Advanced mode and how to see more in the picture window:  If you just got into MP3D, first thing you should do is go to advanced mode if it's not in it already.  If you don't see the button, don't worry about it.  Then turn off the built-in Web browser by clicking the Web button or just going to the word Show near the top of the window, clicking on that, then if it's checked, click on the word Web to turn it off.  That should clear up more space for your picture window.

  Black triangles when you first enter:  If you are seeing little black triangles, please be patient while everything downloads.  Those little triangles are usually people, objects, or buildings.  The first time you use the program, it may take a few seconds to minutes to load everything depending upon the type of connection you have with the Internet.  To make things that are nearest you download faster, and to make it easier to move around, look up at the top of your program window and find the word Visibility.  That's one of the drop-down menus (for future reference, the section of a program window that you found that drop-down menu is called the Menu Bar).  Click on the word Visibility there, and when the menu opens up, find the number that's closest to the top of the list that isn't grayed out and select it.  The default setting is Float, which varies the distance you see objects at depending upon what you have in your settings.  If you're sure your computer can handle it, and you have a good connection, you can try increasing the distance until you see as far as you want to.  Until you've become a more experienced user, though, you may wish to leave it on "Float" or one of the lower visibility settings as setting it too high slows down your computer.  Remember, though, the higher you set your visibility, the farther you will see, which means more things will be within your viewing range, and each of them have to download before you can see them.
 

  How to move:  Anytime you want to move, you should click in the picture window where you see people or buildings (or whatever) to make sure it's selected, then use the direction arrows on your keypad to move.  Best thing to click on is the ground or the sky.  If you try to click anywhere else, you may activate something like a teleport, a song file, or even make a page open up beside your picture window.  Most of the things you see don't do that sort of thing, but some objects do.  You'll likely see a hand when you put your mouse over an object that has a link on it or does an action in MP3D like a teleport.
 

  To move faster:  Want to run and you feel a need for speed?  Hold down the Ctrl key while moving using the direction keys on your keyboard.  Thankfully, there aren't any speed limits in MP3D yet, so it's kind of fun to go running down a street.
 

  If you're stuck and you can't move:  Sometimes, you can't move through things by using the shift key and a direction arrow key to get un-stuck, but other times you can.  If you can't use the pass-through thing with the Shift key, just left click on the world in the Worlds List (if you don't see the Worlds List, hit the F9 key on your keyboard and select the Worlds tab).  It also sometimes helps to re-enter the world that way when objects and textures don't want to download.  If you don't want to open up the Worlds List, you can just click on "Teleport" in the Menu Bar at the top of your screen, then click on "to" and then click "OK".  That'll teleport you to the middle of the world, its GZ (Ground Zero), or wherever they set the default landing zone to for that world.  This is also useful if you get lost and want to return to the place you came into the world at.  Remember, if you get too far away from other people, you won't be able to chat with them because you'll be out of their hearing range.
 

  Finding people to chat with:  If it seems like there's nobody in the world you're in to chat with, but the World List says there are people there, here's what you can do to find out where everybody is.  Say something when you're in an area and wait for them to respond.  You should then wait at least a minute or two for somebody to see you speak and to give them time to type something in, as they may be in another program window, and are taking time to switch back to the MP3D one.  If nobody says something back, they may be AFK (Away From Keyboard) doing something in the real world, or even sleeping.  ;-)  Or, they may just be in a different area.  So, wander around and try again.  Eventually, you should find somebody, or lots of somebodys.  LOL

  Need something to do and there's nobody to chat with?  Try playing games.  In some areas, there are bots that play games with you like trivia.  When you enter the world, you should read the world's information page to learn about it.  It may have information on games, or places to explore.  Some have hidden places that you can find if you use your imagination.  Hee hee hee  The best time to find somebody to chat with is in the early evening hours in the United States, or between 10:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m. VRT (Virtual Reality Time).  The VRT clock should be near the bottom of your MP3D program window.

  Flying:  In MP3D, you can fly!  To 'fly' (go up and down), make sure you have the picture window selected by clicking in it, then use the + key on your number pad.  To go down, use the - key on the number pad.  Happy landings!

  To see yourself:  You can see what you look like by clicking on the Front Camera button near the top of your screen.  Or, you can click the Change Camera button, then continue clicking it until you see yourself in the view that you like the best.  If you don't like the way you look, you can change into a different avatar.  An avatar is the body you use while in the MP3D program.
 

  Changing your appearance by changing your avatar:  To change your avatar, you can click on the word Avatar near the top of your screen, then select from the choices there.  Tourists get only two choices, whereas registered citizens have more.
 

  Actions: Want to dance, wave, jump, or just do a little jig?  Then try one of the action buttons you see just under the other buttons near the top of your window.  To see yourself in different views, click the End key on your keyboard, after you've clicked inside the picture window.  To go back to first person view, push the Home key on your keyboard, again, after you've clicked inside the picture window.  You can also jump up about one meter in the air by hitting the 0 key on your Number Pad if you have "Num Lock" turned off, and you're standing on something like the ground, but you should click inside the picture window first, to select it.
 

  When chatting, use their names in a busy chat so they know you're talking to them:  If you want to say something to someone, help them to realize you're talking to them by saying their name first, or in the sentence you type to them.  That helps to eliminate confusion, especially in a busy area.  Obviously, if you're in an area with only one other person in it or you're the only ones who are talking, you don't really need to do this.
 

  Blue words are whispers:  Blue words in the scrolling chat text box means that someone is whispering to you.  If the settings of the world prevent you from whispering to people, you cannot whisper back to them.  But, if you can, the following information in this section is for you.  If you do not have the Whisper thing turned on, you can do that by clicking on "Show" near the top of your MP3D program window, and then "Whisper", or pushing the F8 key.  Then it will show a Whisper To drop down box that you can select who to whisper to, and a place where you can type in what to say to them.  If you don't want to listen to the person whispering to you, you can mute them.  The whispers from people with [ ] on each end of their names are bots.  Most of them only say hi to you and nothing more, but others respond to words and phrases.
 

  Muting people you don't want to hear:  To 'Mute' someone that is bothering you, right click on their avatar with your mouse and click "Mute".  Or, you can right-click on their name in the chat window and select "Mute" there.
 

  Shouting by using all caps:  If you use all capital letters in your words, some users may consider it shouting and take offense.  They might even mute you.  Make sure your Caps Lock is turned off.  Most people only use caps for an entire word for emphasis, but rarely for an entire sentence.
 

  Flooding the chat may get you ejected:  Sometimes, you may get ejected for flooding the chat in certain areas of the world by typing in a bunch of stuff too fast into the main chat, or hitting the Enter key too many times in a certain amount of time but you'll likely get a warning first.  It's important not to say "scrolling" when talking about this, because it confuses some of the new users who think that when they scroll back in the text, it does the same thing to everybody else's chat text.
 

  Conduct and ratings:  If you're respectful and polite, you'll likely not have to worry about it.  But, if you're not, you may get ejected.  Put it this way:  If you start cussing and there's a little kid there, don't expect people to be very happy about it.  If you need to know what rating the world has and you can't tell because of the globe there in the World List, you can choose Options from the top of the window, then World, and then "Features..." and once you do that, you look under the General section by clicking the + by the word.  In that section, you will find the World Rating.  If somebody in bold text or a bot asks you to behave, you should listen to them, or you may find yourself 'booted' (ejected).
 

  Impersonations: Don't want to be impersonated?  Then be sure you don't have capital i's or lower case L's in your name.  If you use one, someone can use the other and impersonate you.  This is why you frequently see people with capital L's in their names in chat programs like MP3D.  You should also bear in mind that if you're a tourist, the minute you log off, someone else can use the name that you were using.  This is important to remember in case someone seems to be confusing you with another person.  They've likely had a conversation with another user that was using the same name that you are now.  If you want to reserve your name so nobody else can use it or impersonate you after you've logged off, consider getting a citizenship.  It'll also let you send telegrams (instant messages), and you get to use the Contacts List so you can put other people on it to see if they're on or not.  There are other benefits to having a citizenship.  To learn more, ask somebody in bold.
 

  Impersonations part 2:  One other little piece of information on impersonations.  Because the program allows periods in names it's almost possible to make it look like you're another person, but if you look closely at a similar name, you'll probably see the little period at the end of their name right before the :  This is especially something that those with eject rights in the program should pay attention to.  If you have eject rights and someone is causing trouble, right click on the name of the person on the sentence itself that is considered bad and eject them quickly if you're going to before they have a chance to change their names.
 

  Enlarging your MP3D (Musician's Playground 3D) program window:  To make your MP3D program window bigger, take your cursor and grab one of the bottom corners and drag it to fit your main screen, or just hit the Maximize button.  Also click on the word Show near the top of your program window and uncheck Web if it's checked.  This will enlarge the picture window where you see objects and people at.  If you're running the program on an older computer, it may be best if you look straight up in the air first by using the Page Up and Page Down keys on your keyboard.
 

  Make the chat text bigger or smaller:  If you have a mouse with a wheel on it, simply click into the main chat text, push and hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard while at the same time, you move the mouse wheel forward or back until you get the chat text the size you want.

  Teleporting: To teleport, just click on the word Teleport near the top of the screen, then click on the word To... and when the Teleport box opens up, put the co-ords in the Coordinates field (or just leave it empty to go to the GZ AKA Ground Zero of the world or wherever the default entry point for that world is set to), then click OK.  If you're allowed to do 'local teleports' which are teleporting manually inside of a world, you can also enter the co-ords like "5s 8w" (without the quotes) and hit OK.  If you're not allowed to do it there, you'll simply be taken to the world's GZ or entry point.

  Viruses and privacy:  Please do not accept files from anyone you don't know and trust (they could give you a virus) and please do not give out your IP address, ICQ number, e-mail address, telephone number, home address, or any other information in open chat (or whispers) that bad people can use to contact you.  Do you truly know what kind of a person you're chatting to is?  Just because someone acts nice, it doesn't mean they are nice.  It could be an act.  Use caution and be safe.
 

  Logging in problems:  If you're having problems logging in, maybe you can just wait a few minutes or an hour or so, then try again later.  If you still have problems after that, it may be time to write to support for help.
 

  Cache corruption:  If you have problems running MP3D, or you sometimes see avatars with almost totally white skins or clothing, you can close the program and delete everything that's in the cache folder and that sometimes helps to straighten it out.  But you'll have to re-load all the stuff again when you start the program back up, and, if you delete the cache folder itself, you may have to start the program twice before things start downloading again.  Your cache folder should be in the same folder you installed the program in.  If you're not certain where that is, right-click on the icon you use to start the program and choose Properties from the list, and look in the Target field.  If you have a Find Target... button, you can click it, and you'll be taken directly to the program's folder.  You should make a habit of deleting what's in the cache folder once every week to a month so you can see any changes that may have been made to parts of the world.

  Recording/logging your chats and saving them: Go to the top of the MP3D program window and select Options, then Settings and then click on the Chat tab.  In this section, you need to make sure that "Log chat to file" is checked.  After a while (from days to months, depending on how much you use MP3D and how many chats you get into) you'll need to back up your chats.  To do this, open up Windows Explorer, My Computer, File Manager, or whatever you use to browse the contents of your hard drives and go to your main drive (usually called C:) and create a folder called Backups, then one inside of that named Chats, then (if you have more than one chat program) another inside of that named MP3D.  Then close your MP3D program, go to the folder where you have it installed, open up the chat.txt file (if it's fairly large, and you're using an older operating system, it may ask you if you want to use WordPad to open it with so you should do that), see what date it says it starts at, select Save As from the File menu, then type in something like Chat from 08-15-2019 to 09-20-2019.txt (or .rtf, .doc, or whatever) and browse to the folder where you want to keep the chats stored in like the one you created earlier.  After you've done that, you can close the Chat file, then browse back to the folder where you have your MP3D program installed in and delete the chat.txt file.  Then when you re-start MP3D, it'll simply create a new chat.txt file provided you haven't turned off the chat logging in your settings.  You'll need to do this 'backing up thing' once in a while, and how often depends upon how much you use the program and how many chats you get into.  If you like, you can just check the chat.txt file's size once in a while and when it gets over 500 KB, it's usually a good time to do it.

Stolen passwords and/or citizenships: They can be reported by writing an e-mail to the admin and they should be able to help you.  Remember, don't give passwords out to anybody, or write them down where other people may find them.