Assassin's Creed Wiki:IRC/Macintosh

For anyone using a Mac of OS 10.5 or later, the Wiki team recommends either Colloquy or XChat Aqua, a derivative of the Windows version of the same name. Both are free and available to download.

Connection
XChat is a fairly simple and straightforward client to use. First of all, one needs to download it from the downloads page and install it to the Applications folder.

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

Connection
Colloquy is perhaps the easiest client to use here, at the expense of some customization. It can be downloaded from the source page, unpacked, and dragged to the Applications folder. From there, it should be launched. If the Connections window does not open immediately, it should be opened by pressing Cmd+1 or choosing "Window > Connections" from the menu bar. Choose the item "New" with the yellow lightening bolt, and one should see the window below. Choose a unique nickname, and the "server" is irc.xertion.org.

Choose the IRC by clicking on it once. Choose the yellow lightening bolt that now should say "Connect".

Enter ACWiki as the room.

Choose "Join" and you should connect to the IRC.

Optimization
Optimization makes life with Colloquy easier. Click once on the IRC in the Connections window, and choose the blue "Get Info" button to show the window below. Fill out your name and information (do not use your real name), and then choose "Automatic".

Set the client to automatically connect to "ACWiki" and connect on launch. Save the changes, and the IRC is at your fingertips.