User Guide

LOOKING AROUND
There are three ways to get a better look at your surroundings while moving about the
different Cities.
While in third person perspective, pressing and holding the “Look Around Key” will allow you
to use the Mouse to scroll around you and get a better look at your surroundings. While in this
Third Person Look Around Mode, you will still be able to move which makes this action
especially useful for peeking around corners. Releasing the “Look Around Key” will return you
to normal movement mode.
Another way to get a look at your surroundings is to press the “Enter/Zoom Sniper Mode” key
to go into a first person perspective. Once in this mode, you can use the Mouse to move the
camera around and take a look at areas you might want to examine. While in this Sniper Mode
View, you cannot move or turn but can strafe left and right as well as crouch. Strafing while in
this mode allows you to hide behind boxes and the like and just peek your head around the
corner to get a look. To exit the Sniper Mode View, press the “Quick Sniper Mode Exit Key.”
Finally, if you want to get a look behind you quickly, press the “Quick Look Back Key” to move
the camera quickly from behind your body to the front of it. This can be useful while being
pursued or simply seeing who has snuck up behind you. Pressing the key again reverts the
camera to its normal position.
ACTION
When you move around the environment, there are a number of items in the world in which
you can interact with. When you are in another creature, there are many more possibilities, but
more on that later.
In the bottom right corner of the screen
there is an icon called the Action Icon which
will change depending on the context of the
situation you are in. Normally, the icon
appears signifying there is no current action
(see fig. 1). However, there are instances in which you as
Bob can interact with certain world elements.
One such instance is when you need to
open a door. When you see the Action Icon
for open door (see fig. 2), you can press the
“Action Key” to open the door. This open door
icon will only appear when you are standing
at the center of a door while facing it.
Another instance where you can interact
with the environment while outside of a
possessed character is to activate certain
electronic buttons and consoles. As a rule of
thumb, Bob can activate any low-tech
consoles or switches in the environment. Examples of
low-tech devices are on/off buttons and elevator switches.
An example of a high-tech device is a computer terminal.
Those high-tech devices with keyboards will require a
possessed character trained in their usage to activate
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Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3