User Guide

Move the mouse up and down to change the highlighted
action icon. Release the left mouse button to perform
the highlighted action. The bottom action icon will
always be Cancel (see below.)
Pausing the command cursor over an object or
person will also display the name of the object or
person in the display window on the interface bar.
To get more information about that item or critter,
use the Examine action icon (see below as well.)
Action Icons
USE ITEM/GET
Performing this action will attempt to pick up a
small item (like a rock) or manipulate a large item
(like a door.) You can only pick up inventory
items, and you can only use scenery items. If you
have enough room in your inventory, the item you
pick up will be added to the top of your inventory.
If you Get a dead body, you will have a chance to
loot them for all they were worth.
You can get inventory items, loot dead bodies,
and use scenery items.
EXAMINE
Using this action will give you more detail
about an object or person. You will get a longer
description of the item or person, often with
important information (like how much ammo is left
in a gun, or how wounded a person appears to be.)
In the main game view, this long description will
appear in the display window. In Inventory, this
long description appears in the character display
window.
You can examine almost anything in Fallout 2.
USE SKILL ON
To use one of your active skills on the targeted
object or person, select this action icon. The
skilldex will be displayed and you can select one
of the skills. Some skills will not work on the
targeted object or person (trying to Lockpick a
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