When you start Anarchy Online, you will first login with your username and password. You use the username and password from your beta tester registration. The login screen contains the latest information about the current version of the game and special announcements. You may choose to save the password if you want. Then press 'Login'.
You will now choose a new character, or pick a character that you have already created. You can also delete a character. Before you move on, make sure to select the correct display driver and preferences, by pressing the button with the green symbol to the right. Choose what resolution you want, and which video card to use if you have more than one installed. You may also choose to run Anarchy Online inside a window or not. Then press 'Play'.
NOTE: You will not be able to enter the game until you have selected hardware setup on the second window before you get into Rubi-Ka.
After successfully logging into Anarchy Online for the first time, you will have to create a new character. You automatically enter a room where you customize a character you will play in the game. You will choose the breed, the look of the head, your body fat ratio and height, your profession, and finally, what side of the conflict you will play.
First stage - Selecting your breed
There are four different breeds to choose from
- three of them have male and female forms, while one is male only. They
are represented on separate screens in front of you. Choose a breed by
right clicking its image. The breeds are:
- Homo Solitus (male/female)
- Homo Opifex (male/female)
- Homo Nano (male/female)
- Homo Atrox (male only)I still claim that these things are sexless --LP
When you have selected your breed, your character will be transformed into this shape. If you want to change to another breed, select another one. Use the arrow buttons (Left/Right) to make the character turn around. When you have selected the one you want, right click the orange downward pointing button to continue the character creation process.
Second stage - Changing head, body fat ratio, and height
You will now select how you want your head to look. Cycle through the
different looks by right clicking the blue buttons in front of your character.
When you have found a look that you like, walk over to the panels behind
your character.
The three blue buttons will change your body fat ratio. From left to right,
you have Thin, Average and Chubby. To cycle through them, right click
each button in turn.
The three green buttons will change your height. From top to bottom, you
have tall, normal, and short. You cycle through these by right clicking.
When you have found a look that you like, press the orange downward pointing
button to the left of the green buttons. If you click the upward pointing
button, you will go back and reselect your breed. Your selection of head,
body fat ratio, and height will be the same when you get back to the breed
selection room.
Third Stage - Selecting Profession
Here you see 12 boxes, representing the available professions.
From right to left, starting from the top, the professions are: Agent,
Doctor, Enforcer, Engineer, Bureaucrat, Adventurer, Meta-Physicist, Nano-Technician,
Trader, Fixer, Soldier, and Martial Artist. Select a profession by right-clicking
the box with the name of the desired profession. If you left-click, you
will get more information about the profession. As usual, you may reselect
if you want. When you have selected the profession you want, right-click
the orange downward pointing button to continue. If you click the upward
button, you go back to the room where you select the looks of your character.
You cannot go back after you continue from this room.
Fourth stage -Selecting a name for your character
You are now taken to a terminal where you give your character a name.
Right-click the terminal to open the input line. The name must contain
a minimum of two characters, a maximum of eight characters, and have no
space inside it. Only normal letters may be used. If you type in an invalid
character, it will not be accepted. Press Enter to register the name.
Now you may right click the orange button, to go to the next, and final
step.
Fifth stage - Choose your standing in the conflict
It is now time to choose if you want to be Clan, Neutral or Omni-Tek.
You have 3 doors; from left to right they are Omni-Tek, Neutral and Clan.
Walk over to the door of your choice, and go through it. You are now in
Rubi-Ka! If you chose Omni-Tek you should be in Omni-1. The neutral doorway
leads to Newland. If you selected Clan, then you should be in Tir. Almost
right in front of you, there should be a Startup Shop where you can buy
some equipment. Since you don't have any money on start-up, you should
try to find a Mission Assignment Terminal. There should be one close by. These places now go to the Newbie Backyards. From there, to a random city. NewLand/Borealis for neutral, Omni1/Rome for Omni, and Tir/Athens for Clan --LP
