Assassin's Creed Wiki:IRC/Windows

Windows being the most-used operating system, it has some of the most-supported IRC clients available. We recommend XChat or mIRC at the user's discretion. Both have tutorials available below, and both require a one-time fee of $20 to  get a lifetime membership for.

Connection
XChat is a fairly simple and straightforward client to use. First of all, one needs to download it from the download site and pay the lifetime fee, preferably, to reduce problems in the future. The client must then be installed -- a Normal installation is recommended.

Next, one must open the client and edit the personal information as shown below.

One must then choose "Add" from the above window, and one should see the below.

With this done, the user must change New Name to Xertion, pressing enter to save the changes. The item newserver must also be changed to irc.xertion.org, though the port is correct. The channel is #ACWiki and the password should be the password one used to register one's nickname on the IRC, if it has been. Autoconnect should chosen, as should "Connect to this server only".

Moving through the steps, the user should make sure to skip listing the networks at startup, since Autoconnect has been selected for the Wiki IRC.

On the first connection, one should see the below.

Uncheck "Always show this dialog", and you should be good to connect.

Optimization
For those interested, the following commands can be used to optimize the client for ease of use:
 * /set irc_auto_rejoin 1: Automatically rejoin the IRC if disconnected
 * /set gui_tray 1: Puts XChat in the task tray
 * /set gui_tray_flags 1: Keeps XChat alive even with the window closed until the tray is right-clicked and "Quit" is selected.
 * /set net_auto_reconnect 1: Automatically rejoin the network if disconnected
 * /set net_auto_reconnectonfail 1: Set the number of retries when attempting to reconnect to the network

mIRC
mIRC is slightly more complicated in its setup than XChat but not terribly so. As usual, one must download the client from the download site and installed.

Upon launching mIRC, one should see the below window. It is recommended to register and prevent further issues.

Fill in your personal information. It is recommended not to enter your real name or email.

Under servers will be a long list. One needs to add Xertion first by choosing the "Add" button on the right. The "IRC Server" is irc.xertion.org, and Ports should be 6667. If one has registered his or her nickname, then the password is the one associated with the nick.

Xertion, now at the bottom, is the server we need to select with the button at right.

The user is returned to the first screen, with Xertion now showing as the preferred server. Choose "OK".

The client is now able to choose a channel, which should be #ACWiki. Make sure that "Enable join on connect" is checked.

Optimization
A little optimization goes a long way. One should choose "Favorites > Add to Favorites" from the menu bar, set #ACWiki as the channel, set the password, choose "Join on Connect" and the description, and Networks as shown. Click "Add" and the ACWiki IRC is at one's fingertips.