Someone please explain lockpicking to me

[Pesky]

I can move the picks left and right. But I never hear or see any indication I've hit the pin. I don't know when to press 'w'. I've done lockpicking in many other games and I always hear or see a 'click'.

Can someone explain lockpicking to me ? I'm probably doing it entirely wrong.

[Lowjohn]

There's no click, just move the pick and press W.
If it doesn't move, let go of W, move the pick, try again.
if it moves partway and sticks, you're closer, adjust the pick location and try again.
Eventually you'll find the right spot. There's a tutorial, but the tutorial only pops up AFTER the first lock (a bug, soon to be fixed)

[krobin02]

The lock picking for this game is very close to the lock picking, that the Elder Scrolls Skyrim uses. With how many hours I spent playing Skyrim and picking locks; it almost seems like second nature to pick locks in this game. If you're having trouble lock picking and the tutorial doesn't seem to help you; you could go watch some lock picking from Skyrim to maybe help you out some.

[TeDiouS]

Assuming you're using keyboard & mouse: Move the pick left right by moving the mouse left/right.
Hold down left mouse button to try unlocking, the amount the lock turns indicates how close the pick is to the correct location.
Adjust the left/right position of the pick & try again, if it rotates further you're closer, if it moves less you're further away.
Hope that makes sense.
As has been stated above it's similar to lock picking in other games so tutorials on those may help.

[SkibDen]

It is 100% the same as in Fallout or similar games..

[Pesky]

Thank you everyone. Using your replies I figured it out. It's not like the lockpicking in other games I've played. I was holding down the 'w' key as I changed angle and the lock was doing weird things.

Instructions:

Use left-right to pick an angle for the keyhole. Hold down W or the left mouse button.
If the pick doesn't move much your angle is not near the correct angle. As you get closer and closer to the correct angle, the pick moves further.

If the lock didn't open, release W, and try a different angle.