So that there's no confusion, here's the updated IRC Tutorial for those who want to join us via an IRC-Client. This tutorial will lead you to the same place the web client does. I locked the other thread to avoid confusion with two threads.
Downloading and installing mIRC- go to Sysreset.com and download the full installation pack and the upgrade.
- Install the program
- Run the installed program
- Fill in your personal details and click OK
- The window will close and a grey “Favorites”-box may or may not appear appear. If it doesn't, just ignore all the lines dealing with it.
Joining servers and channels- Cancel that “Favorites”-box
- Type /server irc.irchighway.net at the bottom of the big white window you see and press “Enter”.
- A lot of writing will appear. Don’t pay attention to that.
- The favorites-window will appear again. Cancel that again
- Again, at the bottom of the big white window (where all the writing appeared), write /join #thetechnodrome and press enter
- Now you’re on our channel.
- Add our channel to your favorites, so that you don’t have to go through all this next time you join. Or add it to Autojoin. We'll be happy to guide you through this in the channel.
Basic commands on the channel- /me: Everything following that is an emotion like *shrugs*
- /nick followed by your new nickname lets you change your nickname
Downloading on IRC- Type !list
- A lot of writing will appear. Look out for the parts starting with /CTCP
- Copypaste one of those CTCP-triggers. NOTE: The text is highlighted, you just don't see the highlighting.
- Click "accept"
- Use IRC-commands to navigate through the folders.
IRC-commands- dir:Shows you the content of a folder (folders are marked by not having a file extension and their names are written in CAPS)
- cd: followed by a foldername takes you into that folder
- cd..: takes you back one folder
- get: followed by a filename (sans the filesize) starts the download for the file you requested.