New Member Start-up process

[jrocha2]

I have been playing 911: First Responders for a while now, and I have just been looking into the multiplayer "world" that exists. How do I get started with joining a "clan" or some sort of team? What is Hamachi? How do I use Team Speak? I have used the voice communications system in the past with another game, but how do I actually start using it with people that have it also. i just need someone to educate me in a brief paragraph and I should be ready to go. Thank you!

[ThePoliceGuy]

If you want to join a clan (which you don't have to do) then I would suggest just looking around the forums, Squad 55 is one that I know of, I believe they have their own mod out there as well. Hamachi LogMeIn is a VPN (or VPS) hosting client. It allows you to host games through different ports, meaning that you don't need to port-forward. (I found port forwarding quite simple and I would give it a go, as it allows you to host games which always attracts people!) Teamspeak is a way of communicating with other players, usually through a microphone. (Text is also supported but you could just use the in game for that). To use teampspeak you need to connect to a server. I have provided a link which will take you through the basics.

http://www.instantteamspeak.com/support/teamspeak-3-connect-to-server.php

Most clans and in fact most players, play the LA mod or some variation of that. If you don't have that I would recommend getting it ASAP and NOT modifying it in anyway. If you do modify it and someone else hasn't modified it EXACTLY the same way you have, you will NOT be able to play.

I play multiplayer quite a lot on a range of mods. If you wanna play a game sometime PM me and we'll fix it up!

Hope this helped

ThePoliceGuy