Frontmatter

1. End-User License Agreement
2. Prerequisites

This manual is a work in progress. Entries in italics have not yet been written.

Sections

1. Tutorials
   1. Booting up for the first time
   2. Running the Setup wizard
   3. The ARES interface (HUD)
   4. Accessing menus of yourself and others
   5. Guests and consent
   6. Users, Managers, and Owners
   7. Bans and disabling self access
   8. Chat: How to disable the chat redirect (green/object text)
   9. Chat: How to change your name
   10. Chat: How to alter the speech marker (chat sound)
   11. Chat: Why use the chat redirect?
   12. Power: Recharging and battery health
   13. Power: The power control (subsystems) menu
   14. Using personas
   15. Damage, overheating, and repair
   16. Chat: Manipulating chat messages
   17. Command line basics
   18. Updating ARES to a new version
   19. Shutting down and removing ARES
   20. Configuring ARES for a military unit
   21. Configuring ARES for a sex robot
   22. Configuring ARES for control freaks
   23. Dealing with bugs and unexpected behavior
   24. Next steps
2. Operating ARES
   1. Power & Subsystem Management
   2. Identity   Name, gender, color, and other informative metadata
   3. Security
   4. Input   Chat control, chat filtering, and commands
   5. Devices
   6. Personas
   7. Navigation   Following, teleportation, and forced movement
   8. Combat & Damage
   9. Heat, Pressure, & Moisture
   10. Electromagnetic Radiation & Interference
   11. Filesystem Introduction
   12. Settings Storage
   13. Scripting ARES
   14. Managing Installed Software
   15. Interface Customization   How to rearrange, hide, or retexture parts of the ARES user interface
   16. Policies
3. The ARES Operating System
   1. Architecture & Comparison with Companion
   2. Message Passing   How system events, text, and commands are processed
   3. The System Monitor
   4. Light Bus Hardware
   5. Baseband Networking
   6. Interface Architecture   How the HUD, menus, and alerts are structured
   7. Damage & Repair
   8. Effector Restrictions
   9. Power Calculations
   10. Thermodynamics
   11. Pipes
   12. Files
   13. The Database
   14. The Kernel Reset Process
   15. Input and Exec
   16. Package Management
4. Command and System Reference (Onboard Help)
5. System Extensions
   1. Restraint   RLV relay
   2. Hierarchy/XNMS Domains   Centralized configuration for multiple avatars
   3. Sexuality   TESI for ARES
   4. Warrior
   5. Dive Telepresence
   6. myNanite Uplink Web Administration
   7. Diag Immersion System   Simulated malfunctions, malware, and other system anomalies

Appendices

1. Development
   1. The ARES Software Copyright License (ASCL)
   2. Device Development
   3. Application Development
   4. Contributing to ARES
   5. Packaging Sofware for Distribution
   6. Hosting Remote Sources
   7. Device Compatibility & Certification
   8. Best Practices for ARES Development
2. Reference Charts
   1. Power Subsystems
   2. Security Rules
   3. Common Commands
   4. Daemons
   5. Batteries
   6. Link Numbers
   7. Other Help Resources
   8. Filenames & Extensions
   9. Companion Equivalents
   10. Device Compatibility
   11. ARES Controller Info   Release timeline and individual features
   12. Troubleshooting   Checklists for dealing with common ARES problems
       • ARES Common Minor Troubleshooting Items
       • Charging never ends
       • Difficulty using alert response hotkeys
       • Every error message in the kernel
       • Kernel crash after teleport
       • Suppressing Teleport Flash Effects
       • Text in alerts and menus is missing or fragmented
       • The 'chassis-file' message is not supported
       • The 'internal' message is not supported
       • Unable to access newly-unboxed ARES system
       • Updating Horns/Handles with ARES 0.4.1+/Dresser Functionality on Updated Handles Not Working Correctly
   13. ARES Packages & Package Servers