New Soldat User - How to play online?

[Homicidal Penguin]

Ok I know this is probably posted here somewhere but I couldn't find anything. I have been playing this with bots and I wanted to try out the online but I am confused on how to. Do I have to register and make a donation or what?

[chutem]

The registration only helps support the developers, and gives you a fancy star and a few other useless things (lets be honest).

To play online, hit the join game tab up top, and press request servers in the bottom left. Choose a server with low ping and some players and experience true soldat.

[Guile]

Oh, and you have to change your name too because many servers have automatic Major kick enabled.

[Monsteri]

Leos servers are a good choise.

[DorkeyDear]

Soldat does not have a matchmaking service built into it. This means you must search for the server you wish to join. Follow chutem's instructions to join a sever. It is wise to change your nick before joining a server (as Guile said), and to do so, click on the "Player" tab up top, and change the "Player Name:" text box. Enjoy the game.

[Shoozza]

As this seems to happen more often then it should here a small tutorial on how to join an online game in soldat:
Step 1: choose profile
Step 2: click on the join game tab
Step 3: request serverlist
Step 4: choose a server from that list
Step 5: click on the join game button

This should help new players to join online games.

However the fact that such a tutorial is necessary seems like we need a better soldat gui.
A suggestions thread with mockups for tabcaptions and button names etc. would be helpful (yes community feel free to contribute).

[demoniac93]

As this seems to happen more often then it should here a small tutorial on how to join an online game in soldat:
Step 1: choose profile
Step 2: click on the join game tab
Step 3: request serverlist
Step 4: choose a server from that list
Step 5: click on the join game button

This should help new players to join online games.

However the fact that such a tutorial is necessary seems like we need a better soldat gui.
A suggestions thread with mockups for tabcaptions and button names etc. would be helpful (yes community feel free to contribute).

I think it's about time to get the stickies re-arranged up in this ugly motherfucker...

[darDar]

However the fact that such a tutorial is necessary seems like we need a better soldat gui.

Simply yes