User manual GAMES PC THIEF-THE DARK PROJECT (UK)

[. . . ] EPILEPSY WARNING Please read before using this video game system or allowing your children to use it. Some people are susceptible to epileptic seizures or loss of consciousness when exposed to certain flashing lights or light patterns in everyday life. Such people may have a seizure while watching certain television images or playing certain video games. This may happen even if the person has no medical history of epilepsy or has never had any epileptic seizures. If you or anyone in your family has ever had symptoms related to epilepsy (seizures or loss of consciousness) when exposed to flashing lights, consult your doctor prior to playing. [. . . ] If you have more than one of the same kind of object in your general inventory, you'll 14 see the total number you have next to the item. If you have picked up more than one "loot" object, you'll see the total value of all the loot you have. (Note: loot and treasure items go into your inventory, but cannot be used. ) To use your selected inventory item, press the use button. If it's a potion, this will drink it. If it's a scroll, this will read it. If it's a flashbomb, this will toss it into the world. Inventory items will only stay on screen for five seconds after they are selected. If there is no item highlighted in the world, and you have no inventory item selected, hitting TAB will select the last inventory item you had selected. Using inventory objects with objects in the world Some objects in your inventory (like keys) can be used on objects in the world. To use (for example) a key on a door, select and use the key. The key icon will zip to the centre of the screen, indicating that it can be used on other objects. Then centre the door on your screen, so that it becomes highlighted. Using the door while your key is centred will use the key to open the door. Picking pockets The great thing about being a thief is that you can pick up things that someone else foolishly thinks they're hanging on to. Of course, the pocket hasn't actually been invented yet, but many people will have a key or a purse of coins hanging at their hip. If they don't know you're there, you can take their possessions right off their belts!This works just as if the object were located out anywhere else (see Using objects in the world, above), the only problem being getting close enough to remain undetected by the object's onetime owner! COMBAT Sometimes, thieving can be made easier by a measured application of force. Usually, this means a stealthy sword-blow from behind, or a well-placed arrow shot from a place of concealment. In a desperate situation, a frontal one-on-one melee may be the best option. Hey, it's always good to keep your options open!To attack with any weapon, use the attack 15 button. (The default is the left mouse button. ) The Sword To draw your sword, press the "1" key. You'll see a spinning sword in the lower left corner of the screen, showing you the currently selected weapon. While your sword is drawn, you will move slightly slower than your normal speed, and you will be more visible to enemies. [. . . ] If you have Water Arrows to spare, use them to clean up incriminating blood stains. Closing doors behind you can also serve to keep anyone from becoming suspicious. DEFAULT CONTROL CONFIGURATION SUMMARY 2 Button Mouse Use Weapon Use Item Mouse Button 1 Mouse Button 2 3 Button Mouse Use Weapon Use Item Block Mouse Button 1 Mouse Button 2 Mouse Button 3 Run Walk Backpedal Turn Left Turn Right Strafe Left Strafe Right Lean Left Lean Right Jump W S X A D Z C Q E SPACE Numpad _8 Numpad _5 Numpad _2 Numpad _4 Numpad _6 Numpad _1 Numpad _3 Numpad _7 Numpad _9 Numpad _0 Up Arrow Down Arrow Left Arrow Right Arrow Alt/Turn Left Alt/Turn Right 25 Jump/Block Crouch Look Up Look Down Center View Drop Item Map Objectives Menu Cycle Inventory Forward Cycle Inventory Backward Clear Inventory Screen Gamma Adjust SPACE F T G V R M O ESC Tab Shift/Tab Backspace +, - Numpad _0 Numpad _ENTER Page Up Page Down Numpad _DEL Numpad _* Numpad _/ Left Bracket Right Bracket Clear Weapon Sword Blackjack Broadhead Arrow Water Arrow Fire Arrow Moss Arrow Gas Arrow Rope Arrow Noisemaker Arrow Select Healing Potion ~ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 F1 select Air Potion select Holy Water select LockPick 1 select LockPick 2 select Flash Bomb select Gas Mine select Mine select Compass Take Screenshot Quick Save Quick Load F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 26 27 Check Out the README! Please refer to the accompanying README file on the CD for late-breaking information and updates not covered in the Thief: The Dark Project manual. Preparing Your Hard Drive To ensure that your installation is trouble free, you should check to see that your hard drive and file system are both tuned for optimum performance. Windows 95/98® comes with two utility programs that find and fix any errors and optimise your hard drive's performance. The first of these programs is called ScanDisk. [. . . ]