Playing online
Playing online
There are several servers that host DCSS online, allowing you to play either by browser (WebTiles) or through SSH/telnet.
There are three main benefits to this, especially if you join the IRC Chatroom.
- Other people can watch you play live, and page you with messages and advice (the often ignored "hit _" that shows up...)
- Even if you repeatedly play a single combo, you'll encounter a more fun and diverse bunch of player ghosts to beat up on.
- You can request replays of any milestone or death you know how to look up. It's great for reviewing where you went wrong, or reliving hilarious moments.
Servers
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North America Servers
European Servers
Asian Servers
Australian Server |
WebTiles
WebTiles is the easier to access and more graphically complex version of DCSS. On most modern browsers, such as Chromium, it is a simple process. All you need to do is visit the server's website (linked above), create an account, and start playing. There's no need to enter any personal information, with email being optional for password recovery.
Console
Console is generally more complex to set up, as you need an SSH client in order to play. Mac and Linux systems will likely have SSH preinstalled, but to properly play console online in Windows, you're going to have to download a program called PuTTY.
A guide to SSH connection can be found here. There is also a list of servers and their SSH keys right above it.
Options
If you find yourself lagging, don't forget to enable SSH compression! Don't forget to set NetHack mode to ensure your keyboard works properly! Note well that this effectively changes what the keypad types, meaning the numrow will produce a different password than the keypad (for logging in to play once connected to CAO). One thing that guide doesn't mention is that you can "Disable Application keypad mode" under Terminal->Features. This allows you to use +-=/ to cycle targets. There's currently no working fix for allowing the numpad 5 to long rest. The only current method to perform a long rest online is by pressing numROW five.
A lot of people like to change their character sets to produce more 'solid' walls, and portals/shops that no longer look like wands/staves. All you need to do this is add the following line to your options "char_set = IBM" and change putty's character set to CP437 under Window->Translation->Received data assumed to be in which character set.
On Gnome and KDE desktops, and other terminals supporting UTF-8, you can use "char_set = unicode" to enable it, resulting in nicer graphics.
You may also want to configure your terminal color palette to match the "official one" of the tiles version. The colors to set are:
VColour( 0, 0, 0), // BLACK
VColour( 0, 82, 255), // BLUE
VColour(100, 185, 70), // GREEN
VColour( 0, 180, 180), // CYAN
VColour(255, 48, 0), // RED
VColour(238, 92, 238), // MAGENTA
VColour(165, 91, 0), // BROWN
VColour(162, 162, 162), // LIGHTGREY
VColour( 82, 82, 82), // DARKGREY
VColour( 82, 102, 255), // LIGHTBLUE
VColour( 82, 255, 82), // LIGHTGREEN
VColour( 82, 255, 255), // LIGHTCYAN
VColour(255, 82, 82), // LIGHTRED
VColour(255, 82, 255), // LIGHTMAGENTA
VColour(255, 255, 82), // YELLOW
VColour(255, 255, 255) // WHITE
For PUTTY:
RGB( 0, 0, 0), // ANSI BLACK
RGB( 0, 82, 255), // ANSI BLUE
RGB(100, 185, 70), // ANSI GREEN
RGB( 0, 180, 180), // ANSI CYAN
RGB(255, 48, 0), // ANSI RED
RGB(238, 92, 238), // ANSI MAGENTA
RGB(165, 91, 0), // ANSI YELLOW
RGB(162, 162, 162), // ANSI WHITE
RGB( 82, 82, 82), // ANSI BLACK BOLD
RGB( 82, 102, 255), // ANSI BLUE BOLD
RGB( 82, 255, 82), // ANSI GREEN BOLD
RGB( 82, 255, 255), // ANSI CYAN BOLD
RGB(255, 82, 82), // ANSI RED BOLD
RGB(255, 82, 255), // ANSI MAGENTA BOLD
RGB(255, 255, 82), // ANSI YELLOW BOLD
RGB(255, 255, 255) // ANSI WHITE BOLD
