Friends List

The Friends List is ubi.com's ultimate communication tool. With it you can talk to friends, send files, find any player on all ubi.com compatible games, including web-based and retail games.

The Friends List has two player interface modes: Beginner mode (shown above) and Advanced mode. The only difference is that the Advanced mode displays icons only, making the Friends List more compact. To switch from one mode to the other, use the Settings button.

Add Friends

You can add new friends to your Friends List in two different ways:

1. Using the Add New Friend button.
2. Using the Who's On web page.

In the Friends List, you can add a friend by clicking or the . These buttons will open the Friend Search window.

Friend Search Window

To use the Friend Search window, you need to enter your friend's information and click the Search button. At least one of the fields must be filled for the search to run. The Friend Search window displays no more than 20 results at a time.

	After you've entered the search information, click this to run the search.
	If the search brings up someone you want to add to your Friend's List, select their name and click this button. This will bring up the Group Selection window, where you can choose what group you want to add your Friend to. You can either add them to an existing group from your list, or create a new list in the box below the group list. Once you've chosen the group, click the Done button to add the friend. You can also click the Create New Group button to create your own groups. Clicking the Cancel button will cancel the Add New Friend process.
	This button closes the Friend Search Window.
	This button opens up the User Info Window. Click here for more information about the User Info window.

As you can see, the Advanced Friends List uses an icon bar at the top, instead of the large buttons used on the bottom of the Beginner Friends List.

The Friends List Features

Once you master the features of the Friends List, you'll find it to be a quite powerful tool.

The Main Buttons:

	Takes you to ubi.com's Lobby. It will open up to the home page where you'll be able to select a game to play.
	Allows you to change your Status and Mood settings. Click the button, then select either Set Status or Set Mood on the menu. The mood settings are self-explanatory. The Status settings are: Online: This means you're connected and available. Be Right Back: This means you're gone for a couple of minutes. Away: This means you'll be away for a little while. Invisible: This displays your status as offline to other users, while you remain secretly online.
	Opens the Add Friend window. There you can search for Players in the ubi.com database, and add them to your Friends List.
	Lets you view or edit your Player Profile information. You can also access your message History with this button. Click on it and choose from the following menu options: Information: Displays your Player Profile. Modify Profile: Opens a webpage where you can edit your Player Profile. Show History: Opens your message History file. All the pages you've sent and received are saved here. You can set the number of messages you want to save in your History in the Settings menu.
	Opens the Friends List Settings window. Click here for more information.

Now that you know what the buttons do, it's time to learn about the Friends and Group Options. Like ICQ, a list of options appears when you click on Groups or Friends names. In the Friends List shown at left, your Player Name is listed on top (Selphie). Below is a list of Groups, and the Friends within each Group. For example, "Gaming buddies" is one of Selphie's groups, and Toothless is a Friend within the Gaming buddies group.

To the left of each friend is their status icon, and to the right is their Mood Icon (see Gambit).

This is the menu that pops up when you click on one of your Friends. Below is an explanation of all the menu features:

• Gambit: This is the name of the Player you've clicked on.
  
  
• Incoming Events: If this Player sends you a page, file, chat or voice chat request, they will appear here.
  
  
• Send Page: This opens up the Pager window. Click here to learn how to use it.
  
  
• Chat Request: This requests a chat session with the selected Player. You will notice that you can create a new chat session, or if you're currently chatting with someone else, you can invite this Player to an active session. There are no limits on how many Friends you can invite to a chat session.
  
  
• Send File: Lets you send a selected file to the selected friend. Click here for more information on sending files.
  
  
• Friend Profile: Opens the selected Player Profile.
  
  
• Friend History: Opens the selected Player History. In this History, you will only see the messages sent between you and the selected Player.
  
  
• Friend Settings
  Let's you change the following settings for the selected player:
  
  • Accept Pages: Enable or disable incoming pages from the selected Player.
  • Accept Files: Enable or disable incoming file transfers from the selected Player.
  • Auto-Accept Files: Automatically saves files received from the selected Player to your hard drive.
  • Invisible to User: If this option is enabled, the selected Player will see you as offline.
  • Away to User: When this option is enabled, the Player will see you as Away.
  • Add to Friends: This option lets you add the selected Player to your Friends List. This option comes in handy when someone who isn't in your Friends List sends you a page or file.
  • Add to New Group: This option lets you add the selected Friend to a new or existing group in your Friends List.
  • Remove User: This option removes the selected Player from your Friends List.
  • Join Game (Session): If one of your Friends is playing a game, you can join him directly from the Friends List by choosing this option. Note: This option will only appear if your Friend is playing a game.
    
    
• Group Options
  When clicking on a group, you'll see a menu with the following options:
  
  • Send Page to Group: Opens the pager. The entered message will be sent to all members of the selected group.
  • Rename Group: Lets you rename the selected group.
  • Remove Group: Removes the group from your Friends List. (Warning: All your friends in this group will also be removed from your Friends List.)
  • Sort Players by: Lets you sort players in the selected group by name or by status.