Getting the Game to Run

1. Download the game from the official website;
2. While you are downloading, you (should) register a global login account for the game;
3. Once the download is completed, install the game and run it;
4. The opening screen should be a "Select Profile" screen. If you did not create that global login account as we had suggested, press ESC right now to skip to the main menu; however, if you created an account and want to login...
   1. Click [Create Profile]
   2. Click [Add Account To Profile]
   3. Enter the username you registered for into the two boxes (if you registered with an official clan, you may prefix the name with a clan tag)
   4. Click [Add]
   5. Select your name in the list, enter your password in the textbox, and press [Login]

Playing by Yourself

You may want to play with (dumb) bots for a while to get the hang of the game. After that, then you will be ready to try out the public servers.

1. On the main menu, click Play;
2. Click New Game;
3. Choose a map and change the game settings if you want;
4. Press Play to start the game;
5. Once the game has started, you can add computer players (bots) by:
   1. Press the tilde (~) key in the top left of your keyboard to open the console;
   2. Type in addbot and press ENTER;
   3. Repeat the last step for as many bots as you want;
   4. Press the tilde (~) key again to close the console.

Playing on a Public Server

Paintball is multiplayer game, so you will have to find a public server to play on with other people.

1. On the main menu, click Play;
2. Click Join Game;
3. Click Update to download the list of public games running;
4. Find a server with players in it;
5. After you have found one, double click on its name;

• If an error pops up, and it says....
  • Login failed... either your password is incorrect... kicked from the game: You're trying to use a name that someone else already registered with their global login account, OR you entered the wrong password when you logged in.
  • Bad password: The server requires a password to join. Press ESC and go back to the Join Game menu to find another server.
• At a later time, you may want to update the list of public servers. To refresh and update the list:
  • Clear button: Clears the list of servers;
  • Update button: Downloads a new list of servers (press Clear first to clean up before updating).
  • Refresh button: Refreshes the statistics for all the servers (map, ping, players, server name);

Default Controls

Mouse controls: Like most first person shooters, move your mouse to rotate your character. Press the first mouse button to fire.

Keyboard controls:

These controls can be changed under Controls in the Setup menu on the main menu.

Gameplay

Next: Read our gameplay article to get familiar with the game.