Guide for visiting users

This page is intended for users visiting from other platforms. For a more general introduction, check out the FAQ or the Main Page

It's mostly about the overall core ideas and other major friction points found across each platform. What a user might be used to, what they might expect compared to other platforms, both pros and cons. The aim is not about what is 'better' but to document the differences. Each place has it's own upsides and downsides.

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Every platform has it's own unique advantages and limitations, this could be technical, social or just because of the way it was intended to be used. What works for one user might not work for others so exploring and having fun. Resonite is a platform built originally to be used for education, learning and exploration and we like to think this spirit is a core aspect we have kept.

The engine that runs Resonite is based on the idea of an online universe that is by nature collaborative and always synced, because of that there are less distinctions between different aspects of a world, for example avatars vs. scenery are the same thing but just set up differently.

WIP. Stuff will likely move. Once templates are made to behave.

Common

Resonite has a number of aspects to it, both technically and community based that while not absolutely unique, are common to these guides:

• Resonite isn't the host, you are.
  • When you create a new instance of a world (e.g. when there are no existing public instances), your computer is responsible for serving anyone else who joins. If you leave an instance you're hosting (or crash), everyone else will be kicked out as well. (Some users host dedicated headless servers for common worlds.)
• You can be in multiple worlds at once.
  • Joining another world doesn't disconnect you from your current one. You can switch between them or close them in the Worlds tab of your dash menu, similar to browser tabs. (On desktop, you can switch using Ctrl+Tab.)
• This is a mature, tight-knit crowd.
  • According to Resonite's terms of service, all players must be 16 or older. Adult content is explicitly allowed in private or hidden sessions, as long as all players within are 18 or older and have consented to it; see Adult Content Session Matrix for details.
  • The userbase is "quality over quantity"; there's not nearly as much going on as many other platforms, but those you do meet are by and large friendly and welcoming. You'll likely even get to talk to the staff directly, whether during Office Hours, on the Discord, or in-world as they are building the platform that they want as much as anyone else.
• Don't be afraid to ask for help!
  • Mentors (players with a green lightbulb badge) are volunteers certified for helping new players get a hang of Resonite. Don't worry about "taking up their time"; if anything, there are more teachers than students^{[citation needed]}, so be wary of a potential mentor swarm!

Individual Differences

• Guide for VRChat users (also largely applies to ChilloutVR users)
• Guide for RecRoom users
• Guide for Second Life users
• Guide for Minecraft users
• Guide for NeosVR users

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