GETTING STARTED

According to the Kitely Terms of Service, individual account users must be “either (i) of legal age to form a binding contract and are not a person barred from receiving Kitely Services under the laws of the United States, Israel and/or other applicable jurisdiction; or (ii) operating during your use of the Kitely Services under the supervision of a person of legal authority to form such a binding contract on your behalf, under the laws of the United States, Israel or other applicable jurisdiction.” 

In many U.S. States, that age is 18, unless a youth has been declared legally an adult by a court of law. Check the laws of your particular State or County.  Any person under legal age discovered in our virtual worlds will be banned from our regions and immediately reported to Kitely, LLC.

So you are completely new to virtual worlds?  

We can help you get started.  

STEP ONE:
You'll need a Viewing Program ("viewer") to start with. Viewers can be downloaded FREE from the internet.

We recommend you use the Firestorm Viewer. Please make sure you download the 'OPENSIM' version of the Viewer, not the 'HAVOK' version.  Make sure you have the version that is "bit-appropriate" to your computer.

Here is a helpful video on installing Firestorm.

There are other Viewers also suited for this, and they might work for your particular computer system better.  Firestorm has a lot of bells and whistles helpful to experienced users, but that will only slow down your computer's processing when you are new, or if you have an older computer system.

The most functional of these viewers include:

• Singularity Viewer
• Cool VL Viewer

You can also learn more about Compatible Viewers for OpenSim by clicking HERE and find answers to other technical questions you might have.

Installation of the Viewer is very similar, or identical to the steps shown in the video above.  

STEP TWO: 
Now that you have the software to enter a virtual world, you need to open an account with Kitely, LLC in order to use, or become a "resident" as we call it, the Kitely virtual grid.  FREE accounts are available, though there are affordable, paid account options.


Here is a helpful video to help you open an account. It was made a year ago and the advanced options (and page graphics) have changed in that time, but the basic how-to should be the same.

Here's another how-to option as well!  CLICK HERE for step by step documentation of how to get into Kitely.

Once you open your account, you will be delivered to the Kitely Welcome Center.

USE THE DIRECTIONAL KEYS ON YOUR KEYBOARD TO MOVE/WALK.

IMPORTANT NOTE ON "THE KITELY PAUSE":  Kitely uses Cloud Servers to support the grid. So the entire Grid is not active all the time, only the specific section/regions that are requested at any given moment by a user. That means there is often a PAUSE once you land somewhere new, while a world is loading up, or when you first log in after the very first time you enter the Grid.  This pause can last anywhere from 2 seconds to over a minute.  DON'T PANIC if you appear to freeze up on your screen.  Just wait, get a glass of water, pour a cup of tea, shoo the cat off your desk, again - whatever.  If the PAUSE does not end after 2 minutes, log out and try logging in again.

Step to the left of the sign in the photo above, and over the bridge, to find some free avatars/clothing kits.  There are three male and three female kits available here. More information on how to use your viewer, change appearance, etc,  is available at EXPLORESeanchai's own Welcome Center.  Since you are here, however, you might as well grab a free avatar or two, and any other free items ("freebies") you come upon that suit your fancy.

Here's how  . . .

• USE THE RIGHT CLICK ON YOUR MOUSE, Click on the Image of the kit you want.

• A PIE SHAPED MENU APPEARS ON YOUR VIEWER SCREEN. Choose "Buy"

• A WINDOW OPENS UP ON YOUR VIEWER SCREEN SHOWING THE ITEMS IN THE KIT. Choose "Buy" again.  

• THE ITEM WILL APPEAR IN YOUR "INVENTORY".  Click on the Inventory Button at the bottom of your screen (Called "My Stuff" in some Viewers) and then click on the "Recent Items" tab to see that it has been received.

There are other features at the Kitely Welcome Center, including . . .

THE HALL OF MERCHANTS

THE KITELY WORLDS SHOWCASE

Explore the Kitely Welcome Center as much as you wish.

Then move on to the How to Find EXPLORE page for basic instructions on how to get to EXPLORESeanchai using your avatar.

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