I. CHARACTER SETUP SCREEN

This page will briefly address the character setup process, and various elements of said screen.

The above image has been labeled with numbers for each section of the interface to make it easier for you to find each section referred to in the text. However, your screen will not show the same colors as in this image. We have color-coded each area of the image to help identify the number and the section it refers to.

1. Class Selection - This section shows the possible classes you can play. They are divided into two teams, the Chosen and the Order. As you highlight a class, a description of it appears in the right half of the screen. As you click on a class, a set of specifications for it will appear in section 3, where you can change the details as you wish. Note: This section is NOT for selecting the class you are going to play, it is to set the specific characteristics for ALL of your classes. In the game, you will be able to choose to play any of these classes, and switch between them when you wish during game play.

2. Changing Your Name - This is the mysterious ominous place for you to specify your name, that will be viewed by others in-game, to change your name, simply click where it says “Player”, delete that, and proceed to enter your own name. Note: The name you select will be the same for each class, the only way to play with a different name is to use a separate profile.

3. Customizing Your Details - This is pretty simple, simply click on the plus or minus arrows to add points to each section, the points you have to distribute are limited, and it tells you how many remaining points you have to distribute. You can specify a different layout of DETAILS for each class.

4. Skills Available - This lists the skills available to the currently selected class.

5. Using Predefined Sub-Classes - These are ready to go, predefined layouts for DETAILS, you do not need to set these, if you click on one of these it will switch your DETAILS layout to the predefined one.

6. Arms Available - This tells you which weapons are currently available to the selected class respective to your DETAILS layout.

II. USING PROFILES

If you plan on using various profiles, you will need to go to the “Profile” tab PRIOR to creating a DETAILS layout.

Then click “Create”, enter a name for this profile(this is not the name that will appear in-game), click ok, then move over to the “Character Setup” tab and layout your details. You do not need to load a profile when you re-launch PURGE in the future, unless you wish to switch. To load a profile, click on the profile you wish to use, then click “Load”. Each profile saves your customized attributes for all 8 playable classes. You **cannot** change these attributes DURING game play, you must abort the game and go to the character setup screen, this was a design decision made to prevent people from a) changing their character setup in mid game and b) to prevent people from taking up server resources when they aren't playing.

Each profile also saves a separate player name, and all key bindings. Profiles are designed not just to allow you to have different configurations, but to allow multiple players to share one computer with Purge.