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UnPfhorgiven
Village Dweller
Joined: 02 Oct 2003
Posts: 3
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ok, i read the forum FAQ to find out how to use and equip items but it only told how to pick up items. i downloaded the demo to see if i want to buy this game but i can not for the life of me figure out how to equip weapons or use items such as berries for healing. how the hell do you "use" an item in your inventory???? i have pushed every button a million times and tried every possibility. i'm almost beginning to wonder if the demo has a bug. can someone PLEASE help me out and explain the process for equiping a weapon and using an item such as food from the inventory!!! PLEASE HELP ME!!!!  |
Thu Oct 02, 2003 3:34 am |
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Ammon777
Warrior for Heaven
Joined: 20 Apr 2002
Posts: 2011
Location: United States |
Hiya! Im playing this Gothic game for the first time too, and im almost finished with it. Great game! But to answer youre question, all you have to do to use an item is press CTRL with the up arrow key. That uses berries and also lets you equip anything. Hope this helps! |
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Thu Oct 02, 2003 5:08 am |
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Ammon777
Warrior for Heaven
Joined: 20 Apr 2002
Posts: 2011
Location: United States |
lefthand CTRL key and the up-arrow key that is. You also use that keystroke command for many many things. It is basically the main command for interaction with the world.
EDIT -- and to drop anything from inventory onto the ground, you press lefthand CTRL key and the down arrow.
Here is more info from the gothic-dot.com or somewhere i got it from:
1. GAME SYSTEM EXPLANATION
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That's for the folks who have troubles with the manual.
1.1 General
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Gothic is played mostly with the keyboard. You move with the ARROWS.
The most important key is the LEFT CONTROL key. The LEFT CONTROL key is often used in combination with the arrows.
LEFT CONTROL + UP is "use". Use it to interact with your environment. It is also used to fight (see later).
Pressing the "0" key on the Numeric pad allows you to look around.
Jumping
Pressing ALT allows you to jump. It also helps you to climb stuff. In front of a stiff wall or rock that's about your size,
you may press ALT + UP ARROW key to climb on it. Pressing ALT + DOWN ARROW key lets you step backwards.
Walking
Pressing SHIFT while moving lets you walk. You move slower, but most important, you cannot walk off a cliff and fall.
1.2 Inventory
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TAB calls the inventory mode. Inventory is divided into several categories: weapons, armor, artefacts, magic, writings,
food, drinks, miscellaneous. You switch from one category to the next using the LEFT and RIGHT ARROW keys. Bear in mind that when the inventory is on screen, the game continues ie you can get hit, etc.
In the inventory you may equip weapons, armor and magic spells. A word on each:
If you haven't equipped any weapons, you fight barehanded. It is not very efficient and never will be in the game 
You can equip ONE hand-to-hand weapon, and ONE range weapon.
To equip a weapon, select it with the cursor and "use" it (that's LEFT CONTROL + UP). It you've done it right, the weapon icon will appear in blue, and a red "1" will be displayed (or a 2 if it's a ranged weapon).
On what these numbers mean, see "combat" later.
Weapons often have a minimum strength requirement, which means that unless you are strong enough, you cannot use it.
Likewise, bows, crossbows and the like require a certain level of skill.
You may equip one armor in a similar fashion.
You can equip up to 6 spells in the magic section. They will have a number going from 4 to 10. Alternatively, you can press a key from 4 to 10 on a spell to select it. Magical Runes sometimes require you have sufficient magical training.
1.2.1 Taking things from a chest or a body:
When you will find a chest or body or anything containing stuff, if you "use" it, your inventory will appear on the right and the content of the container, on the left. You may swap contents by using LEFT CONTROL + the LEFT (put) and RIGHT (take) ARROW keys.
1.2.2 Trading:
You will sometimes meet people with which you can trade things.
When this happens, you will see on the left side of the screen their stuff, on the middle six boxes, and on the right, your inventory. Use the LEFT CONTROL + RIGHT ARROW key while on the left part on the screen to BUY something. You will see the value above. In order to complete the transaction, you must SELL enough of your stuff, by selecting what you want to give and using LEFT CONTROL + LEFT ARROW key.
1.3 Fighting
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Press SPACE to switch between normal and combat mode. SPACE sends you in the last combat mode you were in, and this could be either hand-to-hand, ranged or magic. You can use the NUMBERS to go directly to the mode you want: 1 for hand-to-hand, 2 for ranged, 4-0 for the appropriate spell, 3 uses the last spell you used.
When you fight, you cannot take items, but you can beat people which does compensate.
Using LEFT CONTROL + UP, LEFT or RIGHT swings your weapon in the appropriate direction while LEFT CONTROL + DOWN parries. When you parry, you block all physical attacks. Beware, because you can only parry for a limited amount of time, afterwards, you are off guard and very vulnerable.
ALT + LEFT, DOWN and RIGHT lets you side step.
When you get training for your weapon, you can swing it faster and can do some combos.
In ranged fight, use LEFT CONROL + UP to fire and LEFT CONTROL + LEFT or RIGHT to change targets.
Magic spells take time to be cast and in the meantime, if you are wacked, you must start over again.
1.4 Special actions
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1.4.1. Picking a lock:
Once you learn how to pick locks, you can try opening those locked chests you will find everywhere.
First, "use" the chest and then try to find the right combination. For this, press LEFT CONTROL + the LEFT or RIGHT ARROW key. You must find the right sequence. An example of combination can be LEFT, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT. At each step, if you guess right, you hear a reassuring "click". Else, you hear another noise and you must start over again. Additionnally, there is a fair risk that you break your pick. The risk decreases with your training.
1.4.1. Sneak:
Once you learn how to sneak, you can do so by pressing A. You can sometimes surprise your opponents.
1.4.3 Acrobatics:
Once you learn acrobatics, you can jump somewhat longer and fall from somewhat higher. I have found that when falling, if you press the RIGHT KEY on landing, you take no damage (bug? cheat? well...)
1.5. Info screens
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Pressing S calls the Status Screen. You can see your level, experience, and various characteristics.
Pressing L calls the Mission Diary screen. Each time you find something interesting, there will be a scribbling sound and
something will be written in the Diary. There are several sections: current missions, completed missions, cancelled missions and miscellaneous info.
1.6 Experience, levels and training
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Each time you kill an enemy, or at some key points of the game, you earn experience points. At certain thresholds, you gain a new level. Each new level gives you extra maximum life energy and 10 training points.
You can use your training points by talking to some specific people (see list below).
Some will train you for free, some will charge you, and some will do so under certain conditions. Moreover, to learn some advanced skills, some skills must be already mastered. I believe it is possible, albeit difficult, to unlock every possible skill. Therefore, you must carefully chose in which areas to specialize.
The skills include:
One-handed weapons. Level 1 and 2.
Two-handed weapons (one-handed weapon Lvl 2 required).
Bows. Level 1 and 2.
Crossbows.
Lockpicking level 1 and 2.
Pickpockets level 1 and 2.
Acrobatics.
Sneaking.
Magic: circle 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Hunting skills (learn how to get hides, claws, teeth and horns from various animals).
In addition to those, you can work on your Strength, Skill and maximum Mana level.
1.7 Some items in the game
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1.7.1 Magic:
To use Magic, you need a scroll or a rune. Each scroll is destroyed after one use. Runes belong to a circle, so in order to use them, you must have sufficient training.
Depending on your "allegiance" (see walkthrough) you will get the ability to learn magic soon or late in the game. No matter who teaches you magic, you can use all of the runes no matter the school of magic they belong to (ie if you are a fire mage, you can use ice magic). You will be able to purchase runes from various people in the game. So it's OK if you miss a chest with a rune in the game, and it's even more ok if you don't get one specific scroll. Except some special spells which are to be used in a scenario (so you can't miss them) all of the magic in Gothic is not unique.
1.7.2 Weapons:
Weapons in Gothic deal a certain amount of damage. In Hand-to-hand combat, damage is calculated from the strength of the weapon and that of the character, and in range combat, damage is computed from the strength of the weapon and the skill of the character. So strength doesn't play a role in ranged combat, nor does skill in hand-to-hand confrontations. There is no notion of "magical" weapons in the game, with one notable exception but you will know then, so just because a sword has a cool name and because it is unique in the game doesn't mean that the next merchant you'll see doesn't have a better sword for sale.
1.7.3 Drinks:
Some potions can raise your permanent levels of life, mana, strength or skill. Be on the lookout for them!
1.7.4. Artifacts:
You can equip one necklace and two rings. Chose carefully! Artifacts generally change your characteristics (strength,
skill, mana, life, or protection levels). |
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