User Guide

Now change to the command cursor. Left-click on the computer. If

you are standing too far away from an object, you will automati-

cally walk or run there when you attempt to use the object.

Walk south, moving further into the cave. Watch out for

vermin!

If you move too close to a rat, it will decide to attack you.

After it moves up to you and bites, combat will start. Notice that

the combat buttons in the lower right-hand corner of the interface

bar open up. It’s now combat! Left-click on the pistol. The cursor

will change to a target and the rat will be outlined in red. Move

the target cursor over the rat. The number next to the cursor is

how likely you are to hit it. It should be a pretty big number. Left-

click the mouse button to shoot the rat. The closer you are to your

target, the easier it is to hit them with a ranged weapon.

If you miss it, or it takes the bullet but doesn’t die, click on the

big red button that is attached to the button with the pistol. It

should change the active item from the pistol to the brass knuck-

les. Left-click on the brass knuckles to attack with them. Target

the rat again. You can continue to attack until you run out of

action points. The number of action points you have remaining is

displayed by the row of green lights above your weapon. The cost

to use a weapon is displayed in the lower left-hand side of the

weapon button. When you have just a few action points remain-

ing, end your turn by clicking on the END TURN button.

Everyone else involved in the combat will get a chance to act, and

then it will be your turn again. When your turn starts, your action

points are restored.

If the rat dies, combat will end. If the rat lives after your

attacks, it will get another chance to attack you. You know it is the

rats turn when the lights on the interface bar turn from green to

red. Don’t worry, you’ll get a turn soon enough. If the rat starts to

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Figure 2-4: The combat button. The END TURN

button will end your current turn. The END CMBT

button will attempt to stop the combat. If there are

hostile creatures still involved, the fight will continue!