The Final Frontier has arrived! 1,000 Worlds, 10,000 Apartments spread across 8 Galactic Zones and 8 Space Stations. Welcome to your official Monaverse How To Guide. Let's get to know your world.
The Basics
Once you've purchased your space, enter through your desktop web browser using Chrome, Brave, or Firefox on PC or Mac. Safari and Mobile are not yet supported.
Each space will start as a multiplayer experience, but you can still create your own private hangout to explore by yourself or with just a few others. To create a private hangout link, select the Hangout button in the UI at the bottom. Use the 'Share' button to copy the hangout link to the clipboard in order to send it to other users. Use the 'Global' button to return to the main Multiplayer experience.
Create or Load your Avatar
To Customize your Avatar, click the Avatar Button or press 4 on your Keyboard. This will allow you to easily create an avatar with ReadyPlayerMe, or load in a custom VRM avatar with a hosted link. Note: Your avatar will be named as a "Guest #" until you sign in with your wallet in the top right corner. Once you sign in and load back in, your avatar will show your display name at the top.
Chat in your Space
Click the 'Speak' button or press 1 to use your default microphone in the Space. Mona uses Spatial Audio, meaning that the closer you are to the person speaking, the louder they appear. For more information on this go to Audio Settings in our docs.
Alternatively, press T on your keyboard or click the chat box to begin typing in the chat. Chats will remain for a few minutes before disappearing.
Desktop Controls
Move - Use your WASD keys to move forward, backward, & side to side. Alternatively, use your arrow keys to move your avatar.
Rotate Camera - To move your camera, move your mouse or trackpad.
Jump - Press Spacebar to Jump
Run - Hold Shift to run.
Interact - You can interact with certain objects, like Portals or Canvasses, use Left Click. Other interactions, such as assets that use the VRM Switcher, or reactor, can use the E key.
Reset Spawn Point - Press Tab to return to the last entry point.
C - Emote Wheel
Z - Emoji Wheel
V - Toggle First/Third Person
U - Hide UI
I - Hide reticle (White dot)
N - Hide Avatar Tags
F11 - Go fullscreen (most browsers)
PgUp - Show Debug Tool (shows frames per second etc)
And that's it! You're ready to start your intergalactic adventure with Mona! For further questions see our FAQ below, check out our Docs, or reach out on our Discord.
FAQ
What do I do if I crash or can’t enter Mona?
If you're crashing:
- First, try a different browser
- If there are still problems, do a 'Hard Refresh' by using the left Ctrl & select the refresh button or press F5 in your preferred browser.
If the Space isn't loading you can:
- Reboot your Machine
- Clear your cache
- Check the 'Browser settings > More Tools > Developer Tools' window. Make sure the 'Console' tab is selected & see if there are any errors in red. If there are, take a screenshot and drop in the Support channel in our Discord. Our team can help troubleshoot from there!
What is "Instancing"?
In order for Mona to provide the best user experience possible through a web browser, we use what's called "instancing". This means that once 25 users enter a space, the space automatically opens up a new "instance" of the space that the next 25 users who enter will experience.
Livestreams into the space are seen across instances but voice chat and text chat are only available for the instance you are in.
Are there minimum requirements for my Device to be able to enter a space?
Yes! We recommend the following for the best experience:
Relatively modern computer or laptop running Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux operating system with a 64-bit CPU architecture.
- 2+ Cores, 1.8GHz
- 8GB RAM
- Dedicated Graphics card
Recommend Specs
- Quad-core CPU
- 16GB RAM
- Dedicated Graphics cards
Mobile and Tablet architecturesMobile devices are not supported. High-end Tablet devices such as the iPad or Surface Pro may work but are not directly supported.
- Surface Tablets with Windows 10 or above.
- iPad with the most current iPad OS.
Browser
- Trusted Browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Brave, and Edge.
- 64-bit architecture
- HTML 5 standards compliant
- Supports WebGL 2.0
- Supports WebAssembly
NetworkHigh speed internet connectivity with a minimum of 60 Mbps.