Hitchhiker's Guide to the Matrix - DON'T PANIC *Beginners Guide

**McBain** · 10/16/2007 14:24:39

With an overwhelming sense of relief, it is my pleasure to announce that after much, much time and effort, the Beginners Guide to the Matrix Online is finally completed. It is my hope that this Guide will prove to be a resource both to those old, and those new to the Matrix Online.

To find the a section or topic quicker within this thread, press Ctrl + F to access the “ Find ” feature of your internet browser, or you can left click “ Edit “ then choose “ Find “ which is located under your title bar, “for Windows”.

From all of us here at the Omega Syndicate & Rumbaar, we wish you happy travels throughout Mega City!

Quick start guide:
RSI Creation – Creating a character
Abilities & Attributes – Information on the different abilities, and how they are effected by attributes.
Combat – An overview of combat with Players, and non-player characters.
Missions – Creating Missions, Teams, Crews, & Factions
Interacting with Mega City – A detailed guide on interacting with various NPCs and objects in Mega City
User Interface & HUD – These 2 links are an overview of the graphical interface for the game

Below you can find the coordinates of various useful locations throughout the Matrix.
Hardlines
Access Nodes & Keys List
Mission Contacts
Exile Hideouts
Red Fragments
Signal Boosters

Looking for a Faction?:
If you are looking for a Crew or Faction to join, make sure to check out the Factions Listings @ Rumbaar Or You can;

Click Here for: Syntax Server Data Node 1 Listings
Click Here for: Recursion Server Data Node 1 Listings
Click Here for: Vector Server Data Node 1 Listings

**McBain** · 09/01/2007 17:15:35

If you are looking for more information I recommend using the Find feature on your web browser.
Below is a list of information relative to the Matrix Online. They are broken into sub-categories and you will notice that some terms will appear multiple times.

Abilities - The basics of everything you will need to know regarding abilities and related information.

Awakened Abilities, Coder Abilities, Hacker Abilities, Operative Abilities, Dataminer Abilities, Abilities Panel, Ability Tree, Actions Panels, Attributes, Hybrid Characters, RSI Hack, Status Panel - Abilities

Combat – The basics of everything you will need to know regarding both Player vs. Player, and Player vs. Non-Player Characters.

Abilities, Clothing, Close Combat / Interlock, Combat States, Constructs, Consumables, Duelling, Free Fire Attacks, HUD / On Screen Display, NPC – Non Player Characters, Player vs. Player Combat, RSI Hack, Special Attacks, Status Panel, Tactics, User Interface, Weapons

Missions – A basic overview of Missions and related information.

Atlas, Cinematics, Evolving Story Line, Hardlines, Hardline Menu, Looting, Map, Missions, Mission Contacts, Mission Items, Mission Panel, HUD / On Screen Display, Teams, User Interface

C reating a R.S.I. / Character – The basics of everything you will need to know regarding character creation, from Appearance to Attributes.

Abilities, Ability Tree, Appearance, Attributes, General Search Criteria, Levelling Abilities, Levelling Attributes, Personality Profiles, RSI Pills, RSI Hack

User Interface / GUI – Pretty much everything to do with how you can interact with the Matrix Online, from the User Interface to chat commands.

Abilities Panel Loading Area, Actions Panels, Appearance, Atlas, Cinematics, Commands, Email, Emotes, Equipment Panel, General Search Criteria, Hardlines, Hardline Menu, HUD / On Screen Display, Inventory, Levelling Abilities, Levelling Attributes, Loading Area, Loading Area Status Panel, Looting, Map, Market Place, Mission Panel, Status Panel, User Interface

Radio Guide *IGN Vault*

Player Interaction – An overview of the various ways a player can interact with Mega City.

Clubs, Collectors, Collector’s Rewards, Commands, Constructs, Crews, Duelling, Email, Emotes, Evolving Story Line, Exile Hideouts, Exile Hideouts Rewards, Factions, Faction Listings – All Servers, Looting, Market Place, Missions Contacts, Player vs. Player Combat, Quests, RSI Hack, RSI Pills, Teams, User Interface

Others – Other miscellaneous information.

Commands, Clubs, Coding / Crafting, Compiling, DataMining, Decompiling, Emotes, Luggables, Signal Booster, Tools

**McBain** · 07/17/2007 16:43:21

Mega City – An overview of the many aspects of Mega City.

Access Nodes & Keys List, Collectors, Collector’s Rewards, Downtown, Exile Hideouts, Exile Hideouts Rewards, Hardlines, Hardline List, International, Mission Contacts, Mission Contact List, Quests, Red Fragments, Richland, Subways, Vendors, Westview

Richl and: Here you can find an overview for each distircts.
Achan, Appolyon, Camon Heights, Eshean Projects, Dannah Heights, Kedemoth, Lemone, Magog, Mannsdale Housing Projects, Mara, Midian Park, Moriah Projects, Tabor Park, Uriah

Westview: Here you can find an overview for each distircts.
Bathary Row *Be Careful*, Gracy Heights, Guinness Lake, Lucero Point, Manssen Park, Rogers Way, Sobra Shores, Southard, Stamos

International: Here you can find an overview for each distircts.
Akasaka, Furihata, Ikebukuru, Jurong, Kaede, Kowloon, Murasaki, Sai Kung, Shinjuku, Shirakaba

Downtown: Here you can find an overview for each distircts.
Baldwin Heights, Center Park, Chelsea, Creston Heights, Edgewater, Hampton Green, Historic District, Industry Square, Lamar, Maribeau, Morrell, Park East, Pillsen, South Vauxton, Stratford Campus, Union Hill, Vauxton

Subways - Maps
I nternational Subway Map, Slums Subway Map, Downtown Subway Map

Red Line - Richland and Westview
Green Line - Westview
Yellow Line - Richland and Downtown
Blue Line - Richland and International
Purple Line - International
Gray Line - International And Downtown
Orange Line - Downtown

**McBain** · 10/29/2007 16:35:11

Topics of Interest.

Story Related Information

Who's Who - Your Guide to the Matrix Characters! (Part Deux) - Written By ZippytheSquirrel

Date Minning

Data Taps, Spawns and Coding - Latest Content Explained - Written By Aquatium
Data Node Spawns & Loot Tables Explained - Written by Symmetric

Marketplace for each server; Syntax, Recursion, and Vector

Guides on various abilities.

MegaCity Times - Rifleman Guide - Written by RemagDiv, Posted by Aquatium
MegaCity Times - Duelist Guide - Written by ByteCrawler, Posted by Aquatium
MegaCity Times - Kung Fu Guide - Written & Posted by Aquatium
MegaCity Times - Master Knife Thrower Guide - Written by Tseng, Posted by Aquatium

This is a post in regards to player in the MXO Community willing to help you out.

In-Game Helpers - The Definitive Guide - Written By Havocide

This is a good read to returning players who have not used the Combat Revision 2.0 system

An Introduction to CR2.0 (PDF) - Written by Symmetric

Guides to using macros in MxO.

Macro Tutorial Level 1 – Written By EnterTheFenix
M acro Tutorial Level 2 – Written By Ps1on

Here is a couple of posts on Pandora’s Box including a How To.

The Guide for Pandora’s Box... – Written By Anthony
Pandora's Box - Important Information – Written By Walrus ( Dev )

Here is a thread for the RSI pills and what they look like.

## Transmission: RSI Pill Information – Written by, Aquatium, Hydrazine, Vesuveus, MeretrixMertiric

Here is just some other random threads that might be worth checking out:

Forum Links - Bookmarkable for Forum Crashes - Written by Procurator

Informative Posts - Please Read! - Posted By Jurymen ( MoD )

What is a 'Reloadable Card' and Why Would I Want to Use One? – Written by Jurymen ( MoD )

Advanced screenshot options (filename, quality, panning) - Written by Rarebit ( Dev )

Forcing antialiasing on with the options.cfg file - Written by Rarebit ( Dev )

Archival Missions for Dummies! - Written by Disch0rd

Cinematic Downloads - Inbrowser or Save to HD - Written by Aquatium

More Useropts Options - Written by Bayamo

How To's
Teamwork Guide for The Commando Items in Update 55 - Written by Avalod
How to - Add Signature - Add Avatar - Post Images - Written by Aquatium
Complete Radio Tutorial - Written by Shi Xin Feng
Hitchhikers Guide to Coding in the Matrix – AKA Crafting - Written By McBain

**cloudwolf**

Rock on!

Can i get a sticky?! STAT!

**Reikira**

Kudos Deno, for the sheer mass amount of effort you've put into this.
Great work!

Jax

/spits on fourm and rubs it.

Huh? Wel I tried to make it sticky but it didnt work. Great job!

**McBain** · 07/17/2007 18:24:53

Thank you very much for you comments. I hope the new players yet to take thier buddy's red pill finds it useful. If you ever see me in game please feel free to contact me, don't forget to use your manners, and I'll be more then happy to assist players as much as possible.

**Jurymen**

Consider it stuck!

Kudos to you SMILEY

... great work man

**McBain**

Thank you Jurymen!!

**Mindsweep**

Very good work!!!

**TrinityRaven**

The List for the hideout items needs to be updated, i have no idea what any of the items now do or what has been added to them, since im starting a new character i would like to know what items i would like to farm.

~Raven

**McBain** · 10/13/2007 09:15:42

The Guides for Rumbaar will be getting updated over the next couple of weeks to include the lovely new additions from the MxO Dev Team. If anyone would like to assist me collecting information please PM me on DN1.
You can also try reaching me ingame on the Syntax server, name: Denolus.

*Edited August 31, 2007* The Exile Hideout rewards section is now 100 % current as of Update 54.
*Edited October 13, 2007* Collectors guide section is now 100 % current as of Update 55.

Peace,
Denolus aka McBain

LuckyEMS

thank you this was really helpful