How to connect to STO (Cryptic Studios: Star Trek Online) - XMPP (Jabber) Services via !BitlBee
Cryptic has provided experimental support for Gold members (Lifetime Subscribers, or "LTS") allowing connections to in game channels using XMPP.
To connect, you will need a lifetime subscription to Star Trek Online. Secondly, you'll need the libpurple branch of BitlBee
Server
- crypticstudios.com
- jabber
- Port: 5222
Login
- STO uses one of two variants to log in. Either:
- E-Mail Adresses
- Account number (usually in the format of '#1#123456789' as an example)
It's recommended if one method doesn't work for you, try the other.
Here is a typical add-line for the email account method (note, the '@' in the email address is replaced with a \40 escape sequence):
account add jabber "name\40domain.com@crypticspace.com" your-password-here
- The "'s as shown above are mandatory
Here is an add-line using an account number:
account add jabber "#1#123456789@crypticspace.com" your-password-here
- The "'s as shown above are mandatory
This is enough to get connected. You should be able to command:
account on <-- this will enable all accounts you've configured
Chat
At this point you may want to use custom chat channels. The difference here is you will connect to server: "channels.crypticspace.com" Here is an example add-line:
chat add jabber "My\\20Channel@channels.crypticspace.com" #My_Channel
- (At this point, you may have noticed the \\20, this is a space)
You can search the web for web escape codes which will help you with any other special characters you might need.
Live Long and Prosper,
anon