mIRC Guide

Written by Silva - 6th June 2001, Updated by Silva - 14th September 2006!

Intro to IRC

I am writing this guide to get you all set up in our guild IRC Channel (#tfk) on the Sorcery IRC Network.

IRC is a very useful resource for us, it allows us to hold meetings easily, organise raids/defense, and generally get to know each other better.

Setting up mIRC

The best way to access IRC is using a dedicated client such as mIRC (the most popular one)

Install and launch the program, and the following screen will appear:

Remove the check box, in the bottom left of this splash screen, and click anywhere on the popup window to close it.

When you have closed this window, the following should appear:

If it doesn't, click file then options from the menu bar at the top.

Fill in the boxes, you don't have to use your real info for Name/Email but make sure you use a recognisable nickname, preferably your ig character name.

The next step is to select the Sorcery IRC Server from the drop down list:

The last window to configure is options, below server:

Click the OK button and then click the connect icon in the top left:

mIRC will connect you to the Sorcery IRC Network, you will see the MoTD (Message of The Day) come up, this contains info about the number of people connected, the number of channels etc.

The following window should popup:

Click Add and enter the following, make sure you tick 'Auto-join channel on connect'

Click OK, then you will be back to the channels folder, uncheck 'Pop up folder on connect' at the bottom of this screen, highlight the channel #tfk and click 'Join'

You are now in the #tfk IRC Channel, Congratulations :)

Advanced Setup on the Sorcery Network

It is a good idea to register your nickname with Nickserv, this will allow you to be recognised by the channel, which will then give you access to the channel commands. It also stops other people using your nickname on the network.

Its a good idea to read the Sorcery guide on this, which can be found here.

The 1st thing to do is to register your nick, you do this by typing this command:

/nickserv REGISTER password email

replace password with the password of your choice and your email so you can retrieve a lost pw, remember not to use your nick as the password, make it secure :P

you will then get a message like this:

Nickname Jimmy registered under your account: jimmy@*.yourisp.com
Your password is FiDo1165 - remember this for later use.
(Note: Jimmy's password isn't really FiDo1165 this is just an example.)

Write your password down.

To identify yourself to Nickserv you must type:

/nickserv identify YourPassword

You will need to do this each time you join mIRC, but there is an easy way to automate it. Go to File, then Options open the IRC options, and click Perform. The following box will appear:

Tick the box at the top, and then enter the commands you want to perform when you connect to IRC. The first command I entered identifies me to Nickserv (make sure you change it to your password), and the second joins me to the #DNN channel (Darktide News Network).