Into the Dark — User Manual
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1. BUT HEY if all you want to do is rush through the game without looking for hints only dealing with the absolutely necessary puzzles and opponents please pass this game on to someone who will appreciate our work Thank you 4 Gameplay 4 1 Operation Forwards Backwards Left Right Lean left Lean right Use Take up weapon Duck Reload Weapons mode Close combat Mission log Head movements Shoot Aim Change weapon Mouse Left mouse button Right mouse button Mouse wheel alternatively 1 9 As you probably noticed already having the Use key assigned to ENTER is unusual This is intentional when you re using items we wanted to let you know that our game character just can t react quickly and shoot accurately right at that moment One shining example of this is our 4 2 Damage and Healing System There are no damage displays Depending on the degree of injury you ve sustained the screen will change color to red blood spatter will rob you of your sight and from a certain level or if you receive a critical body or head hit your vision will blur And no there s no Autoheal either There are sporadic Autosaves but absolutely no Autoheal And you can t just run over a Medipack to regenerate your strength If a first aid kit is nearby it will appear as a small icon in the upper left of your screen If you re healthy you can t use it If you re injured press ENTER to use it A2. Into the Dark User Manual 1 Introduction Thank you for buying this bizarre concoction from the traditional underground forge Homegrown Games By buying this game you have demonstrated that you not only have a heart for cult trashy B movies but you ve also played an active role in ensuring that we can continue to explore the boundaries of good taste and then overstep them with relish Bruce Campbell would be proud of you To guarantee the maximum benefit we ve compiled some information here in the manual for you and it s info that will guarantee survival in the wacky world of Peter Brenner Pete O Brannon and maximize your game playing enjoyment at the same time But you have to bring your own questionable sense of humor ae Pt Ke te You don t have to be as drunk as our main character to enjoy the game but it certainly helps 2 Important technical information Into the Dark doesn t need a really powerful graphics card but it does require good CPU core power min 2 8 GHZ and above all enough RAM Please exit all other programs Skype email clients web browsers etc before you start the game If one of the following problems occurs Mission Log does not appear despite holding down the M button Movies on entering the cinema or when enabling a TV or projector will not play properly save your game right away but not in slot 1 this is reserved for automatic quicksaves quit th
3. They are tough opponents but damn good allies too ATTENTION If a would be opponent calls out to you Don t shoot he probably wants to speak with you instead of getting into an infight You can still shoot him of course but maybe it would be a good idea to hear what he has to say first 4 4 Skills amp Achievements Depending on your chosen path and how diligent you are in your investigations Pete will receive various skills during the game These skills range from Basic Tinkering to Advanced Wiring and make advancing from level to level a little easier For really special performances you ll get Achievements but we don t want to give too much 5 Modding All models and textures are accessible in the folder The models are X format plus PNG and DDS textures Have fun modding but at your own risk 6 Credits Play the game through then you ll see the credits THE TOTALLY CRAZY CREATORS HERE AT HOMEGROWN GAMES WISH YOU LOTS OF FUN ENJOY
4. e program restart it and load the most recent game We also suggest a drop out after each final death just in case the game doesn t do it automatically PROBLEMS WITH LOADING THE NEXT LEVELS The next level might not load properly especially if you have a Windows XP 32 bit system and your PC only has 2GB of RAM In this case the game may crash just before the end of the loading procedure for the next level DON T PANIC When you restart the game you ll find a Quick Save game in slot 1 that s very close to the game level you completed at the time the crash happened Just load this game and finish the level GRAPHICS SETTINGS Did you notice that Into the Dark has no graphics settings The game takes the settings directly from your driver settings instead You can easily modify the quality of both nVidia and AMD ATI graphics drivers The game runs automatically in your native resolution up to 1920 1200 pixels If you would like an even higher resolution just enter it in setup ini Tuning the texture quality In setup ini you ll find the entry named dividetexturesize 2 If you have a well optimized system and have no problems with RAM and with loading new levels you can set the value to dividetexturesize 0 If you re struggling with RAM problems despite regularly quitting the game you could also set this value to dividetexturesize 4 but oh my will this beautiful game look ugly 3 How is the game played 3 1 Set amp Sett
5. ing This game isn t called Into the Dark for nothing Anyone who comes up with the idea of enjoying this game in glorious sunshine and with melodious birdsong coming in through the open window should just forget it right away And turning up the screen brightness to the point where all the corners are lit should definitely be avoided as well Into the Dark is best enjoyed in the evening or at night alone in the dark with cranked up speakers 3 2 The Investigation Game Strictly speaking Into the Dark is neither an Adventure nor a Shooter it s an Investigation Game meaning that you search locations as thoroughly as possible draw your own conclusions from what you find there and base your next actions on those conclusions to get you through the levels You could find yourself solving a puzzle flipping a switch finding a key or doing something else totally different And while you re doing all this the background story is revealed little by little As in every good role playing game we distinguish between knowledge of the player and knowledge of the character What does this mean Well in some areas the character played by you will know more than you do but in others you ll know more unless you had a very bad education Passwords and quiz questions which you could maybe guess easily will be a problem for your character if he hasn t even found an ingame clue yet This acquired knowledge of the character is deleted whe
6. n a new game is started or an old saved game where knowledge has not yet been acquired is loaded And this leads us to another issue namely Fictitious memory In everyday life we suddenly remember that we ve already seen something but we didn t recognize that fact at first glance In Into the Dark this is simulated in such a way that an object even one that s out of view will appear when Pete our main character starts remembering where he s seen that particular item When you start a new level it s logical that this memory still doesn t exist so the object in question won t be available either Or in other words you can t go off collecting saltpeter if Pete hasn t remembered how to make black powder yet 3 3 The Mission Log The Mission Log is the compromise which has meanwhile become a feature between our idea of what makes a sophisticated game and the demands of today s players In a game like this we would normally expect you to note down your discoveries on paper And it s okay with us if you decide to do this There is an alternative however you can always use the M button Then you ll see the following T 2m 2 Private Cyc While can handle a gon f l have bo proffer bo tinker and fo inveshigake M order bo akid serious trouble Allright now s about getting out alive and kicking Sams beautiful ass for sending me int The way through the chemistry lab seems to be safest However need akey
7. nd then the procedure starts Pete holsters his gun the graphics go into Storytelling mode and the doctoring is carried out ranging from the bandaging of wounds to the taking of painkillers Remember this though during this time you re absolutely helpless Start bandaging your wounds near a zombie prostitute who s drooling with lust and raving with hunger for brains and you re history 4 3 The Opponents Into the Dark has various types of enemies and characters each of whom is fundamentally different from the others NASTY LADIES As opponents go Zombie prostitutes aren t too tough but you should still get your gun out if you hear screams of lust and hunger nearby Mutants They re HUNGRY And stupid very stupid in fact Well most of them anyway 0 Mutants always run in a straight line towards the player and get stuck on obstacles and at corners giving us a wonderful view of those lovingly built in clipping errors Mutant ARE however as strong as hell In a worst case scenario just two hits from one could be fatal Normal Zombies These are stupid as well but they can be very fast On the other hand they won t inflict much damage Nazi Zombies Medium fast medium strong They can be killed with head shots even with just your fist Soldiers These are the most dangerous normal enemies in the game Soldiers can walk up amp down stairs open doors take cover and even join forces with one another
8. to enter there Whit ek 2 R ive e Eye cannof let lease my yeets Ee fhe army ey think and Sek like the seldrer used to be Ly Sy A A shotgun The same model usedl to breach doors in Basra with But DLL need more ammo l hare fo remove the corrosion on He switehbourad Vinegar or a coke wouled help a Lot There must be another way info the Blolab But Up seems to be a very dangerous place indeed The btolabs are open ano waiting i hope l haye j enough ammo for the shotgun to survine On the left you ll see the hints for the private detective slumbering in you If you follow these hints you ll inevitably get trickier puzzles but you ll also unlock certain abilities and achievements and the more consistently you follow this Adventure path the weaker your opponents will get On the right you ll see the hints for the Shooters These can also lead to puzzles but you ll always get better weapons more ammunition and tougher opponents In general you can combine the two paths right up to the very last puzzle of a level Which brings us to another issue 3 4 Game duration If you tackle this game with a balanced mix of Adventure and Shooter paths you ll need around 10 hours to get to the final credits However if you closely examine all the ingame hints the Easter eggs and posters and if you look at the in game movies and try out creative solutions as well we re talking about 20 hours
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