Lockpicking impossible is there a bug

[micknewc]

Having just bought this game I am really confused with the lockpicking. I am at the millers house and he is showing me how to lock pick but I find it impossible. Now I know having read sites that its a matter of using the mouse and D key and moving the mouse to keep in sync with the D key but even when i have the ball lit up right at the top of the left top of the lock and I move it with the D key it just hits the top of the lock and will go no further and in the end fails,
I also have looked at You tube and all of the examples show the lock as a smooth run but my locks are jagged and on some cannot get past the two jagged parts.
I am having difficulty to explain this but please accept it when i say that the You Tube video locks look nothing like mine.
Is there a patch that i need to download or are patsces download automatically.
Any help please would be greatly appreciated as this lockpicking is spoiling what is to me an excelent game but it is frustrating to say the least to be stumped like this.
Best regards to all
Mick

[Lieste]

This chest is "easy", there are some in the world which are "very easy".
You can obtain one level of training picking in each 5 from Peshek (or a few others), and you can learn to read and obtain a book which gives one level in picking in each 5 levels.

(You must obtain the other levels by practice and successes in skill application, before you can buy a second skill level via training, or read the second skill book, and so on).

The 'decorative' fringe is helpful as a visual guide to the motion of the lock frame when not near a corner, and it is then only a matter of following the circular path of the sweet spot at the appropriate rate. This was easy enough in the original version without the decoration, and is much easier with the visual reference. Mark the place the sweet spot is relative to the nearest 'point', then as this mark shifts, keep the sweet spot moving with it.

As with most other manual skills in game, the difficulty of any particular task goes down with Henry practising. Find a discrete place to practice on a very easy lock if you find the easy ones too hard, and then apply perks as you earn them to suit your preferences.
(Luck of the drunk, and application of alcohol makes all locks attackable quite early on for example and is so overpowered (though with limitations in RP terms) that I never took it... but if I found picking hard I might have considered it).

[Mr. Stagger Lee]

I use a gamepad so can’t really help, but the speed which you turn the mechanism is important. If you go too slow and try to be too careful you can increase the chance of your tool breaking. Videos showing locks without the jaggies are just very old. They added the jagged edges after release to make it easier to keep track of the position.

[theo]

There's no such thing on keyboard, we just press D and it turns with static speed

Really no idea what is wrong in OP's case

[Bohab138]

Use the "jags" as a referance to keep the cursor in, try to keep the dot yellow and as large as possible, thats how i do it. At early levels i would unlock the one where Peshek trains you and the one upstairs in his house to level up, they are ussually relocked every day. Also you can find alot of very easy boxes to open in the random barns pretty much everywhere (ledetchko has a bunch), at night time there wont be anyone around to bust you except the occasional watchman.

[B_Wald]

I play with a gamepad 99% of the time, but I switch to mouse and keyboard for lockpicking. It's so much easier it isn't even funny. Hold D to rotate the lock while using the mouse to move the pick.

[YOGI]

Originally posted by Sasau Cat:

There's no such thing on keyboard, we just press D and it turns with static speed

Really no idea what is wrong in OP's case

Psst...CAT he's LOOKING at the Lockpick on Skyrim You tube vid .....dude...it has TWO lockpick in it.. ?

[YOGI]

Originally posted by micknewc:

Having just bought this game I am really confused with the lockpicking. I am at the millers house and he is showing me how to lock pick but I find it impossible. Now I know having read sites that its a matter of using the mouse and D key and moving the mouse to keep in sync with the D key but even when i have the ball lit up right at the top of the left top of the lock and I move it with the D key it just hits the top of the lock and will go no further and in the end fails,
I also have looked at You tube and all of the examples show the lock as a smooth run but my locks are jagged and on some cannot get past the two jagged parts.
I am having difficulty to explain this but please accept it when i say that the You Tube video locks look nothing like mine.
Is there a patch that i need to download or are patsces download automatically.
Any help please would be greatly appreciated as this lockpicking is spoiling what is to me an excelent game but it is frustrating to say the least to be stumped like this.
Best regards to all
Mick

This...is the GUIDE for lockpicking on KCD...Im of the MIND you were thinking of SKYRIM lockpicking (its the ONLY rpg similarity in the Whole game (kinda) Slow down..take your time..its supposed to be FUN right? Its a game talk to everyone unless its repitive....LOOK at stuff...FIGHT/explore (Im on my 6th time playing the game...and IM STILL finding new stuff!) Link; YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrXhDkGi-ls

[Bandy]

NO bug, its HILARIOUSLY easY to LOCK pick, BUT don't TRY harDer LOCKS until skill is HIGHer...

Not sure WHY my keyborad is doing THIS!

[micknewc]

Thanks to all guys will stick at it. Still have no idea why mine has jagged edges but in all of the tuturials its a smooth run ,Looking at mattddilans post showing link to YiuTube video above its still a smooth run with no jagged edges. Just for my curiosity anyone know why this is.

[CloudSeeker]

Originally posted by micknewc:

Thanks to all guys will stick at it. Still have no idea why mine has jagged edges but in all of the tuturials its a smooth run ,Looking at mattddilans post showing link to YiuTube video above its still a smooth run with no jagged edges. Just for my curiosity anyone know why this is.

Are you looking at videos from the launch? They added things to the lock so you can focus on something and not having to guess where the lock is when you turn it. Its to make it easier.

Also. Just because the ball becomes yellow does not mean it is the best spot. You want a big yellow ball and not just the color.

[micknewc]

Okay CloudSeeker many thanks understand the reason for the tutorials now being smooth.
Guess its a matter of practise and more practise

[CloudSeeker]

Originally posted by micknewc:

Okay CloudSeeker many thanks understand the reason for the tutorials now being smooth.
Guess its a matter of practise and more practise

The more you level up the easier it gets as well. If you want to level up quickly. Just go around during the day and lockpick every single door and lock without stealing anything. You can reach level 10 pretty fast. If you get the footpad potion you get 25% of the stats for free for a while. It is really good when you have low pickpocket skills as well.

[micknewc]

I am wondering if its because I am left handed. I know it sounds ridiculous but trying to turn the mouse with the left hand and keeping the ball in the sweat spot it appears as if I do not have the radius to turn the mouse in the direction long enough.

Going to try using my right hand will let you know what happens for all the left handers out there.

Of course it could be cause i am getting far to old for this lark and the brain aint reacting as it should.

Have a good weekend guys and gals
Best regards
Mick