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General Earl: /* By Script */

2011-08-19T19:27:00Z

‎By Script

General Earl: /* Manually */

2011-05-06T18:52:17Z

‎Manually

General Earl: /* Manually */

2011-05-06T18:52:04Z

‎Manually

General Earl at 18:50, 6 May 2011

2011-05-06T18:50:00Z

General Earl at 18:43, 6 May 2011

2011-05-06T18:43:15Z

General Earl: mIRC tutorial part 2

2011-05-06T18:29:25Z

mIRC tutorial part 2

General Earl: part 1 of mirc tutorial

2011-05-05T15:28:54Z

part 1 of mirc tutorial

New page

Download the mIRC client from [http://www.mirc.com/ www.mirc.com]. Follow the instructions on the page and install it.

==Personal Information==
[[File:01 mirc options info.jpg|300px]]

Enter your information. This is public information, so use your game nickname.

==Adding a Server==
[[File:02a mirc options server add.jpg]]

# Click '''Servers'''
# Click '''Add'''

===Server Information===
[[File:02b mirc options server add.jpg]]

# Description: Earth Empires IRC
# IRC Server: irc.earthempires.com
# Ports: 6667
# Group: EE
# Add the server

===Connecting to IRC===
[[File:03 mirc options server connect.jpg]]

Make sure you've selected the server you just added and go back to the connect tab. Click the connect buttom.

[[File:04 mirc status join channel.jpg]]

Once you are connected, in the status window, you can join a channel manually by typing <code>/join #earthempires</code>. If you were instructed to join a room with a key, type the key after the channel name: <code>/join #somewarroom key</code>

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 </pre>
-This will connect you to irc.earthempires.com, irc.gamesurge.net and irc.scourge.se when you start up mIRC. Add/remove '''server -m''' lines as needed.
+This will connect you to irc.earthempires.com, irc.gamesurge.net and irc.scourge.se when you start up mIRC. Add/remove '''server -m''' lines as needed. [[GeneralEarl]] has provided an mIRC script for [[General_Earl/scripts/mIRC_Auto_login|connecting and authenticating to multiple servers automatically]].
 ===Manually===

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 or
-<code>/server -m irc.earthtools.ca #somechannel</code>
+<code>/server -m irc.earthtools.ca -j #somechannel</code>
 Would open an new status window and connect to irc.earthtools.ca. The '''-m''' is important as this tells mIRC to open multiple status windows. Additionally, after the server name '''-j''' and a channel name '''-j #somechannel''' would connect to the server and auto-join #somechannel.

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 ===Manually===
 <code>/server -m irc.earthtools.ca</code>
 Would open an new status window and connect to irc.earthtools.ca. The '''-m''' is important as this tells mIRC to open multiple status windows. Additionally, after the server name '''-j''' and a channel name '''-j #somechannel''' would connect to the server and auto-join #somechannel.

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 One of the disadvantages of mIRC is that connecting to multiple servers is not as straight-forward as one might hope. This script makes mIRC connect to multiple servers when you startup the program:
 # Open mIRC, hit ALT-R. That'll drop you in the remote section.
 # Fill in something akin to this:
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 </pre>
 This will connect you to irc.earthempires.com, irc.gamesurge.net and irc.scourge.se when you start up mIRC. Add/remove '''server -m''' lines as needed.

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	===Authenticating===		===Authenticating===
−	Adding the line: <code>/eeauth /msg nickserv identify yourpassword</code> will send your nickserv identification information instantly when you type <code>/eeauth</code>. ''From a security point of view, it is not recommended to keep plain-text passwords in insecure places such as this, however no secure method of authenticating with nickserv is currently possible with mIRC.'' The '''safer''' way to easily identify yourself is: <code>/eeauth /msg nickserv $1</code>. Now to identify you would simply type <code>/eeauth yourpassword</code>.	+	Adding the line: <code>/eeauth /msg nickserv identify yourpassword</code> will send your nickserv identification information instantly when you type <code>/eeauth</code>. ''From a security point of view, it is not recommended to keep plain-text passwords in insecure places such as this, however no secure method of automatically authenticating with nickserv is currently possible with mIRC.'' The '''safer''' way to easily identify yourself is: <code>/eeauth /msg nickserv $1</code>. Now to identify you would simply type <code>/eeauth yourpassword</code>.
		+
		+	==Connecting to Multiple Servers==
		+	One of the disadvantages of mIRC is that connecting to multiple servers is not as straight-forward as one might hope. This script makes mIRC connect to multiple servers when you startup the program:
		+
		+	# Open mIRC, hit ALT-R. That'll drop you in the remote section.
		+	# Fill in something akin to this:
		+	<pre>
		+	on *:START: {
		+	server irc.earthempires.com
		+	server -m irc.gamesurge.net
		+	server -m irc.scourge.se
		+	}
		+	</pre>
		+	This will connect you to irc.earthempires.com, irc.gamesurge.net and irc.scourge.se when you start up mIRC. Add/remove '''server -m''' lines as needed.

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	Once you are connected, in the status window, you can join a channel manually by typing <code>/join #earthempires</code>. If you were instructed to join a room with a key, type the key after the channel name: <code>/join #somewarroom key</code>		Once you are connected, in the status window, you can join a channel manually by typing <code>/join #earthempires</code>. If you were instructed to join a room with a key, type the key after the channel name: <code>/join #somewarroom key</code>
		+
		+	==Aliases==
		+	===Connecting Faster===
		+	[[File:05a_mirc_scripts_editor.jpg]]
		+
		+	Click on the scripts editor icon.
		+
		+	[[File:05b_mirc_scripts_editor.jpg]]
		+
		+	Adding: <code>/ee /server -m irc.earthempires.com</code> makes an alias so the command <code>/ee</code> will automatically start the connection process. Another such example could be: <code>/gs /server -m irc.gamesurge.net</code>.
		+
		+	===Authenticating===
		+	Adding the line: <code>/eeauth /msg nickserv identify yourpassword</code> will send your nickserv identification information instantly when you type <code>/eeauth</code>. ''From a security point of view, it is not recommended to keep plain-text passwords in insecure places such as this, however no secure method of authenticating with nickserv is currently possible with mIRC.'' The '''safer''' way to easily identify yourself is: <code>/eeauth /msg nickserv $1</code>. Now to identify you would simply type <code>/eeauth yourpassword</code>.