Decking during Find Raymond Mission

[Cujo]

Do I have to deck in this mission, Find Raymond? I really suck at Decking, but the mission requires me to bring a Decker--which is Isobel.

[dwarfpcfan]

you cannot complete the mission without a decker, freeing Raymond requires going into the matrix and fixing his memories.

[Cujo]

Originally posted by dwarfpcfan:

you cannot complete the mission without a decker, freeing Raymond requires going into the matrix and fixing his memories.

Thanks. I went back to an earlier save. Knowing my mistakes, I was able to prevent them and get further. Save scummed constantly. I still suck at the hacking minigame, so forcing through with the deck is my only option.

But got to Raymond. A little more hacking and some more gunfighting and I may be able to close this one.

[ErzPaladin]

the first step of the hacking mini-game is to earn yourself some time (at least mainly). On that first step you don't need to unlock everything, which is why my advice would be to unlock there everything till ~2 "spots" are left/empty and to spend some extra seconds I'd just start the next step earlier.
On the 2nd hacking step you have to choose one code from all the shown codes. If you did it correct up to that step, then you should have 40-60 seconds left to decide for the fitting one.
So, you don't need to rush it. Start by memorizing 1-3 connected linked glyphs and try to compare them with the shown codes.
Normally you can sort some of the codes out, cause some glyph simply doesn't fit on 2-3 linked glyphs. If that's not enough, then you've to memorize and compare an additional glyph or you change the part of the "glyph"-code which you're comparing.

I can't say that I ever had any serious trouble with the hacking - it's just... annoying--'

[8-bit]

Late to this game but have just reached this level. Wasn't quite sure what I was supposed to do and just kept killing everyone that entered the room and losing the level. I see now I HAVE to enter the system and do a little hacking. Thanks.