This post is an attempt to try document some helpful hints for new users of RLC. � I haven�t been online a week yet, and I have discovered some basic challenges that every new user probably faces. �Parts of this information is scattered all over the forum. �
I have experience with help desk support for PC�s, so maybe I can put some of that knowledge to work here. �
This is not meant to be all inclusive as a good user manual would be or a replacement of the FAQs, but my goal is to get someone up and running quickly. �Just some helpful tips and observations I have made.
Get the right version of software/Know the differences between basic and VIPFirst off, make sure you download the right version of the software. �If you want the VIP features, you need the full version. �The lite version is great to just get started, but you won�t get to have sex or enter any of the VIP areas of the game, nor have some of the advanced features in customizing your Avatar. �The DirectX installation can take some time, so be patient. � �I see some many new users asking for things that you can�t do as a basic and not knowing what they can do as a VIP. �Don�t really understand this one a it took me only 30 minute to realize I wanted a VIP membership.
Setup a profile with enough informationFrom what I can see, this is a much overlooked item. �If you don�t tell people about yourself, then you will not be getting the kind of people you desire to meet, plain and simple. �If I view a profile with nothing but n/a in every category, I don�t even engage that person in conversation. � The more information you provide the better chances someone who will be compatible with you will find you. �My profile is probably overkill, but I learned this lesson a long time ago. � Also, the time to look at a profile is BEFORE you start talking to someone. �I can tell when someone engages me in conversation, then looks at my profile (the view count goes up by one) then decides yuck, and then just walks away. �This has happened a lot to me in since joining and is very rude. �
Use the forumThere is a lot of good information in the forum. �I spent well over an hour just reading before I entered the game the first time. �There is a lot of good information here. �A great one page summary of how to use the keyboard is here: �
http://bb.redlightcenter.com/nph-YaBB.pl?num=1188369552Use your guideThat is what they are there for, to help
Setting up your avatarAt first the customization screen can seem confusing. �Take your time and just experiment. �My suggestion is keep it simple at first, then go back and add things.
Learn basic navigation skillsFind a place in the game with some space and move around. �Using the one page help sheet in the link above, I was able to get the hang of moving around. �The biggest challenge I have had is sitting and standing. �I still jump up when I don�t want to, but am getting better just by practicing.
Understand where you are in RLC and act appropriatelyDon�t expect to find a guy who will want to play with you if you are a guy in the straight dimension. � Don�t go into a passion room for female/female fun and expect much if you are a guy. �If you do, lay back and watch and don�t get up in their faces. �Don�t go to the locker room in the bathhouse in the Anything Goes dimension if you don�t want to see guy on guy action. �If you want a private place to play, find one. �Passion rooms are not private, so don�t get upset if you have an audience. �I could go on, but I think you get my drift. �Don�t be rude. �Treat someone as you would in the real world and walking up to someone and just saying �wanna fuck� is not the way to do it. �If someone is interested, they will let you know. � If they decline, don�t take it personal. �
ExploreI have found so many neat places to take someone for chatting, for walking on the beach, for sitting in a nice hot tub. �If you want to have a first class date, you need to find places to take that special person, and if you don�t know where the places are, you can�t take them there. �If you want to have sex, you need to know where to go.
Practice things firstIf you choose to become a VIP, find a robot and just practice having sex a couple of times. �It took me a day just to figure out how to invite someone to have sex. � There are robots all over the site for learning. �I think it would have been a disaster trying sex with another person without having practiced first. �Or I would have had to ask a million questions of my partner, which is fine if they know that you are new and going to be doing that. � I am available to practice with anyone who wants to, both guys and gals, just look me up, no strings attached. �This would be practice and treated as such, and you know what they say, practice makes perfect. �Same can be said for dancing. �I found a location where I was the only one present and learned how to not step on anyone�s toes..I am a big guy and that can really hurt.