Member Tutorial (and help w/CVG little known features)

Welcome to CVG

I'd first like to thank any new members as this message will be sent directly to their PM box when they login in for the first time. If you need help on general SMF forum usage, go here: General SMF forum help

Another reason for this topic is to maybe orient some of our other CVG community members with some features they may not necessarily know about.

Any underlined hyperlinks will take you to the appropriate reference points throughout the forum.

The first thing you need to know:
- We don't care about double posting, triple posting, etc!!
- We don't care about necro-bumping topics. For more info on that, go here: Rule Clarification: Necrobumping and WIP topics
- Respect your fellow community members at all times...especially the admins and Team CVG members as we work hard to try and make this one of the best Mugen communities around...especially when it comes to Comic Mugen.
...For more on the rules: CVG Forum Rules

Regarding Feedback here at CVG
Feedback is not only welcome at CVG, it is encouraged. And we thank all of you who have taken the time and effort to do so.

But there are a few things to remember when it comes to it:
- At no time does that give you the excuse to insult our community or our members when you do so. We have a rule about respect at all times and we expect all of our members to follow it. Not following it will result in various forms of moderation depending on the case at hand. We do this because there are people who place a priority on stirring up drama ahead of providing the facts needed for feedback/improvement.
- Authors/creators are not obligated to make those adjustments on feedback in any specific timeframe. Updates are made on *their* time, not yours.
...If you would like to discuss that, you can do so here: Regarding Feedback at CVG

Embedding Images
It is very easy to embed images here.
- Find the weblink to whatever image (often times people will upload such to photobucket, imageshack, etc)
- Place the link in message where you want it in the post and highlight it
- Look for the circled icon in the posting tools and click it:

- An alternative way is first clicking that icon, then placing your image weblink within the img tags

Embedding YouTube Videos
- Find the weblink to YouTube video
- Place the link in message where you want it in the post and highlight it
- Look for the circled icon in the posting tools and click it:

- An alternative way is first clicking that icon, then placing your YouTube weblink within the [youtube] tags

Embedding Megavideo Videos
- Find the weblink to Megavideo video
- Place the link in message where you want it in the post and highlight it
- Look for the circled icon in the posting tools and click it:

- An alternative way is first clicking that icon, then placing your Megavideo weblink within the [megavideo] tags
- Then change the /?v= you see in the Megavideo weblink to this /v/

Download System Tools
Every download file can be rated on a 1-5 star scale, as well as comments left
- First, go to the Download System or click the "Downloads" tab near the top of the webpage
- Go to the appropriate file (Characters, Stages, etc)
- To rate, look for:

- Select the # of stars, then click "Rate Download"
- To comment, look for:

- Type in whatever message, and click "Add Comment" It will look something like this:

- Forum smileys activate when used
- If there is questions, or feedback, please save those for the appropriate forum topic on the release

Chat System
- First, click here CVG Chat or the tab for "Chat" near the top of the webpage
- This will take you to the default main room
- Every forum section has its own chat room. To change rooms, look for:

- To change rooms, click in that box and scroll down to the appropriate section
- All kinds of weblinks (images, YouTube videos, etc) can be sent in chat

Profile
You can edit your profile however you want, just click Your Profile or the "Profile" tab near the top of the webpage.
- At Forum Profile, you can set your Avatar, Signature, and numerous other things
- At Ultimate Profile, you can customize it even more, with similarities to a MySpace or Facebook page
- When viewing other people's profiles, you can add comments, and even add them as your buddy

Arcade
We have 96 different games for you to play. To play, click Arcade or the "Arcade" tab near the top of the webpage. Then just find the game you wish to play.
Other things to know:
- Numerous stats are kept including recent players, and champions, and so on
- You can view the current high scores for all games at the specific game page
- There are a number of topics about CVG's Arcade kept in this section: Video Games

Mugen Database
Mugen Database

CVG United Projects
Click the following hyperlinks to find out about Team specific projects here at CVG United
Legends of the Dark Knight Batman Project
Shi'ar Invasion Project
Other WIPs
General Team CVG Release board

Mugen Request
Looking for something specifically in Mugen? You can find it here: Mugen Request
But make sure you read about the request rules, here

Mugen Help
Do you need help with coding, sprite editing, or anything else to either help with creating, or configuring your Mugen? You can find that here: Mugen Help

Other Links
Post your releases, or releases you found here
Want to show off your Mugen WIP?
Show off your Sprite editing skills
Show the CVG United community your YouTube vids
Talk about anything else Mugen related


Hope this helps! There are obviously many other things going on here at CVG United, but this will hopefully help you get a little more acquainted as we love getting new and active members to join us!

bump to have this topic be the one seen from the main forum due to all the info the community need to know listed above.