How do I avoid the BTs?

[JMO]

I have to admit even after all the reading, I do not understand this game.

What am I supposed to do when I am out in the open and the Timefall starts and the BTs appear? Wait? Go back to the place I came from? Something else?

I am early into it - trying to deliver stuff to a distribution center west of Capital Knot City. The Timefall started and the BTs appeared. So I went far out of my way to give them a wide berth. Walked all the way across the river and then tried to move forward again. But, of course they all appeared there.

So I waited and waited but nothing changed and my cargo was disintegrating. Finally out of pure frustration, I just went forward. They attacked me. I tried to follow the instructions about breaking free and all that but it did nothing. Finally I went to the underworld or whatever that place was and had to come back with all my cargo destroyed.

What is the correct thing to do? Every review about this game tells me how I just "don't understand it". And that's true. I don't.

[Don Lobo]

They're like land mines, floating in one spot and barely moving. If you approach them and make noise, they'll start moving towards your direction, so sneak in between the spaces they leave and hold your breath when moving really close to them. To see them just stop moving completely and wait a bit, you can also use the scanner and it will mark them in blue particles.

Additionally you can rush through them if you have a relative notion of where they are using the scan's direction as an indicator. I've even threaded the needle while on a bike, but is a bit hard to pull off, so stick to sneaking by for the time being.

Later on you get several options to fight them, but during the first few hours you're expected to simply sneak or circle way around them (when possible).

EDIT: Try no to wait the timefall out. There are some instances where the rain won't go away and it's scripted to stay there forever, and there are other areas where it changes with the passage of time but you also get a structure you can use to fast forward through 10 minute chunks so you don't have to sit for 20 minutes waiting for the rain to stop.

[Seamus]

If you stand still, you can see where nearby BTs are. If you can't see a route through the pack, you can move slowly and hold your breath to keep them from detecting you so you can sneak through. Dunno what the controller button is, but on keyboard hold breath is alt.

Shouldn't be too much longer before you unlock EX grenade 0's, which make BTs run away from the impact site. Useful for dense areas.

[Hiham]

it's quite easy, you got multiple options

1. Sneak through them
2. drop off your cargo somewhere nearby (in a truck or something), let yourself get captured by the BTs, fight and kill the boss, clear skies, and progress. Plus you get a lot of crystals
3. Go around. Don't worry about the rain. it'll only destroy the packaging, it won't destroy cargo. a repair spray will fix it anyways, or a timefall shelter

if you need help, send me a PM, i'll help you out

[Citizen10Bears]

1) The radar thing on your shoulder points to the nearest BT, so don't go in that direction.
2) Press Q to scan the land as this can highlight BTs too.
3) Press C to crouch and walk slowly
4) Press ALT to hold your breath

With the combination of all the above you can walk through pretty much any BT area (at least that I've encountered so far) without triggering them.

[mello]

I'd add when your Odradek Scanner turns orange and starts spinning, it's your cue to begin holding your breath. Once it does not you can breathe again, it is also the best time to stop moving so you can see the BTs again to allow you to plan your route between them. Repeat the process once you are through, and when the Odradek starts 'calming' down you've basically gotten out of the BT territory and can start running to your destination.

[JMO]

Thanks for the comments. I should be clear I do at least grasp how the scanner works and how to try to avoid them. That was how I (several times) tried to plot routes around them. They just reappeared wherever I'd gone to.

I've also tried holding my breath and crouching and slowly finding a path through them. Move forward a bit, stop, let the scanner find them again, etc. Unfortunately that has not worked so far. Every time I stop and reacquire them, they have moved closer to me. Eventually no matter how careful I am they seem to find me.

I had not thought about dropping my cargo and deliberately getting in a fight with them. If I can do that, that seems like a plan

[Hiham]

Originally posted by JMO:

Thanks for the comments. I should be clear I do at least grasp how the scanner works and how to try to avoid them. That was how I (several times) tried to plot routes around them. They just reappeared wherever I'd gone to.

I've also tried holding my breath and crouching and slowly finding a path through them. Move forward a bit, stop, let the scanner find them again, etc. Unfortunately that has not worked so far. Every time I stop and reacquire them, they have moved closer to me. Eventually no matter how careful I am they seem to find me.

I had not thought about dropping my cargo and deliberately getting in a fight with them. If I can do that, that seems like a plan

the ordradek will point at the closest BT to you.
the faster it blinks the closer it is. honestly if it's just blinking once every few seconds, you can walk (or run if you're feeling ballsy). once it's blinking super quick, start crouching, scan. see how many there are, and if you got one, hematic grenade out of your way. if don't have hematics yet, EX 1 it, or EX 2 somewhere you're not gonna walk towards to lure it away.

if the scanner turns orange and starts spinning, that means the BT is right next to you.

also, when you're crouching, make sure to press CTRL to crouch walk slower

[Calibre]

Shout at them and then fight 'em!! press the like button "5 key" and other porters will appear and help you during the battle..

[Hiham]

Originally posted by ESDCalibre:

Shout at them and then fight 'em!! press the like button "5 key" and other porters will appear and help you during the battle..

That's really only during boss fights

[Calibre]

if your fighting BT's doesn't end up in a boss fight you're doing it wrong,,

[mark1971]

Originally posted by JMO:

I have to admit even after all the reading, I do not understand this game.

What am I supposed to do when I am out in the open and the Timefall starts and the BTs appear? Wait? Go back to the place I came from? Something else?

I am early into it - trying to deliver stuff to a distribution center west of Capital Knot City. The Timefall started and the BTs appeared. So I went far out of my way to give them a wide berth. Walked all the way across the river and then tried to move forward again. But, of course they all appeared there.

So I waited and waited but nothing changed and my cargo was disintegrating. Finally out of pure frustration, I just went forward. They attacked me. I tried to follow the instructions about breaking free and all that but it did nothing. Finally I went to the underworld or whatever that place was and had to come back with all my cargo destroyed.

What is the correct thing to do? Every review about this game tells me how I just "don't understand it". And that's true. I don't.

Just continue with the story.

You will get grenades very soon. And at some point you will connect a weather station to the network and will get reports via cufflink in return. From there on it's practically possible to avoid BTs completly.

[The goog]

1. stand still to spot em
2. avoid them like landmines
3. get spotted by one, run like hell.. drop a grenade on the oily zombies to escape

[GustavGlaven]

In most cases, you can just go around them. I usually find alternate routes,and hardly ever pass through bt zones unless I need to retrieve something from within the zone as a quest. If it's a valley just walk through the far left or right, there will be nothing there, and you will be safe.

[Coalition]

Originally posted by JMO:

I have to admit even after all the reading, I do not understand this game.

What am I supposed to do when I am out in the open and the Timefall starts and the BTs appear? Wait? Go back to the place I came from? Something else?

I am early into it - trying to deliver stuff to a distribution center west of Capital Knot City. The Timefall started and the BTs appeared. So I went far out of my way to give them a wide berth. Walked all the way across the river and then tried to move forward again. But, of course they all appeared there.

So I waited and waited but nothing changed and my cargo was disintegrating. Finally out of pure frustration, I just went forward. They attacked me. I tried to follow the instructions about breaking free and all that but it did nothing. Finally I went to the underworld or whatever that place was and had to come back with all my cargo destroyed.

What is the correct thing to do? Every review about this game tells me how I just "don't understand it". And that's true. I don't.

If you have BB with you you can always avoid them by holding your breath.
Hold your breath and let go when you are a little away from them.
When you see them, don't move, wait for them to move and if they do, you will see if they can feel you because of marks on the ground.

When you see marks just hold your breath and stay crouched, walk little by little.
Most of the time the BTs aren't everywhere.

if you get caught just push them away and run as fast as you can.

For your cargo you can put everything on the ground and use Spray on it to get the cargo resist back to 100%.

I hope you get it together :)

[Me]

make a post box take hair spray for time fall