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SCOL Worlds

The interfaces and features you will find on SCOL sites may vary, however, when you enter a SCOL site, a window will usually open with a main screen from which you can visualize the world and move around within the site. Below this window, you will habitually find the general chat box. Next to this box is the list of users you can chat to, a pager function to chat with the person of your choice in private, a photo of your avatar, i.e. your personal representation in the SCOL environments, and various other options depending on the world you are visiting.

To move about, you must activate the "move" mode before. To do so, click on the main screen. You then have two possibilities for moving :

  • Left-click on the main 3D screen and, keeping the button pressed, drag the mouse in the direction in which you wish to move.
  • You can also use the keyboard. Use the arrow keys to move forwards, backwards, left and right.By pressing the Ctrl key + the arrow keys, you can move - horizontally or vertically - linearly. Pressing Shift + the vertical arrow keys controls your field of vision, for example, to look up.

There are a number of ways of communicating in the SCOL worlds :

  • You can chat with those users displayed next to the main screen using the chat function by typing your message in the entry field in the bottom part of the chat box. Once you enter your message, it is immediately displayed to the right of your name in the chat box display window, and is sent to all those surrounding you.
  • You can send private, instant messages to any person also inside a world on the SCOL sites that include this feature. To do so, click on the pager button. The list of visitors inside the world is subsequently displayed. In front of each name you will see a small icon. If this icon represents an envelope, this means that the person has sent you a message. Double-click on their name to display the message. Similarly, to send this person a message, double-click on their name; an entry window is displayed. Click on it to activate it, enter your text and click on "Send".
  • Some worlds include an audio chat system. To use this system, you must activate the listening function by pressing the speaker button, then click on the mic key when you speak.

Your avatar is your personal representation in the world. It is visible in the small window adjacent to the main screen. You can modify it according to the list of avatars available in the selected world. To do so, click on "Modify" next to the photo. In the window subsequently displayed, click on "Change".