TormentedSpace mIRC Tutorial

This tutorial will walk through setting up mIRC for use with the Farscape::TormentedSpace chat room.

Note that you only need to follow these steps if your web browser isn't Java-enabled. If your browser is Java-enabled, then you can access the TormentedSpace chat room without any fuss by going here: http://www.tormentedspace.vze.com/chat.html. Just wait for the page to load, enter a nickname, and hit the "Connect" button to join the chat. Most browsers are Java-enabled, so for most people this is the simplest - and most painless - way to enter the chat room. If you have tried accessing the chat page and it won't load or you can't see the chat applet (and note that the grey box may take a couple of minutes before it loads into the chat applet anyway), then your browser may not be Java-enabled, in which case this tutorial is for you.

So, for those who don't have Java-enabled web browsers - or for those who just like mIRC better - you will need to download a small, free program called mIRC. You can download it here:

http://www.mirc.com/get.html

(Just click on any of the links for the most recent mIRC download - 6.03 at the time of writing; it's only just over 1MB, so the download won't take long even on diallup connections.)

Once you have downloaded mIRC, install it and launch the program (just close any nag screen you get asking you to register). When the program opens, you should be presented with this dialogue box:



(Note that if this box doesn't appear - or if you close it - you can access it by going to File > Options...)

Click on "Add" in the top right corner. Another box should open up that looks like this:



In this box, type "TormentedSpace" next to "Description", type "irc.ircstorm.net" next to "IRC Server", and next to "Ports" make sure it says "6667". If you have filled out this information correctly, it should now look like this:



Now click on "Add", and you should be taken back to the mIRC options dialogue box, which should now look like this:



Now you just need to add your name, e-mail address and a nickname. You must fill out all three of these fields for it to work (note that the "Alternative" nickname is optional, just in case someone has already taken the nickname you want, which is highly unlikely). For instance:



Now click on the big button that says "Connect to IRC Server". You should be presented with the "mIRC Channels Folder", which looks like this:



Where it says "Enter name of channel to join", type "#tormentedspace" in the box, so that it looks like this:



Finally, click on "Join", and after some info has spewed across the white box, you should be presented with this:



That's it! You are now in the live chat. Just type whatever you want to say in the box at the bottom and hit "enter" to send it. Have fun!

Note that you won't have to follow all of the above steps in the future. Whenever you open mIRC again, you should be able to select "TormentedSpace" from the drop-down list in the "mIRC Options" box and go from there.

There is a good overview of all the most popular IRC commands here, in case you want to try them out:

http://www.ircbeginner.com/ircinfo/ircc-commands.html

Hope you enjoy the chat room!