving messages in chat area, center, or neither. ?messages - Reads any messages you have in your Subspace mailbox ?message [name]:[msg] - Leaves a message with text [msg] for player [name] that will be delivered when that player is online. Chat Channels ?chat=name - Joins chat channel 'name' ?chat=name,fun - Joins chat channels 'name' and 'fun' (you may join up to 9 channels) ?chat - Lists who is currently on your chat channels Macros ?loadmacro [f] - Loads your macros from file [f] ?savemacro [f] - Saves your macros to file [f] Arenas ?arena - Lists open arenas in zone (at top of screen) ?go - Enters a random public arena ?go [name] - Enters arena called [name] (arena names starting with # are private arenas) User Info ?password=[pw] - Changes your user name's secret password to [pw] ?usage - Displays your total usage time ?userid - Returns your unique UserID number ?find [player] - Returns location (zone and/or arena) of player Latency ?ping - Lists ping info (current, average, high, and low) ?packetloss - Returns % of game packets lost from s2c (server to client) and c2s (client to server) ?lag - Displays your ping and packetloss statistics Sound ?music=[x] - Sets your music volume to [x] (0 - 10) ?sound=[x] - Sets your sound volume to [x] (0 - 10) ?alarm - Toggles message beep on/off Assistance Your [msg] is sent to any online zone moderators; Enter relevant player name(s) and description of problem in [msg] ?help [msg] - For general game assistance ?cheater [msg] - Use to report cheater activity Squads ?squadjoin=[name]:[pw] - Joins squad called [name] with password [pw] ?squadcreate=[name]:[pw] - Creates squad called [name] with password [pw] ?squadleave - Leaves your current squad ?squadowner [squadname] - Returns name of owner of [squadname] ?squad [playername] - Displays squad name of [playername] ^topSquad Owner ?squaddissolve - Deletes current squad ?squadpassword=pw - Changes squad's password to 'pw' ?squadkick=playername - Removes 'playername' from squad ?squadgrant=playername - Transfers ownership of squad to 'playername' ?squadlist - Lists all players on your squad