Editing Character Login Screen

{{Related|Character Creation|User Interface}}

== Character Login Screen ==
=== Creating a Character ===
See [[Character Creation]] for information on this topic.

=== Deleting a Character ===
Click the character slot you no longer want and press delete. Enter the word "delete" to confirm in the dialog box that appears.

=== Restoring a Character ===
Deleted characters may be restored up to the hour time-limit by clicking the deleted slot and then pressing the restore button. However, the deleted character will lose its Allegiance information and you cannot restore a deleted character whose name has been taken by another character. Until the other character is deleted, the deleted character with that name cannot be restored.

'''Note:''' ''"Character Restoration may not be successful"''

== Login Screen Artwork ==
Between 2003 and 2005, the login screen was updated for the [[A Time of Chaos]] story arc and the different seasons that came after. During these times, the screen received updated backgrounds, color schemes and rollover images for the enter game button.

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<gallery widths=200px heights=200px perrow=4>
File:Character Login Screen (Heart of Woe) Live.jpg|Heart of Woe
File:Character Login Screen (Into the Darkness) Live.jpg|Into the Darkness
File:Character Login Screen (Groundswell) Live.jpg|Groundswell
File:Character Login Screen (Reign of Terror) Live.jpg|Reign of Terror (with rollover)
File:Character Login Screen (Waking from the Abyss) Live.jpg|Waking from the Abyss (with rollover)
File:Character Login Screen (Across the Vast Divide) Live.jpg|Across the Vast Divide (with rollover)
File:Character Login Screen (Pillars Made of Sand) Live.jpg|Pillars Made of Sand (with rollover)
File:Character Login Screen (A Small Victory) Live.jpg|A Small Victory (with rollover)
File:Character Login Screen (Release) Live.jpg|Release
File:Character Login Screen (Throne of Destiny) Live.jpg|Throne of Destiny (background)
File:Character Login Screen (Under Cover of Night) Live.jpg|Under Cover of Night (background)
File:Character Login Screen (Cloak of Darkness) Live.jpg|Cloak of Darkness (background)
</gallery>

=== Splash Screens ===
Splash screens during the [[Reign of Terror]] event.
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File:Microsoft Splash Screen (Reign of Terror) Live.jpg|
File:MSN Zone Splash Screen (Reign of Terror) Live.jpg|
File:Turbine Splash Screen (Reign of Terror) Live.jpg|
</gallery>

== Notes ==
* In [[Heroes' Respite]], the ability to restore a deleted character was added to the login screen.
* In [[Pillars Made of Sand]], you are now required to type "delete" in the confirmation box that appears.
* In [[Throne of Destiny]], the character selection screen received a major update for the expansion. Most notable was the removal of the large text box.
* In [[Under Cover of Night]], the background image was changed to a map of Dereth.
* In [[Cloak of Darkness]], the background image was changed back to a blue version of the original ToD image.
* The Throne of Destiny line was removed during an unknown event.

=== New Character Slots ===
Additional character slots were added during the following events:
* 2004 - [[Mired Hearts]] (6th slot)
* 2005 - [[Throne of Destiny]] (7th slot)
* 2007 - [[Masked Memories]] (8th slot)
* 2009 - [[Gears of Change]] (9th slot)
* 2010 - [[Shifting Gears]] (10th slot)
* 2012 - [[Retributions]] (11th slot)

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