pc controls and computer hack help

[edicus]

I just started the PC version and wanted to know if anyone else is having trouble moving your character, especially when turning around.

 

Also, I reached the first computer hack and even after watching the tutorial, I have no clue how to do this!!

 

Thanks for assistance!!

Edited July 16, 2010 by edicus

[Tigranes]

Depends what you mean when you say move your character, it may be a jerky / unresponsive mouse problem? If so that's quite common, search the PC Support forums and look at the Known Issues thread. If not, tell us in more detail...

 

Search these forums for a huge amount of discussion on the computer hack. There are tips on how to make it easier (you can also use EMPs with one level in Sabotage, later on). Someone also posted a way to make computer hacks easier (i.e. more time), I think, in one of those threads.

[KalfearAP]

I just started the PC version and wanted to know if anyone else is having trouble moving your character, especially when turning around.

 

Also, I reached the first computer hack and even after watching the tutorial, I have no clue how to do this!!

 

Thanks for assistance!!

 

Im so with you, I just bought game and im almost ready to return it as unplayable because of the computer hack mini game!

 

Im set on easy and 24 secs like 5 minutes to short for all the choices on the pad to find.

Been locked in a room trying to hack for 30 minutes and all I have gotten is very angry and upset

 

Not looking good for this game!

They could have at least added a bypass for the easy setting cause Im not good at these types of mini games!

Hell I can barely pick the locks in the tutorial as well

[Orchomene]

I just started the PC version and wanted to know if anyone else is having trouble moving your character, especially when turning around.

 

Also, I reached the first computer hack and even after watching the tutorial, I have no clue how to do this!!

 

Thanks for assistance!!

 

Im so with you, I just bought game and im almost ready to return it as unplayable because of the computer hack mini game!

 

Im set on easy and 24 secs like 5 minutes to short for all the choices on the pad to find.

Been locked in a room trying to hack for 30 minutes and all I have gotten is very angry and upset

 

Not looking good for this game!

They could have at least added a bypass for the easy setting cause Im not good at these types of mini games!

Hell I can barely pick the locks in the tutorial as well

 

1. I'm not the best one you can find in those mini games and was first very frustrated with the hacking one. But I can assure you you get used to it. Ok, controls on PC are not the best you can see, but the easy hacking are doable.

 

2. With level 1 in sabotage you can use EMP grenades to bypass the hacking.

[Estelindis]

I found the controls for hacking extremely frustrating, personally. Particularly with the mouse, it often happened that as I was trying to click to select the right-hand character-string, it would move slightly with the clicking motion and thus select the wrong character block. Especially considering the checkpoint saving system, this had to be my least-favourite aspect of AP.

 

Thankfully, a good gaming mouse can improve the overall experience (I played the first half with the ordinary, entry-level mouse connected to my desktop, before changing it for the gaming mouse that came with my laptop).

 

Sure, you can use EMPs. One can only carry so many, though, and I tend to keep one or two in reserve in case I come up against any ridiculously hard locks (of the ten levers in twenty seconds variety).

Edited July 19, 2010 by Estelindis

[Orchomene]

Sure, you can use EMPs. One can only carry so many, though, and I tend to keep one or two in reserve in case I come up against any ridiculously hard locks (of the ten levers in twenty seconds variety).

 

If you use a lot of EMP, you get a perk giving you one more EMP per inventory slot in your jacket. That helps a lot. Also, you can put EMP in more than one slot. First missions do not have that many hacking mini games, yet in the end, you can have to use a lot more EMP grenades.

But by the end of the game, I had at least 12 EMP grenades (3 per slot and four full slots) and it was sufficient.

[Estelindis]

If you use a lot of EMP, you get a perk giving you one more EMP per inventory slot in your jacket. That helps a lot. Also, you can put EMP in more than one slot. First missions do not have that many hacking mini games, yet in the end, you can have to use a lot more EMP grenades.

But by the end of the game, I had at least 12 EMP grenades (3 per slot and four full slots) and it was sufficient.

I did get that perk, and I agree that 12 would be more than sufficient! However, I liked to use my inventory slots for more than just EMPs. Flash-bangs and shock grenades are very useful in a no-kills playthrough! Med kits also have their uses. However, it must be said that if one's sole aim is to be able to get through the game without having to hack directly, it is generally possible (excluding the initial hacking at the Greybox).

Edited July 19, 2010 by Estelindis