Avatar Gauges

Avatar Gauges

In addition to the basic values, a small icon appears in the upper right corner. This is the player-versus-player (Faction PvP) status. If there is one sword, the avatar is not attackable by another avatar. If the player has changed the avatar's mode, it will be tagged as attackable by any homin enemy. The icon will show crossed-swords. Right-clicking and selecting any status will remove or add the display bar for it.

Compass

Compass menu

The right-click functions of the compass will target a particular item or location that you want. For example to find an animal, select Animals>Mount 1 to find your mektoub. Or, to find a team member, select Team>Name and the compass will point in their direction. On the radar, welcomers and other stationary NPCs show a tiny dialog bubble instead of a dot. When searching for an NPC individual in the wild, look to the compass to aide your search. Instead of a dot, a small scroll will appear over the head of an NPC that can give or receive missions. In any chat window, type /target name and if it doesn't say “entity not found” then selecting Target after right-clicking in the compass will target the named individual. The compass will point to that avatar or NPC in the visible area up to about 50M, but may not work for NPCs in buildings. Occasionally, an email icon or a blue Forum icon will appear. Merely click it (or shift+w > Mail, or > Forums) and then in the top line of text find New posts and click that. You can now read the new messages.

Chat

Chat window

The Chat window contains many tabs, for different communication channels. When Ryzom starts, the player will be started in the USER tab. There, conversations from all the other channels will be displayed. Typing in that tab, though, will communicate only with the AROUND channel. The AROUND channel is for the avatar's current area, of about 25M radius. The REGION channel is for the whole region such as Silan, Majestic Garden, etc. The GUILD channel will appear if your avatar is a member of a guild. That channel will communicate with other members of that guild. Tabs other than USER can be separated into windows by right clicking on them, and which messages are displayed in the USER tab can be controlled by right-clicking on its tab.

The UNIVERSE channel is for global conversations and questions. It is occasionally used for chit-chatting, but help will be offered at any time. Its purpose is to get help from experienced players. Most problems, like lost actions, or fouled missions, you can get help for. Select the UNIVERSE tab on the Chat window. Ask your question. You will probably get a flood of help. You may also select Help>Support to file a bug report or get official help with a technical problem. To communicate with a player far away, type in any Chat tab that accepts input: /tell avatar *message*. E.g: /tell Dummy Hi. This will open a chat window for a private conversation with Dummy. Typing /afk in any chat window will put the avatar in an away-from-keyboard mode with visual indications. Beware though! The avatar may still be attacked by mobs.

The EVENTS tab shows current events as announced by the Event Team.

A very useful Chat window tab is the SYSTEM. INFO. This channel is not for communication, but for information. It will give blow-by-blow battle results, forage/extraction data, and other information. For example, by typing /who in another channel, the SYS. INFO window will report the names of all avatars in the area. Typing /who GM will give the name of any GM on shift. Other special commands are available.

Occasionally you will do something like type F to get your Friends window to appear, but it will not appear. If you cannot operate a desktop commands because you are stuck in a chat window, don't despair, you can easily refocus onto the desktop. Backspace over any letters you've typed until the line is empty, then strike <return>; or <ESC> to leave the box but leave the already typed text. You can now use your keyboard commands for the desktop.

If you desire, your avatar's text can be colored. Merely go to System...>GAME CONFIGURATION>INTERFACE>CHAT>Tell or Team or any other chat tab and choose your favorite color! At the bottom of this window is a Font Size slider. Very Useful!

Target Reticle

Target Reticle

When you hover your cursor on a beast or monster, a target reticle will appear. If you left click on it the target reticle will be color-coded to represent the general level of the MOB. The order of danger from low to high is white, green, blue, yellow, orange, red, and purple. If you double-click on the mob, you will attack, so be careful.

The target text can be colored with the target ring removed by unchecking SYSTEM>GAME CONFIGURATION>INTERFACE>HUD>Show Target Reticle. An entity or certain object can be acted on by double-clicking on it. This can be unsafe in some instances, like while extracting a raw material source when suddenly a MOB steps in front of the green glowing material. In those situations, use right-click>Extract Raw Materials. This will avoid an unnecessary resurrection.

Another option is to go to SYSTEM>INTERFACE>HUD and uncheck Auto Equip Mode, then you won't attack a mob accidentally while digging. See also CONFIGURATION>INPUT>MOUSE>Double Click Mode for extra safety if you want.

Target Window

Target Window

After targeting a MOB, the name of the MOB, it's HP status bar and it's general strength will appear in the window. The symbol gives a number of its level or stars. One big star on a colored background represents a named entity; two black stars is a species boss. (3x*) means it's third rank of its species in the particular area.

Task-bar

Controls on the User Interface/Several different views of the Task-bar The Task-bar is located in the lower right corner of the Ryzom desktop. It is composed of two tabs and many functions. This is a diagram of those tasks: WINDOWS & ACTIONS

Notice that Animals is buried under Communications in the WINDOWS tab, and the word Actions is used in two locations, as a header and as a window name. The Game Configuration window contains many important settings for the game. Each setting should be evaluated at first startup to adjust for the computer's capability; particularly the global opacity setting and screen resolution.

The Task-bar (left above) can be shrunk to icons (above right) by clicking the small emblem Change display mode. Repeated clicking will cycle through five Task-bar formats: one text and four with icons. Using an Icon format will allow both the move and map icons on the same view, as they are commonly used together.

Identity

Identity

The Identity window contains four tabs.

• STATS shows the avatar's race and guild, scores, characteristics, skill points, resistances and protections, defence levels (active is green) and miscellaneous.
• The ADVANCED STATS show where you have been and what points you have earned.
• The OCCUPATIONS window may need to be refreshed.

It displays any occupations that you have learned and the question mark reveals important information about all the occupations.

• The INFO tab is important for selecting a new title--that is shown over your avatar's head.

Filling bag

Beneath the tabs are small numbers. The first indicates the number of items that can be carried, for example 10/500. This is 10 items of a possible 500. Next to that is a status bar that indicates the bulk that can be carried. Right-clicking on that bar will look like Bulk: 99/300; or, look in the IDENTITY window under the MISCELLANEOUS heading to see that same value. Finally, the weight value is displayed next to a small weight symbol, for example 22.26. Armor and jewelry that are worn and weapons in-hand still affect the count, bulk, and weight in the bag.

Large values of weight can affect your ability to move. Some things are very heavy, so stay aware of the weight.

Dappers & filters

At the bottom of the inventory window is a small green sap drop. This is the number of dappers (money) that you possess. Further along the bottom are various toggling view filters, and the detailed and compact item views.

Actions

Actions

The ACTION PROGRESSION window contains essential information on the avatar's skill levels in all of the available skill sets. On the left are the four fundamental areas of endeavour in a skill tree: Fight, Magic, Craft, and Harvest. These will expand further and further by clicking the + symbols, or collapse by clicking the – symbol. In the lower left corner of the window is the Auto Fold option, that will collapse any skill branches that you are not viewing.

The right side of the ACTION PROGRESSION window contains two tabs, Actions and Upgrades. When a branch of the skill tree is selected, the appropriate Actions or Upgrades for that level are displayed. The coloured icons are the actions that you already own, whether they were purchased in that skill branch or another one. The greyed icons are not owned yet, but may be purchased from the appropriate trainer once you reach the indicated skill level. Upgrades are not Actions, but other things such as increased Constitution that are also available from the trainers.

By selecting higher skill levels, actions available in the future will be displayed. A click box in the lower right allows the display as a Detailed List.

Missions

Missions

The MISSIONS window contains all current and finished missions. Right-clicking will give the common options plus toggle Title Bar On/Off. A drop-down list at the top of the window allows for selection of an individual mission to display. A small button in the top right allows you to select an expanded list. That mission will display according to window size, so resizing may be necessary to get the full text to display. The button Abandon will remove the mission irreversibly. Be careful, because some missions cannot be retaken!

After a mission is completed, a check-mark will appear in the mission icon. The Abandon button will now have changed to Finished. Clicking that button will remove the finished mission from the MISSIONS window completely. If that particular mission had a monetary reward, the dappers will be added to your inventory immediately. The Abandon button is unavailable on Silan.

Maps

Maps

Map is a re-sizable window that will display a map of the area you are in. At the top are a +, zoom in, and a -, zoom out. When zooming in all the way, the cities and towns may be clicked to enlarge them to the street level. To return from a city map to an area map, click the left arrow at the top of the MAP window. The triangle symbol is a button to center your location on the map. Additionally, the time and weather are displayed on the top line. This is quite helpful when foraging.

Right-clicking anywhere on the map gives several choices: Create Landmark, Create Landmark At Current Location, and Center Map On Yourself. These are very useful for creating small flags to mark NPC, forage spots, and so forth.

Web Applications

Web Applications

The webapps bar is a handy access to many useful functions and avatar information. The achievements, craft recipes, forums, Ryzom lore, email, and many other informative windows are here. Importantly, many very useful applications and even a little game are found inside. An alternate access to these functions is with SHIFT+W. The bar can be removed from your interface via a command inside the webapps window if you don't want it.

More on Webapps. Create a API key using a browser (use your toon name and account password) or in Game.

Actions Bar

Actions Bar

As learned above, the ACTION PROGRESSION window is very helpful, but has another important use. When learning actions from trainers, icons are plopped all over the 10 Actions Bars (sometimes called the Shortcut Bar). In order to organize the Actions Bars, players may delete actions by using right-click Delete Action and accidentally delete a needed action. To recover any learned action merely open the ACTION PROGRESSION window and then drag the lit icon to any empty cell on the Actions Bar.

Windows>Action&...>ACTION#2

Crystallize

A red X on an icon indicates that the avatar is out-of-range of the target. Moving closer will cause it to disappear and make the action active. When right-clicking on a spell, you may see an option to Crystallize. This is for enchanting weapons. A spell may be crystallized and added to your inventory (not all spells can be crystallized).

You can make a second copy of the Actions Bar by Task-bar>System...>Windows>Action&Inventory>ACTION#2. This second copy cannot be changed, but will mimic the original Actions Bar 1. It can be moved to any location on the screen. It can be time-saving, for example, to have fight actions open on the main bar while the heal actions are open on bar #2.