@General Information
FS2NetD is a free Internet game and stats tracking service
hosted by Game Warden and maintained by the community at Game Warden
and Hard Light Productions.  

Currently supported Games include FreeSpace 2, The Babylon Project,
Diaspora, Shadows of Lylat, and Wing Commander Saga.  You must be
using the FS2_Open engine version 3.6.10 final or greater for
compatibility.  There is also a Beyond the Red Line daemon but that
games status and compatibility are currently unknown.

@Problems?
For general multiplayer Tech Support on FS2netD please visit the
@Game Warden support forum at:
http://www.game-warden.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=42 or the
@Hard Light Productions multilayer support forum at:  
http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?board=135.0  For support
on the game engine itself please check the FAQs on the support forum at
@http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?board=151.0  

For support on specific games or mods please visit their respective forums:
@The Babylon Project: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?board=105.0
@Diaspora:  http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?board=175.0
@Shadows of Lylat:  http://www.game-warden.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=16
@Wing Commander Saga:  http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?board=46.0

*Note: Not all of these games have released or have multiplayer yet.

@Players
On the left you see a list of players in your currently active
channel. Each player in this list is a registered FS2netD user. You
can view a player's official statistics by clicking the
"Pilot Info" button. You can see the ranking of all pilots by
clicking the "Web Ranking" button.

If you're trying to meet up with a friend and are unsure what channel
he/she is in, click on "Find." This prompts you for the player's
name (you must spell it correctly). If the player is found, it
notifies you and clicking OK will take you to that channel.

@Joining a Channel
On the top right side of the screen is the Channel List. Each channel
provides players with a place to meet, chat, and form games. There
are several built-in channels that appear in the scroll box above
the main Chat Box. If you wish to join a different channel, simply
click on it in the list and click the "Join Channel" button.

@Joining a Private Channel
In addition to the default channels listed, players may also create
private channels of their own. These are useful for getting a
specific group of friends together. To Create or Join a private
channel, click the "Join Private" button. You'll be prompted to type
in the channel name. If that channel already exists and has one or
more users connected, you will join it. If the channel does not yet
exist, it will be created for you. Private channels do not get
publicly listed in the Channel List. While you are in a private
channel, it will be displayed on your local Channel List, however.

@Chatting
Below the Channel List is the main Chat box. Simply type what you
wish to say in the input line at the bottom and press <Enter>.  
Your text is sent to everyone in your active channel.
Additionally, there are a few "slash" commands you can use.  
Example: if you want to message your friend "Jacko" privately, type
"/msg Jacko Hi there!" (don't type the quotes) and it will be sent
privately to him.

Here are the slash commands currently supported by FS2netD:

@/msg <player> <message>         
- Message someone privately. Player needs to be logged into FS2netD,
but does not need to be in the same channel as you. Player names are
not case sensitive.

@/me <emote text>
- Emotes in the current channel. Example:  If your player name is
Marvin and you typed "/me is looking for opponents," the message
"Marvin is looking for opponents" would be sent to everyone in the
channel.

These slash commands work only in the FS2netD Chat screens. In-game and
pre-game chatting does not currently support them.

@Joining Games
Clicking the "Games" button takes you to the Games listing for
that channel. All game servers for that channel are listed,
along with status, mission name, player count, and ping time to the
server.  

Servers with an asterisk (*) next to their names are standalone
(dedicated) servers. Standalone servers generally handle larger
numbers of players better and allow those who can't normally host
games to do so.

Servers marked with a "C" are currently playing a Campaign (as
opposed to a single mission).

If the status field is displayed in green, you may select that
mission and click the "Join" button. If the status is red, the
game is either full or not in an appropriate state to accept more
players. Please consult your game's manual for more information
on joining multiplayer games.


@Creating Games
Once you are in an appropriate channel, clicking on the "Games" button
takes you to the Games listing. At this point, clicking on
"Create Game" takes you to the multiplayer game creation screens.
For more details on multiplayer games and creating them, consult
your game's manual or readme.txt file.

