TextType("That's all the information I need for now.");
Thread.Sleep(2000);
TextType("Beginning installation of ShiftOS on "+MySave.SystemName+".");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("Creating new user: "+MySave.Username);
TextType("...with 0 Codepoints, 0 installed upgrades, no legion, and no user shops...");
MySave.Codepoints=0;
MySave.CurrentLegions=newList<string>();
MySave.MyShop="";
TextType("User created successfully.");
Thread.Sleep(450);
TextType("You may be wondering what all that meant... You see, in ShiftOS, your user account holds everything I need to know about you.");
Thread.Sleep(640);
TextType("It holds the amount of Codepoints you have - Codepoints are a special currency you can get by doing various tasks in ShiftOS.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("It also holds all the upgrades you've installed onto ShiftOS - features, applications, enhancements, patches, all that stuff.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("As for the legions and the shop thing, I'll reveal that to you when it becomes necessary.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("Your user account is stored on a server of mine called the multi-user domain. It holds every single user account, every script, every application, every thing within ShiftOS.");
Thread.Sleep(600);
TextType("Every time you boot ShiftOS, if you are connected to the Internet, you will immediately connect to the multi-user domain and ShiftOS will attempt to authenticate using the last ");
TextType("successful username and password pair.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("When you are in the MUD, you are in the middle of a free-for-all. I don't want it to be this way, it just is. I've employed you to help me develop and test the MUD and ShiftOS, ");
TextType("but you have a secondary task if you choose to accept it.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("There have been a few rebelious groups in the MUD - who have cracked ShiftOS's security barriers - and they're using these exploits to steal others' Codepoints, upgrades, ");
TextType("and even spread damaging viruses.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("I want you to stop them.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("Whoever can stop these hackers will gain eternal control over the multi-user domain. They will be given the ability to do as they please, so long as it doesn't interfere with my experiments.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("I have been installing ShiftOS on your system in the background as I was talking with you. Before I can set you free, I need to give you a tutorial on how to use the system.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("I will reboot your system in Tutorial Mode now. Complete the tutorial, and you shall be on your way.");
SaveSystem.SaveGame();//Yknow, just incase it crashes.
}
else
{
TextType("Your login attempt was successful, "+SaveSystem.CurrentSave.Username+".");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType($"According to my data on you, you have earned {SaveSystem.CurrentSave.Codepoints} Codepoints so far.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType($"You have also acquired {SaveSystem.CurrentSave.CountUpgrades()} Shiftorium upgrades out of the {SaveSystem.CurrentSave.Upgrades.Count} available.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("I will now let you proceed to your system.");
TextType("You have been cordially and involuntarily selected to participate in the development and testing of an experimental operating system called ShiftOS.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("I want ShiftOS to be the most advanced operating system in the world.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("In ShiftOS, you start out with nothing.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("And your goal is to upgrade the operating system from a barebones command line to a fully graphical operating system.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("Along the way, you'll meet many people - hackers, rebels, programmers, administrators and many more.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("You'll meet new friends and foes.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("Your goal: Take it over. Upgrade the operating system, and take over its multi-user domain.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("I won't reveal quite what you have to do, but if you can handle it, head over to http://getshiftos.ml/ and download the operating system now.");
TextType("ShiftOS has been installed successfully.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("Before you can continue to the operating system, here's a little tutorial on how to use it.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("Starting a Terminal...");
Applications.Terminalterm=null;
this.Invoke(newAction(()=>
{
term=newApplications.Terminal();
this.Controls.Add(term);
term.Location=newPoint(
(this.Width-term.Width)/2,
(this.Height-term.Height)/2
);
term.Show();
term.OnLoad();
term.OnSkinLoad();
term.OnUpgrade();
}));
TextType("This little text box is called a Terminal.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("Normally, it would appear in full-screen, but this window is hosting it as a control so you can see this text as well.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("In ShiftOS, the Terminal is your main control centre for the operating system. You can see system status, check Codepoints, open other programs, buy upgrades, and more.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("Go ahead and type 'sos.help' to see a list of commands.");
while(TutorialProgress==0)
{
}
TextType("As you can see, sos.help gives you a list of all commands in the system.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("You can run any command, by typing in their Namespace, followed by a period (.), followed by their Command Name.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("Go ahead and run the 'status' command within the 'sos' namespace to see what the command does.");
while(TutorialProgress==1)
{
}
TextType("Brilliant. The sos.status command will tell you how many Codepoints you have, as well as how many upgrades you have installed and how many are available.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("Codepoints, as you know, are a special currency within ShiftOS. They are used to buy things within the multi-user domain, such as upgrades, scripts, and applications.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("You can earn Codepoints by doing things in ShiftOS - such as completing jobs for other users, making things like skins, scripts, documents, etc, and playing games like Pong.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("At times, you'll be given Codepoints to help complete a task. You will receive Codepoints from 'sys' - the multi-user domain itself.");
TextType("Right now, you don't have any upgrades. Upgrades can give ShiftOS additional features and capabilities - like new core applications, supported file types, and new Terminal commands.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("You can easily get upgrades using the Shiftorium - a repository of approved ShiftOS upgrades.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("To start using the Shiftorium, simply type 'shiftorium.list' to see available upgrades.");
TextType("Right now, you have enough Codepoints to buy the 'mud_fundamentals' upgrade. You can use shiftorium.info to see information about this upgrade.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("Some commands, like shiftorium.info, require you to pass information to them in the form of arguments.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("Argument pairs sit at the end of the command, and are enclosed in curly braces.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("Inside these curly braces, you can input an argument key, followed by a colon, followed by the value. Then, if you need multiple arguments, you can put a comma after the value, and then insert another argument pair.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("There are different value types - numeric values, which can be any positive or negative 32-bit integer");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("Then there are boolean values which can be either 'true' or 'false'");
TextType("Then there are string values, which are enclosed in double-quotes.");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType(" If for some reason you need to use a double-quote inside a string, you must escape it using a single backslash followed by the quote, like this: key:\"My \\\"awesome\\\" value.\"");
TextType("If you want to escape a backslash inside a string, simply type two backslashes instead of one - for example key:\"Back\\\\slash.\"");
Thread.Sleep(500);
TextType("shiftorium.info requires an upgrade argument, which is a string type. Go ahead and give shiftorium.info's upgrade argument the 'mud_fundamentals' upgrade's ID.");