Note
If you’re looking for tutorials on how to install OpenBlox, go to Getting started with OpenBlox, instead.
Open up the OpenBlox game launcher. It’s in different locations, depending upon which OS you’ve installed OpenBlox on:
If you’ve just downloaded a non-final (i.e, alpha or beta) release of OpenBlox, you’ll find the launcher in one of 2 locations:
You’ll see a window come up that looks something like this:
To play an installed game, just click on its name, and then press Play selected game.
How to play
- Move with the arrow keys
- Jump with the spacebar
Some games also use up to 4 keys on your keyboard - their OpenBlox names [1], along with their default binding, are:
First, you have to open up the OpenBlox game launcher (see Playing a game for more info on this). Once you’ve done that, press on Install new game. A file browser window will come up; navigate to the OpenBlox game you want to install.
Once you’ve selected it (and possibly pressed Open), the game will appear in OpenBlox’s list of installed games. See Playing a game for instructions on how to play your newly-installed game.
Once you’ve opened up the OpenBox game launcher, removing a game is easy: Just click on its name, and press Uninstall selected game.
Warning
The game itself is removed from your hard drive when you uninstall it, so make sure you have a copy of the game handy, in case you want to reinstall it!
Footnotes
[1] | These names are different from the actual corresponding key names on the keyboard, they’re just named so the people can choose a keyboard layout that works for them, and games will still work, even with changed key mappings. |
New in version 0.7.
OpenBlox 0.7 comes with a new graphical configuration tool, which you can start by doing one of the following:
- On Windows, double-click the file tools\startobconfig.bat
- On other systems (Linux, Mac OSX), double-click the file tools/startobconfig.sh