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1 Installation
2 Uninstall
3 Available commands (type in main chat or pm)
4 What do those Icons mean ??
5 Not-so-obvious options
6 Other things you might want to know about
7 Shortcuts
8 Automatic search for alternative download locations
9 Further information


1 Installation
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Just run the installer and fire it up, then enter the settings to set it up according to your
preferences (most important is nick, download location and shared folders).
version without installer available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/dcplusplus


2 Uninstall
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There is an uninstaller as well ...
If you didn't use the installer: Just delete the folder, there are no .dll's or registry settings :)

3 Available commands (type in main chat or pm)
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/grantn grants a slot to the user of the pm window you type in
/close close current window
/help short help message
/refresh Refreshes list of shared files :)
/away <message> Specifies a message to auto-respond in PM's while you're AFK
(there's a default message so you don't need to specify one)
/back Turn away message off
/slots <#> Changes number of slots to <#>
/clear Clears the main chat windows
/ts Switches timestamps in chat windows on and off
/showjoins Toggles joins/parts messages for the current hub
/search <string> Searches for <string>
/join <hub> Joins <hub>
/dc++ Gives a comment about DC++ and shows the URL where
you can get it
/fav /favorite Adds hub to favourites (also works in pm's from that user)

4 What do those Icons mean ??
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green = normal Icon
blue = DC++ user (identified on 1st direct connection to this user)
with bricks = User is in passive mode
with key = User is an Operator

5 Not-so-obvious options
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Settings:
General:

Active: The usual connection mode, you can specify your IP
if detection fails and a port of your choice if you need to.
This mode will use a random port between 1025 and 32000
chosen anew on restart if nothing is set in settings.

Passive: Compatibility connection mode for users behind
Firewalls they can't change to let DC++
connections trough.
(*Imp:Only use this if Active is not working)
Note: Passive <-> Passive connections aren't possible.

Downloads: Unfinished files temporary directory: You can specify a Directory for your
partial files here, suggestion si to have it on another
partition than the "Default download directory" to have
the files defragmented through moving there :)

Download slots: Maximum number of Downloads runing at once, suggestion
is to set it to the same number as your upload slots
(max slots is 12 in my hub)

Sharing:Try to share all the drives if possible:)

Upload slots: The number of maximum simultaneous uploads, set to a reasonable
value; you should have at least 4-5 KB/s uplaod speed per slot and 9-10 MB/s on lan.

Appearance:
Use system icons: Displays the icons set in Windows for filetypes

6 Other things you might want to know about
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* you can doubleclick on a user name in chat to select him in the user list
* you can doubleclick on stuff starting with www. http:// of ftp:// to open :)
* DC++ supports uploading filelists and files <16 kB to other DC++ users
WITHOUT REQUIRING A SLOT. There's a max of 3 connections in addition to
normal slots.
* Files <16 kB and filelists are downloaded first.
* There is information added to the description field:
<++ V:x,M:x,H:x/y/z,S:x[,O:x]> where
V = client version,
M = mode (a=active, p=passive),
H: x = number of hubs connected to where you're not a registered user
y = number of hubs you're registered in
z = number of hubs you're registered as op
S = number of slots you have open.
O = if total upload is below this value DC++ will open another slot
this part of the tag is only shown when the option for it is enabled
This is updated every 1-2 minutes if there are changes.
* There is a limit so that only 15 users and 1 op can be kicked at a time
from the hub user list
* Passive user detection, those that are behind a set of bricks are passive.
(detected when the user searches or tries to connect to you)
* DC++ user detection, those appear blue.
* Dupe file removal, files with same name and size are automatically removed
from your share
* Search flood detection (If more than 5 searches are received from the same
user within 7 seconds, DC++ will send out a warning)
* if a user leaves the hub DC++ will close his slots, if the user is back within 10 minutes
DC++ will grant him a slot.
THIS CAN CAUSE YOUR UPLOAD GOING OVER MAXIMUM SET IN SETTINGS
* filelist will be recreated if missing on request
* optional SFV will remove and requeue file if check failed
* If DC++ receives "banned" during the login phase, it'll stop automatically reconnecting
* Files containing "$" aren't added to share 'cause they won't be downloadable alter on.
This is a protocol limitation ....

7 Shortcuts
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ALT-s send chat message

8 Automatic search for alternative download locations
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An automatic search (the advanced option "Automatically search for
alternative download locations")It will automatically match any search results
coming from manual searches against files in the download queue. So
basically it saves you the trouble of right-clicking every file you want to
add as an alternate source.

That pretty much covers it.


9
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Go out, share some files, be a happy DC++ user and have fun.