Viewport, dashboard and desktop icons

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This guide introduces the structure and features of the Entropia Universe viewport, dashboard (HUD) and the standard icon bars.

This page is part of the general Entropia Universe Guide and also referred to in the Entropia Universe beginners guide.

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Viewport

1st person/3rd person

In Entropia Universe there are 2 basic access modes: 1st person view and 3rd person view. You can toggle between them using the mouse wheel.

	First person view	Third person view
Avatar	not visible	visible
Crosshairs	visible, press N to toggle style and visibility	not visible

Viewport, dashboard and desktop icons

Dashboard / Heads-up display (HUD)

The so called "dashboard" is mainly what is commonly known as Heads-up display (HUD) in video gaming. The dashboard features different panels each of which provides a set of information and features. The standard ones are usually to be found at the bottom from left to right:

1. chat panel
2. status panel
3. radar panel

Each of the panels can be moved around by drag'n'drop operations, the chat panel and the radar panel can be adjusted in size, and the complete dashboard can be hidden.

Chat panel

Modes for "incoming" channels

Open - messages in the channel are displayed

Muted - messages in the channel are NOT displayed

Modes for "incoming" channels

Selected - this is the channel you currently send messages to

Unselected - your messages are NOT send to this channels

How to chat

1. Start chatting (focus to chat window) by pressing ↵ Enter or click the Start/Stop chat icon
2. Optionally switch the channel by clicking one of the channel icons or using a key combo (see chat channels section just below)
3. Type the message
4. Press ↵ Enter to send the message
5. Stop chatting (unfocus to chat window) by pressing Esc or click the Start/Stop chat icon

Chat channels

	Channel	Key	Directions	Requirements	Description
	Local	/l	Read/write	none	...
	Trade	/tr	Read/write	none
	Society	/s	Read/write	Society member
	Team	/t	Read/write	Team member
	Event	/e	Read/write	Active event
	Force	/f	Read/write	Etheral Soul Language
	Globals	n/a	Read only	none
	Skills	n/a	Read only	none
	Damage	n/a	Read only	none
	Others	n/a	Read only	none
	Voice chat	n/a			- Toggles the incoming audio On/Off - Switches the microphone On/Off - Open the voice chat options

Radar panel

Moving the radar panel

The radar usually can be found in the bottom right corner of the screen (it can also be moved to another postion by drag'n'drop).

Location and position

At top the radar is showing the name of your current location, fx the name of the Planet or destination or instance. Below that it is showing your current position as a Longitude and Latitude value.

Radar modes

The left-most little button above the top right section of the actual radar toggles between ??? mode and ??? mode, meaning whether north is always at top or your current view direction is always at top.

Changing the radar range

The little plus and minus buttons above the top right section of the actual radar are used to zoon in and out, respectively changing the range of the radar.

Dots on the radar

The actual radar assumes the avatars position in the center and is showing directions as well as avatars, creatures and facilities represented by "dots" (actually tiny squares) of different colors. Besides the tiny squares there are also actual dots which are a little bigger and circled by a dashed line - these are representing waypoints. "Dots" (tiny squares) and their meaning:

• Green - Other living avatars.
• White - Other dead avatars
• Purple - Other avatars in the same society as you
• Yellow - Other avatars in the same team as you
• Red - Living creatures
• Dark blue - Carcass of creatures
• Light blue - Teleporters
• Orange - Non-player characters (NPCs).
• ??? - Televator?

Info signs on the radar panel

The bottom row features 4 different signs with the following meaning (from left to right):

PvP zone - Indicates a zone with Player-versus-Player combat (PvP) enabled (Tip: Stay away from PvP areas as long as you don't exactly know how PvP combat works).

• green - you are not in or close to a PvP zone
• orange - you are very close to a PvP zone
• red - you are in a PvP zone

Toxic zone - Indicates a zone with Player-versus-Player combat (PvP) and looting of other players enabled (Tip: Stay away from PvP areas as long as you don't exactly know how PvP combat works).

• green - you are not in or close to a PvP zone with looting
• orange - you are very close to a PvP zone with looting
• red - you are in a PvP zone with looting

Vehicles allowed in the area - Indicates whether or not vehicles are allowed in the area

• green - you are in an area in which vehicles are allowed
• orange - you are very close to an area in which vehicles are not allowed
• red - you are in an area in which vehicles are not allowed

Allowed in the area - Indicates whether or not you are not allowed to be in the area (An area in which you are not allowed to be could for example be an event area during the time of an event for which you don't have a ticket.)

• green - you are in an area in you are allow to be
• orange - you are very close to an area in which you are not allowed to be
• red - you are in an area in which you are not allowed to be

Status panel

The status panel is another element of the dashboard that contains important information like you health condition, PED balance, ammunition/consumables left for use, status effects and more. Usually (default) it can be found just left of the radar panel at the bottom of the viewport bit it can be moved anywhere else by drag and drop.

Depending on status effects, equipped items, etc. the panel can look quite simple or quite filled.

This is the most basic look of a status panel

frame|none|This is what the status panel looks like with a ranged weapon equipped and a Mindforce Implanet inserted.

Health bar

Certainly one of the most important displayed information. The health bar also has a "Use tool" feature, meaning when you double click the health bar the currently equipped tool or wepaon is used once.

Avatar name

Inside the health bar the name your avatar currently displays is written in white letters. You can change the which combination of First name, nick name and surname to display by right-clicking anywhere on the screen -> "My Avatar" -> "Avatar Name".

Account balance

Below the health bar a number displays your account balance in PED

Mindforce Implant

If a Mindforce Implant is inserted a small icon is displayed left of the health bar.

Weapon/Tool

If a weapon or tool is equipped the name of the item is displayed in the top left area of the status panel.

Reload delay

If a weapon or tool is equipped the "reload delay"/Cooldown is displayed as a progress bar just below the items name.

Uses or units left

Right of the reload delay display (if a weapon or tool is equpped) there's a number displaying one of the following:

• left number of ammunition/consumables for the equipped tool/weapon
• number of uses left (before ammunition/consumables are down to 0) for the equipped tool/weapon

You can toggle between the two options int the options menu by pressing O -> "HUD" -> "Show shots left" either checked or unchecked

Ammunition consumables type

Right of the display of uses/units left an icon shows to type of ammunition/consumable the currently equipped item needs.

Keys

/em (emote) - Starts an emote or gesture.

Moving

Q - Toggle between walking and running mode

W - Move forward

W - Switch to autorun, you need to press the button once to start running and once to stop again

E - Jump

A - Strafe left

S - Move backwards

D - Strafe right

Depending on your settings of first person or third person mode, there are some differences in the use of your mouse. In third person mode (which is the default), when you left-click anywhere within the screen, your avatar will walk towards the position you clicked. You can turn around by pushing down on your right mouse button (RMB), holding it down, and then dragging it.

In First Person mode you can do the same turning with the RMB, but you move using the keys mentioned above. In this mode, when you press space, you will switch to Aim Mode, which will allow you to move around using regular mouse movements.

In both modes, the right-mouse button will show you a pop-up menu with many available options and functions, as well as emotes and dances your avatar can perform. Holding down both the left and the right mouse button will make your avatar walk forwards.

Other keys

F1 - F9 - Switches between sets of shortcuts and hotkeys

G - Shows you the keyboard map with the hotkeys to different commands.

I - Brings up the inventory screen, which will contain all the items your avatar has on it. The inventory window is divided into multiple sections in order to logically group different types of items.

H - Brings up a basic Help screen on how to use your mouse in the Entropia Universe.

J - Shows you your FriendList, which enables you to keep track of your ingame friends.

K - Shows you your avatar skill window. Here you can see how you are progressing skill-wise.

L - Allows you to edit the keyboard settings as well as your shortcut bars. We will look more closely at this in another tutorial.

Left ALT - Allows you to target yourself. This can be useful when you want to heal yourself.

M - Shows you a map of the continent you are on.

O - Shows you the Options screen, where you can switch view modes, and configure some basic settings.

P - Will show you the current position of your avatar. This is done using longitude and latitude coordinates. The message is shown in your chat/screen only.

R - Allows your avatar to run into the direction it is facing.

T - T will enable you to be transported to a nearby revival terminal. This is not neccessarily the closest revival terminal, though.

U - Will give you the current system time and date, as well as the time you have been logged in this session. The message is shown in your chat/screen only.

V - Shows or hides your dashboard.

Y - Brings up the action library, which contains a lot of different actions and settings. We will take a more indepth look at the action library in a future tutorial.

↵ Enter - Allows you to chat with other people. Press Enter once, type your message, and press it again to send it.

Esc - Use Escape to quit the Entropia Universe.

Links, references, contributors, categories

• Guide: Keyboard Mapping

Contributors: