Confused about controls

[Xamalion]

Can you tell me what to do with the mouse when I cross the anomalies? I pushed the right button and hold it, I tried to swipe, but nothing happens or works. And then it moves itself from right to left and back but nothing happens either. I don't get it, there's no more information.

[AnAIAgent]

Hold right and move left or right slowly/lightly, instead of swiping. It's supposed to be like tuning the orb in, you'll notice some visual and audio changes as you tune it.

[Misterfooks]

Hi! You need to use your mouse to "tune" to the event by holding down the right button and moving your mouse left or right until you find the right spot that will activate the scene.

If you still find those controls confusing, you can pause the game, enter "Settings", then "Accessibility" and turn "Simplified event tuning" ON to simply activate those events by pressing the right mouse button.

Hope that helps!

[Xamalion]

Well thanks, maybe you should put that information right to the start before it destroys the whole atmosphere. -_-

[Bitcoin Baron]

Agreed

I had to turn on the easy setting in the menu, both because I wasn't sure what I was supposed to do and the mouse icon went on its own across the entire range of the slider, so it obviously isn't a "tuning in" puzzle when you first look at it.

It's horrible seeing something in the game, especially at the start that you feel you can or should be able to interact with, but having no ability to do so (until you turn on the easy mode in the menu, it's not possible). It kind of sets the expected tone for the rest of the game.

[Borjoyzee]

I had the same problem. First the slider didn't react to any movement and then it moved the whole way to one side automatically - it was not possible to stop it or slow it down in any way. Either this puzzle is broken or really badly implemented. Since it adds nothing to the experience, and more importantly doesn't work, I switched to simplified mode.

[St. Timmy's]

The "tuning" with the mouse wasn't exactly clear to me either at the start. Maybe my DPI settings are having an impact because sometimes I really have to fiddle with the mouse to get the anomaly in the correct position to trigger the event. My issue, controlwise, is with "run". It seems incredibly slow. I had already explored some areas before I noticed that you could turn on light switches, so I wanted to backtrack to make sure that I didn't miss anything. This was excruciatingly slow with the way run is implemented now. Another post said it is momentum based, like you have to hold the button while you move to pick up speed, but the increase was still negligible. Does anyone know if that is true?

[Xamalion]

I have the same problem with running. Sometimes I walk quite fast when I'm in an impossible viewing angle which I'm unable to hold the whole time and when I'm back on track looking straight forward I crouch around like a slug. The running is a joke. Also sometimes it "feels" like the character is stumbling over things when there is nothing but grass/pavement.

[Borjoyzee]

Found out what was at least my problem. I concentrated on the movement of the slider, but that's wrong. When holding the right mouse button you actually move the glowing orb. But it moves only so slightly on screen that I didn't notice it in the first place. That might be a resolution problem with my mouse because I have to move it quite a way on the mousepad before it moves on the screen. Now you have to find the position of the orb where it gets smaller until it vanishes. After figuring that out I can solve all of this "puzzles" within seconds. HTH anyone.

[MY TEAM SUCKS]

Originally posted by Misterfooks:

Hi! You need to use your mouse to "tune" to the event by holding down the right button and moving your mouse left or right until you find the right spot that will activate the scene.

If you still find those controls confusing, you can pause the game, enter "Settings", then "Accessibility" and turn "Simplified event tuning" ON to simply activate those events by pressing the right mouse button.

Hope that helps!

fov option??

[seaux]

Thought I'd bump this one for the new owners.

I quite like this 'tuning' mechanic now that I know about it. It could have used better prompting the first time though... like others I was watching the prompt itself and wondering why nothing was happening.

[Picolino]

i cannot move the cursor slowly or else it wont move at all, i gotta say i have no idea how to resolve this orb thing, what am i suppose to be looking at? first orb kinda resolved itself but i cant get past the second

[Misterfooks]

If you are having problems with the tuning of the orbs, I'd suggest going to Settings -> Accessibility and turning "Simplified event tuning" on. You'll then be able to activate those scenes by holding your right mouse button / left shoulder button on a controller. Hope that helps!