Online Play

Just a short post to detailing how to play online. The website http://rigidchips.orz.hm is maintained by a japanese guy, who calls himself Hikeo. He has said he is happy for foreigners (E.G us) to come on his servers:
Hi,I'm hikeo.
I'm admin of rigidchips.orz.hm.
Im glad to have my server introduced here.
Generally, foreigners are welcomed, but I'd like you to remember following things.
1 My server is in Japan.
2 Most players in my server cannot speak English.
3 Due to the high ping, your message in chat of RigidChips may be lost and cannot reach other players with the bug of RigidChips.
(Quoted from http://rigidchips.ipbfree.com/index.php?showtopic=63)
To access his server on RigidChips, first press the Tab key on your keyboard to bring up a window entitled "Network". On the top left of that window, there are two radio buttons; Host and Connect. Tick the "Connect" circle. Then type in the name you want people to see you as in the "User" text box. The "Color" button next to that textbox allows you to choose a colour for your marker. This will add a hexdecimal colour code next to your name. Don't worry, this code will not show up in-game. So, if I wanted my username to be Chris, and my colour to be red, I would type Chris#FF0000 into the "User" box. The next box down is labeled "Host". In here, you must type the I.P address of the host computer or network. To access Hikeo's server, type rigidchips.orz.hm into the "Host" box. Last box is labeled "Port#". In here, you must type to port number of the hosting computer or network. Hikeo's server has three ports; 2345, 51234 and 37564. the most commonly used one is 2345, then 51234 and lastly 37564. So go one 2345 first, if there is no-one on there, have a look at 51234. If, again, no-one is online, go on 37564. If no-one is on that port either, it means they are all asleep. Or maybe they just didn't want to come online. Anyway, Once you have typed in all of the details you need to, press the "Start" button, and RigidChips will attempt to connect you to the network. Sometimes, RigidChips cannot connect. If this problem occurs, try closing RigidChips and starting it up again.

A thing to remember is that not everyone online will want to battle you all the time, so do not just sit there shooting them. All you are likely to achieve by doing that is getting everyone annoyed with you. Also, a lot of them do not speak english. A few of them do, like Ruby, MINIMI, Koeen, Nekt, Hikeo and so on. Lastly, your message may not be sent due to the very high "ping" of RigidChips. If no-one answers, try sending your message again. Don't overdo it though!

Well, I hope this post was informative, and I hope you enjoy online play in RigidChips. My name online is Chris, and my marker is a light orange colour. If you see me, feel free to have a chat!