Do you understand the lockpicking?

[Walker]

It seems very simple just line up the bars and go on, but I always use up all my lockpicks. People say they have only used one to unlock, but to advance you need to use one, I am confused. I always have to hit undo and then it opens it up and hope my keys just line up so I can advance what am I doing wrong?

[Tiasmoon]

Originally posted by Shark:

Originally posted by Tiasmoon:

Why would it make the puzzle too easy? Players still have to do all the work in figuring out what works. The only difference is you dont have to remember where you are going to place each key.

There's a memorization aspect to it once you are at Master locks

I know, that's why im saying it. The memory aspect is too intense.
(and the ui doesnt provide good visual clarity)

[Cadaver]

Originally posted by Tiasmoon:

Originally posted by Shark:

There's a memorization aspect to it once you are at Master locks

I know, that's why im saying it. The memory aspect is too intense.

Well yeah thats part of the difficulty, you asked me how it makes the puzzle easier and thats how it makes it easier ^^

[TenTonTuna]

knowing that the ring lights up when you select a combination that fits and then using the combination with the most pins that light up the ring first usually makes the puzzle trivial 80% of the time. The other 20% of the time you may need to think it through.

[Mathias Giovanni]

Originally posted by Unirocks:

Quick tip, check the color of the rings when you select a pattern, it will show the ring blue if the pattern fits,and white if it does not.

That is only if you have the higher level skill. And it doesn't mean the pattern is correct. Meaning you can use a rotation but that one may be needed to complete the second level. It just makes it easier to highlight when it fits a location. But it will highlight on all fitted locations. Would be cool if a higher tier showed a different color if it fits below as well. This way you could line them all up quicker.

[Cadaver]

Originally posted by Mathias Giovanni:

Originally posted by Unirocks:

Quick tip, check the color of the rings when you select a pattern, it will show the ring blue if the pattern fits,and white if it does not.

That is only if you have the higher level skill. And it doesn't mean the pattern is correct. Meaning you can use a rotation but that one may be needed to complete the second level. It just makes it easier to highlight when it fits a location. But it will highlight on all fitted locations. Would be cool if a higher tier showed a different color if it fits below as well. This way you could line them all up quicker.

Actually you can tell if it is correct in most cases, if it only lights up for one layer

But be careful about red herring slots, there IS key pieces that WILL fit the layer but then produce a patternt hat fits no further key

Never slot unless you figured it all out

[Rhazes]

Yes, its very easy. I open up the console target the door and type in unlock saving myself 30 minutes every time I run into a master lock.

[Hurricane]

I find the lock-picking to be childishly trivial.
Here is how I proceed:
Before activating anything, I pre-arrange the various keys I have on the side with the right rotation for each layer. I do one layer at a time.
When I've found them all, I start activating them in order.
Easy.

The only time I've back-tracked was for one "expert" one. It had two external solutions but it was colliding with the internal ring.

[Malice]

Lockpicking is easy. You shouldn't be using more than 2 different patterns on a single tier of the minigame, otherwise you will not have enough for the last bit.

[Rattaplan]

just lock them in after you have placed them, it's how I do it, never used or needed more than one pick

[Tiasmoon]

Originally posted by Shark:

Originally posted by Tiasmoon:

I know, that's why im saying it. The memory aspect is too intense.

Well yeah thats part of the difficulty, you asked me how it makes the puzzle easier and thats how it makes it easier ^^

I'm not sure why you are so opposed to having a QOL improvement.

Unless you are saying this is perfectly fine with the current system:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Starfield/comments/16ealid/bro_wtf_is_this_master_lock_lmao/

Because you didnt just say it would be easier.. you said it would become ''too'' easy.

[Goof]

i always line up the inner rings first, then do the outer. I've been caught a few times where i chose the wrong ones

[Tomibouzu]

Originally posted by PsyBlade:

Since I don't think the game explains this: make sure to use q/t to select the right pick.

the game does not explain this. Looks like bethesda left it so modders could fix it.

[darkbird1000]

I prefer the old skyrim oblivion min games to the new one

[Dagmar]

I have yet to encounter a lock I couldn't pick that I had the skill to be allowed to try.

What I've found to be very helpful is first rotating all the pick parts for each ring to the orientation you need (because they will retain the orientation) and do this in reverse order from the inner to the outer because it will also remember the order in which you touched them. Then you can just click-click-click to solve the puzzle with very little risk of having to use an undo at all.

[Tiasmoon]

Originally posted by Tomibouzu:

Originally posted by PsyBlade:

Since I don't think the game explains this: make sure to use q/t to select the right pick.

the game does not explain this. Looks like bethesda left it so modders could fix it.

You can also just click on the picks themselves (icons to the right) to select them.