User Guide

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The screen is divided into two sections: the
game view and the interface bar.
The game view is the upper part of the screen
where the action takes place. Your character, and
the non-player characters (NPCs) inhabit this part
of the screen. It is in the game view that you
perform most of your actions: moving around,
grabbing items, talking to people, targeting enemy
critters in combat, opening doors, exploring, and
more.
The bottom part of the screen is the interface
bar. You will use the interface bar to perform
game-related activities: accessing inventory,
selecting a weapon or weapon mode to attack with,
accessing the character screen, selecting options,
getting feedback from the display window, and more.
Using your mouse, you will perform actions using
different types of cursors.
The Action
Cursor
Fallout 2 uses an
Action Cursor to
show what actions
can be performed
at the current
time. There are
four basic modes
the Action Cursor
can be in when you
are on the normal
game screen.
Movement (game view only)
Command
Targeting (turn-based combat only)
Hand (inventory only)