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Welcome to the Vega Strike Wiki

Welcome to the Vega Strike Wiki, a user-edited manual and development guide for users and developers of the open source Vega Strike game. Feel free to edit or add any pages you feel are necessary, but please read the Manual of Style first, and please only add data to the Database that originates from an authoritative source.

Player's Planet

Contributor's Station

Everything you wanted to know about Vega Strike (playing/story/etc)

Manual - The complete game manual.
Information for new users
Story Elements
FAQs - Frequently asked questions
Out of Game Tools - map viewers, route finders, etc.
Database - Info on the Vega Strike Universe
Full list of Mods for the Vega Strike Engine

Feel free to help with the development of Vega Strike. The links below are a good starting point to do so.

Want to contribute but don't know where to start

The Vega Strike Contributor's Guide
Development & HowTos - Miscellaneous information for contributors

For Artists and Modders

Artists Guidelines - 3d models, space scapes, planet and station backgrounds, ...
Modding Guidelines - config variables, missions, quests, modding tools, ...
Art Style Guides - VS universe style information for artists

Engine References

DOCs - Engine documentation

For Coders

Coding Guidelines - dependencies, svn layout, code style, network protocol, ...

Administrative

Project - Project information page
Roadmap - Vega Strike development plan
Status & Task List pages
Feature Requests - Ask, and you will have asked.

Other

FAQs - Frequently asked questions
Sourcecode HowTos - Getting and installing the latest unstable version.
Browse the SVN repository

The Vega Strike Community

If you want to help out with the wiki, or get help that this wiki cannot provide, check out the links below.

Wiki Trading Post

Help Shipyard

Manual of Style - Please read it before editing, and please make any testing of the wiki system in the Sandbox.
Village Pump - Make any discussions you wish about better organizing the wiki, or adding major new additions to the wiki.
Article Requests - Needed/wanted pages
How to edit a wiki page
Pages that need attention
User list | Most popular pages

More special pages are here Special:Specialpages

Do you need help? Then try the forums, the main source for development or help! Or you can leave the site by any one of a number of other links...

NOTE: Devs are mostly active on Gitter now.

Links
irc.libera.chat #vegastrike (Primary channel)
- irc://irc.libera.chat/#vegastrike
- irc://irc.libera.chat/vegastrike (link for mIRC user)

irc.freenode.net #vegastrike (Backup channel)
- irc://irc.freenode.net/#vegastrike
- irc://irc.freenode.net/vegastrike (link for mIRC user)

Recommended open-source multi-protocol clients (IRC, ICQ/AIM, Jabber, Y!M, ...):

Linux: Kopete
Windows: Ayttm
Mac: Fire
Multi-platform: Pigdin, Matrix.org

NOTE: Users may be interested in matrix.org as it can bridge between the networks easier.

Creating a wiki account

If you want to create an account in the wiki, you need to go to the forum and create an account there.
This is because the logins are linked and creation is only possible there.

Please see documentation on customizing the interface and the User's Guide for usage and configuration help.

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+<center><font size="4">'''Welcome to the Vega Strike Wiki'''</font></center>
 Welcome to the '''Vega Strike''' [[wikipedia:Wiki|Wiki]], a user-edited manual and development guide for users and developers of the [http://www.opensource.org/ open source] '''Vega Strike''' game. Feel free to edit or add any pages you feel are necessary, but please read the [[VsWiki:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] first, and please only add data to the [[Database]] that originates from an authoritative source.
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-|style="background:#ffdead;" width="50%"|<center><font size="3">'''[[Manual|User Manual]]'''</font></center>
+|style="background:#ffdead;" width="50%"|<center><font size="3">'''[[Manual|Player's Planet]]'''</font></center>
-|style="background:#dfefef;" width="50%"|<center><font size="3">'''[[Development|Development]]'''</font></center>
+|style="background:#afa8ee;" width="50%"|<center><font size="3">'''[[Development|Contributor's Station]]'''</font></center>
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+|valign="top" style="border-style:solid;border-width:1px;padding:5px;"|<center>'''Everything you wanted to know about Vega Strike''' (playing/story/etc)</center>
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+|https://forums.vega-strike.org/cpg/albums/wiki_manual/cleaned3_shot_016_01_A5.png
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 * [[Manual]] - The complete game manual.
-* [[Manual:New users|New users guide]]
+* [[Manual:New users|Information for new users]]
 * [[Story Elements]]
 * [[FAQ]]s - Frequently asked questions
+* [[OOG Tools|Out of Game Tools]] - map viewers, route finders, etc.
 * [[Database]] - Info on the Vega Strike Universe
-* [[MODs|Full list of MODs]] for Vega Strike
+* [[MODs|Full list of Mods]] for the Vega Strike Engine
-* MODs using this Wiki:
-** [[MOD:Rylix|Rylix]]
-** [[MOD:WCU|Wing Commander Universe]]
-** [[MOD:Elite Strike|Elite Strike]]
 |}
-|valign="top" style="border-style:solid;border-width:1px;padding:5px;"|<center>Feel free to help with the development of Vega Strike. The links below are a good starting point to do so.
+|valign="top" style="border-style:solid;border-width:1px;padding:5px;"|<center>'''Feel free to help with the development of Vega Strike. The links below are a good starting point to do so.'''
 </center>
+'''''Want to contribute but don't know where to start'''''
 * [[HowTo:Contribute|The Vega Strike Contributor's Guide]]
-* [[Development]] - Development main page
+* [[Development]] & [[HowTos]] - Miscellaneous information for contributors
-* [[FAQ:Feature_Requests|Feature Requests]]
+'''''For Artists and Modders'''''
+* [[Development#Artistic_Contribution|Artists Guidelines]] - 3d models, space scapes, planet and station backgrounds, ...
+* [[Development#Data_Modding|Modding Guidelines]] - config variables, missions, quests, modding tools, ...
+* [[Artstyle_guides|Art Style Guides]] - VS universe style information for artists
+'''''Engine References'''''
+* [[DOCs]] - Engine documentation
+'''''For Coders'''''
+* [[Development#Code-related_Development|Coding Guidelines]] - dependencies, svn layout, code style, network protocol, ...
+'''''Administrative'''''
+* [[Vegastrike:Project|Project]] - Project information page
+* [[Development:Roadmap|Roadmap]] - Vega Strike development plan
+* [[Development#Status.2Ftask_list_pages|Status & Task List pages]]
+* [[FAQ:Feature_Requests|Feature Requests]] - Ask, and you will have asked.
+'''''Other'''''
 * [[FAQ]]s - Frequently asked questions
-* [[Development:Roadmap|Roadmap]] - Vega Strike development plan
+* [[HowTos#Sourcecode HowTos|Sourcecode HowTos]] - Getting and installing the latest unstable version.
-* [[HowTos]] - Various Howtos (Installing/Playing/etc).
+* [http://svn.code.sf.net/p/vegastrike/code/ Browse the SVN repository]
-* [http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/ Vega Strike Forums] - Especially the "Development" and modding forums.
-* [[MODs]] - Help the people making their MODs
-* [http://svn.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.cgi/vegastrike/trunk/ Browse the SVN repository]
-* [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=19507&atid=119507 Bug tracker]
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-|style="background:#adffad;" width="50%"|<center><font size="3">'''Helping with the Wiki'''</font></center>
+|style="background:#7dcf7d;" width="50%"|<center><font size="3">'''Wiki Trading Post'''</font></center>
-|style="background:#dedeff;" width="50%"|<center><font size="3">'''Getting Help'''</font></center>
+|style="background:#ae6e9f;" width="50%"|<center><font size="3">'''Help Shipyard'''</font></center>
 |-
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 * [[VsWiki:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] - Please read it before editing, and please make any testing of the wiki system in the [[SandBox|Sandbox]].
-*[[VsWiki:Village Pump|Village Pump]] - Make any discussions you wish about better organizing the wiki, or adding major new additions to the wiki.
+*[http://forums.vega-strike.org/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=13186 Village Pump] - Make any discussions you wish about better organizing the wiki, or adding major new additions to the wiki.
 * [[VsWiki:Requested Articles|Article Requests]] - Needed/wanted pages
 * [[Wikipedia:How to edit a page|How to edit a wiki page]]
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 |valign="top" style="border-style:solid;border-width:1px;padding:5px;"|<center>Do you need help?  Then try the forums, the main source for development or help!  Or you can leave the site by any one of a number of other links...
 </center>
-* [http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/ Vega Strike Forums]
+* [http://forums.vega-strike.org Vega Strike Forums]
+* [https://gitter.im/vegastrike/community?utm_source=share-link&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=share-link Vega Strike Gitter]
+NOTE: Devs are mostly active on Gitter now.
 * [[Links]]
-* irc.freenode.net #vegastrike (Main chanel)
+* irc.libera.chat #vegastrike (Primary channel)
+** irc://irc.libera.chat/#vegastrike
+** irc://irc.libera.chat/vegastrike (link for mIRC user)
+* irc.freenode.net #vegastrike (Backup channel)
 ** irc://irc.freenode.net/#vegastrike
 ** irc://irc.freenode.net/vegastrike (link for mIRC user)
-* irc.stealth.net #vegastrike (Backup chanel)
-** irc://irc.stealth.net/#vegastrike
+Recommended open-source multi-protocol clients (IRC, ICQ/AIM, Jabber, Y!M, ...):
-** irc://irc.stealth.net/vegastrike (link for mIRC user)
+* Linux: [http://kopete.kde.org/ Kopete]
+* Windows: [http://ayttm.sourceforge.net/ Ayttm]
+* Mac: [http://fire.sourceforge.net/ Fire]
+* Multi-platform: [https://pidgin.im/ Pigdin], [https://matrix.org/clients/ Matrix.org]
+NOTE: Users may be interested in matrix.org as it can bridge between the networks easier.
 |}
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 |valign="top" |<center><font size="3">'''Creating a wiki account'''</font>
-If you want to create an account in the wiki, you need to '''go to the [http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/ forum] and create an account there'''.<BR/>This is because the logins are linked and creation is only possible there. Sorry if that causes any troubles ;)
+If you want to create an account in the wiki, you need to '''go to the [https://forums.vega-strike.org/ forum] and create an account there'''.<BR/>This is because the logins are linked and creation is only possible there.
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