Client Usage
In the following all windows and functionalities of the Client application is discribed.
The Splashscreens pops up on every start. The Application waits until the Client connected once with the Server and all resources are loaded. It is shown at least 3 seconds. If the application stops at the splashscreen something with the Client-Server connection is wrong. For further information the logs and the FAQ can be used.
On every start the login window shows up. The username and the gamepath for the downloads can be changed. To open the main window hit Finish.
At the top of the window the local ip-address of the Client is shown. The main window shows all available games. The covers of the games are either served by the Server or the Web. To see all games the window can be scrolled down and up. If the mouse is over a game, the gameoverlay pops up like at the top middle game.
At the bottom right are the Settings, Friendslist, Food-Ordering and Serverbrowser, which can be opened.
At the bottom left the Clients status is shown.
The first line represents the name of the game and the second line the version available on the Server. If the second line is empty no version information can be determined.
The first icon starts the game.
The second icon starts the download and extraction of the game. While the download is running the progress and downloadspeed are shown next to the icon. To stop the download press the icon again. After the game is downloaded the extraction progress is shown. This can be stopped too.
The third icon opens the games .exe within the explorer, if the game is downloaded allready.
The fourth icon opens a popup window to connect to an open server. A double click is required for connecting.
The fifth icon opens a popup window to start a new server. If available a dedicated server is started.
The game is downloaded automatically if not available.
The username and gamepath can be changed in this window.
This window shows all users logged into the Server. Right clicking a user allows to copy the ip-address to the clipboard or to connect to the last opened server of this user.
If a user has opened a game the icon of the last opened game is shown in front of the user.
This window can be used to organize the food-ordering. It shows all users and their food-order as a list.
In this window all open servers are shown by user. At the first column the user is choosed and then in the second column the servers opened by this user are shown. Right clicking a user allows to copy the ip-address to the clipboard or to connect to the last opened server of this user.