How to start with Atavism
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Welcome to the Atavism Online Wiki, the home of all the documentation and reference material for the entirety of the Atavism Online Engine.
Read these pages to learn how to get Atavism working. It covers how to install, configure your server, and how to get Atavism running in Unity.
If you purchased Atavism from then you should:
1. Register your account using this direct .
2. Log into the website using credentials from point 1.
3. Click on “My Licences” in the left section.
4. Click on the “Add Licence From Unity Asset Store” button.
5. Fill in the Invoice/Order ID and click on the Add Licence button.
6. Then in the “My Downloads” section, you will find packages that are available for you (including the latest full Atavism with demo data and examples) along with the UMA integration package and more.
7. You should follow one of the preferable installation methods for the server (1. Atavism Server Installation) and client in this document ()
In order to start using Atavism, you have to install server-side Atavism software. You can do that by using various types of installations:
– Using our Atavism Windows Manager available to download from the . Materials about the installation process and requirements can be found .
– Our premade Virtual Machine (CentOS or Ubuntu depending on your choice) which you can find in your . Installation process tutorial you can find .
2. Install and start it.
– You can also make installation within your custom Linux and for that part check which will guide you through that process.
– Here you can also find a tutorial on how to install Atavism using different cloud service providers like or . Also, with cooperation with , we recently started our own where the whole process is automated.
Note: Important element is that in your you will find two versions of the databases with and without Demo Data. Generally, databases without Demo Data are recommended for more advanced users who are familiar with Atavism. That version doesn’t have examples and definitions in the databases (You will have to define Player Character Template and Instance in order to at least enter the world). Atavism databases with Demo Data contain many examples and it is the recommended version for new Atavism users who want to learn how to use the software and its possibilities.
Besides changing your project into Linear Color Mode (Edit -> Project Settings -> Player) and adding some text in layer number 8 (for example Targetable) (Note: These steps for Atavism 2019.2+ are handled automatically handled during the Atavism Client package import process) you should import one of the Atavism package (Atavism Unity Version with Demo or Atavism Unity Version Core). The package with Demo suffix contains a similar setup as you might see in Atavism Live Demo, so models, animations, sounds, effects, textures, etc. while the Atavism package with Core suffix is recommended for clients which want to implement Atavism in existing projects to not overwrite any element inside it. There is one procedure how setup the client which is presented in the at the end of it.
If you imported the Unity Asset Store client version which is Core one, and you want to import all examples that are available in the Full version, please follow . (This step is optional).
1. Download Atavism Standalone Editor from the . It’s available for Windows, Linux, and Mac.
3. Configure profile by filling the based on your server installation.
In order to get to learn the Atavism software, you should start with a short . From this tutorial, you will learn how to create your first account, assign administrative rights to it, how to use in-game admin settings, and use Mobs and NPCs spawner.
To learn more about Atavism you can search the topic on the in the searches bar or you can watch our video tutorials from the series called . These tutorials can be also found under each plugin in this documentation page under .