WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH HACK TRAINING?

[6Taylor4]

I cannot get past the first test where theres a guy and a screen. The controls make absolutely no sense to me, F does nothing, then i can move sometimes but at a crawl, and then the time runs out.
I am totally clueless here, never played a game like this and am really frustrated.
Are there tutorials or videos or text help or maybe just tell me how to skip all that and just have an adventure?
Any help appreciated, thanks [solved.]

[Rabidnid]

Yeah a lot of this stuff is really obscure when starting.

Try this guide and post if you still have questions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9agHv8QoRR4&ab_channel=ItsShatter

[Sardorim]

You just select the computer and pick the option to distract the guard.... If the Keyboard controls confuse you then use a controller.

[6Taylor4]

Thanks for the video link; I got like every 6th word of so, talks way too fast, using terms I don't understand yet, and didn't cover the tutorial problem I have. It certainly contains a lot of info, but the presentation makes it impossible for me to absorb; by the time I've figured out one phrase, he's onto another subject totally. He's talking about purchasing upgrades, and I'm still in tutorial, Thanks though!

[Chaosolous]

Look up a video for getting through the tutorial on YTube, I'm sure there's plenty to help.

[6Taylor4]

Originally posted by Sardorim:

You just select the computer and pick the option to distract the guard.... If the Keyboard controls confuse you then use a controller.

No controller here - ever. Your instructions were not helpful; just pick the option; but I'll go into it for you again: I select the option to distract the guard, but the instructions say select the screen; additionally there is what looks like a three button combination to operate controls, q+mouse+e on one side and others on the right; once I somehow distracted the guard, but was moving so slow crouched over, the exercise ended before I reached him. Then (again not knowing how it happened) I got to the guard, but after picking him up, there was no way to put him in the container, nothing activated it.
So you see I still have no idea what's going on, what things are related to other things, and obviously the proper sequences are not getting through to me.
Thanks anyway.

[Graf Erik]

Quickhacks are pretty straight forward, really.

'Distract Enemy' is a quickhack, its something that you can do to a... device. ACs, TVs, Vending machines, Forkifts, whatever. You can hack into it, it malfunctions, makes a messs, and that can distract nearby enemies.
You hold tab, that activates scanner mode. Interactible devices are highlightet. You focus one, select a quickhack of your liking with the mouse-wheel (later one you will find plenty differnt ones, you can even craft them) and confirm with e. Or maybe f, I forgot.
Then you release tab, which exits scanner mode, you wait a few seconds and the hack completes. In this case 'distract enemy' will cause a malfunction on a screen, which should distract the enemy and cause him to walk over there and... be distracted for a while.
You can use this time to sneak behind him and if you like you can knock him out (if hes not to strong for you, but in the tutorial he'll be super weak. Out of the tutorial strong enemies will overwhelm you if you try that)

[Malthar]

You look at the thing you want to hack while holding tab
use scroll wheel to select the hack you want to use
press f to do the hack

[6Taylor4]

Originally posted by Malthar:

You look at the thing you want to hack while holding tab
use scroll wheel to select the hack you want to use
press f to do the hack

I've invited my cousin over, as it appears I'll need three hands, one for the mouse, one to hold tab and one to press f. Ya, that'll work!

[NorthernDavid]

Originally posted by 6Taylor4:

Originally posted by Malthar:

You look at the thing you want to hack while holding tab
use scroll wheel to select the hack you want to use
press f to do the hack

I've invited my cousin over, as it appears I'll need three hands, one for the mouse, one to hold tab and one to press f. Ya, that'll work!

Use caps lock (by default) instead of tab to toggle the scan mode.

[Rabidnid]

Originally posted by 6Taylor4:

Originally posted by Malthar:

You look at the thing you want to hack while holding tab
use scroll wheel to select the hack you want to use
press f to do the hack

I've invited my cousin over, as it appears I'll need three hands, one for the mouse, one to hold tab and one to press f. Ya, that'll work!

Or just use caps lock which toggles it off and on.

[Truth_X_ile]

I looked up a video, because it wasn't clearly telling me what to do or how it worked, basically you start at the top row, after choosing that row, you choose 1 in that column, from that column selection, you choose that row, corresponding rows/columns can be gone left or right or up and down without restrictions, but cannot use the same code, so it becomes a strategy of planning ahead, if you like puzzles that is, really fun, really don't need the time boosts from the perks either

Good Luck & Have Fun

[Malthar]

Originally posted by ึ:

I looked up a video, because it wasn't clearly telling me what to do or how it worked, basically you start at the top row, after choosing that row, you choose 1 in that column, from that column selection, you choose that row, corresponding rows/columns can be gone left or right or up and down without restrictions, but cannot use the same code, so it becomes a strategy of planning ahead, if you like puzzles that is, really fun, really don't need the time boosts from the perks either

Good Luck & Have Fun :smiling:

Hes stuck on quick hacks not the daemon uploads.

[Chaosolous]

Originally posted by 6Taylor4:

I've invited my cousin over, as it appears I'll need three hands, one for the mouse, one to hold tab and one to press f. Ya, that'll work!

You type with one finger while looking at the keyboard don't you?

I recommend you go to your nearest big box retail store, (Wal*Mart, Target, or Amazon if you can manage) and purchase a Wired Xbox GamePad (for their current system), they're usually about ~$25 to ~$30 and plug it into your computers USB. Then use that to play games like this on your PC.

[Kimarnic]

??? it was fine in my first playthrough lmao #worksonmymachine

[6Taylor4]

Originally posted by Malthar:

Originally posted by 6Taylor4:

I've invited my cousin over, as it appears I'll need three hands, one for the mouse, one to hold tab and one to press f. Ya, that'll work!

Bro, you got more than 1 finger on each hang right? pinky on tab, index for F. At this point your ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ to ♥♥♥♥♥

sure... now try it lefthanded....