Accounts and Games

From the game home page, clicking on the Create Account link directs you to account creation form. You have to fill in:

Username: your in game name
Language: language in which you want everything to be displayed
E-mail: a valid e-mail address to be associated with the account. This has to be typed in twice to avoid mistakes
Password: the password to be used along with your username to access your account. This has to be typed in twice to avoid mistakes

Once your are satisfied with the data you've entered you can click the Create Account Button.
If the account creation process has been successful an e-mail is sent to the provided e-mail address containing:

a reminder about the typed in account information
information about the account activation procedure

The e-mail you have received when creating an account contains information to activate your account. In order to activate your account you have to look at the top part of the left panel of the home page. A logging form is displayed there. In the form, you have to provide:

Username: the in game username you've chosen
Password: the password you've chosen

You can then click the ok button to log in.
A new form is then displayed asking for a confirmation code. This code has been sent to you in the e-mail mentioned above. Type in the code in the provided text field and click on the Confirm account creation button. If you provide the right code you get directed towards the main game selection page.

Closing your account allows you to delete all game data related to your account. But be careful: it doesn't deleted your account and you can reactivate it any time you wish. The next paragraphs will cover those topics more closely.

The form to close your account is accessible from the home page of the game when you are logged it. In order to access the page you have two options:

if you're not logged in, follow the logging in procedure. The bottom section of the page displayed in the body of the home page should be about closing your account. Below an introduction about the topic, Is displayed a Close my account button. Clicking the button opens the forms that lead to the path to closing your account
if you are logged in and playing a LegacyWorlds game, clicking on the My Account menu item gets you to the logged in home page of the game. As in the previous case below the introduction about the topic, is displayed the Closing my account button. Clicking the button opens the forms that lead to closing your account

Clicking the button opens a new form that you have to fill in in order to close the account. You have to provide the following information:

Your password in the corresponding textfield to make sure you're really you're who you're saying you are
Optionally a text area is provided where you can if you wish explain why you're closing your account

Below these two fields are displayed two buttons:

I really want to close my account: clicking this button starts a countdown to real account closing. You have a 24 to 48h delay to cancel the action
No, I was just kidding: clicking this button cancels the account closing procedure

During the delay to account closing you can still cancel the operation. The form to cancel account closing is accessible from the home page of the game when you are logged it. In order to access the page you have two options:

if you're not logged in, follow the logging in procedure. The bottom section of the page displayed in the body of the home page should be about closing your account. Below an introduction about the topic and information about the time at which the account will be closed, is displayed a Don't close my account button. Clicking the button opens the forms that allow to cancel the closing operation
if you are logged in and playing a LegacyWorlds game, clicking on the My Account menu item gets you to the logged in home page of the game. As in the previous case below the introduction about the topic, is displayed the Don't close my account button. Clicking the button opens the forms that allow to cancel the operation

Clicking the button opens a new page with two buttons:

Yes, cancel the countdown: clicking this button cancels account closing
No, get on with it: clicking this button goes on with the account closing procedure

You have to be aware of the fact that closing your account doesn't delete your account information from the LegacyWorlds database but only your game data. This prevents anyone from using your player name at your place and impersonate you in game. It also allows you to reactivate your account.
This also means that all information regarding your account and in particular your personal data are permanently stored in the LegacyWorlds database. If you want those information to be erased from the database, please contact the staff.

If you want to reactivate your account you only have to log in as usual. Joining a LegacyWorlds game is then all the same as for new accounts.

Several LegacyWorlds games may be running at once. You can choose which games you want to play from the main game selection page you reach when logging in.

The game selection list provides informations about current available games, including:

Game name: name of the game. This name is a link to join that particular game
Players: number of players in this game
Running: if you are not currently playing this game this field presents if the game is running or not thus informing you if you can join in or not

In order to join a particular game click on its name in the games list.
You'll get then directed to a planet creation form. This form will allow you to choose the name of your first planet in the game. Type in the planet name in the provided text field and click the ok button to validate your input. You can now start taking care of your newborn empire in this game.

A list of current games you are playing is also provided. This list presents:

Game name: name of the game. This name is a link to play that particular game
Planets: number of planets in your empire in this game
Cash: amount of money you have in this particular game

In order to play a particular game click on its name in the list. You'll get directed to the overview page for this particular game.