Devices, runs and few questions

[masterzoroark666]

New to the game and seems the game doesn't explain a couple things very well.
How do you use the devices menu? I managed to get as far to the irradiated secction and I don't have any cash in that menu. I have died multiple times on the same save, especially on the irradiated level, ran through multiple characters and I don't have any cash in that menu anyway.
Second- what is the Devices bind? I bound it, but non of the things you can acquire in the upgrade stores respond to it, not allowing any form of two active devices existing in the inventory.
Third- how does the metaprogression and runs function? I got to the irradiated level as I said, ran through multitude of characers and it seems that you can run the same location over and over with new people without reprecussions, but it feels like I am missing something. I don't wanna throw away the run by pressing NEW GAME if there's something to be done right now.

And the irradiated level- any way of acquiring new gas mask after the first one breaks, or am I stuck with only one and the only way is to ration it?

[Crawling Chaos]

Between levels you unlock devices and can buy them with cash that you have left by the end of the level. No idea why you have no cash in the devices menu between levels though unless you finish levels with not enough cash to buy even the cheapest device. As for devices bind, I mean if you for some reason don't have cash to buy them, no wonder you can't use them, since you don't have any devices to use in the first place.
As for metaprogression, if you die and restart the level with a new character, the new character has only starting equipment and no upgrades (health bonuses, armor, crit etc). You can find a corpse of your previous character on the level but they have only a couple of items that that character had. If you are playing on low difficulty it's probably not a big deal but on higher difficulty if you die it's easier to start a new game because trying to beat even 2nd level with a brand new character is extremely difficult even if you find a corpse of your previous char with some random junk.
As for a gas mask I don't remember if you can get a new one but you don't really need it anyway, it's possible to beat the irradiated level not even using a gas mask, IIRC if you get a lot of radiation you just lose some HP so just don't stay in irradiated areas for too long.

[masterzoroark666]

Originally posted by Crawling Chaos:

Between levels you unlock devices and can buy them with cash that you have left by the end of the level. No idea why you have no cash in the devices menu between levels though unless you finish levels with not enough cash to buy even the cheapest device. As for devices bind, I mean if you for some reason don't have cash to buy them, no wonder you can't use them, since you don't have any devices to use in the first place.
As for metaprogression, if you die and restart the level with a new character, the new character has only starting equipment and no upgrades (health bonuses, armor, crit etc). You can find a corpse of your previous character on the level but they have only a couple of items that that character had. If you are playing on low difficulty it's probably not a big deal but on higher difficulty if you die it's easier to start a new game because trying to beat even 2nd level with a brand new character is extremely difficult even if you find a corpse of your previous char with some random junk.
As for a gas mask I don't remember if you can get a new one but you don't really need it anyway, it's possible to beat the irradiated level not even using a gas mask, IIRC if you get a lot of radiation you just lose some HP so just don't stay in irradiated areas for too long.

One more- if you die you loose the device or can you get the device off the last corpse?