Getting started
Using items
The basics
Open the inventory, point at the item and right-click it (this includes items with a limited number of uses).
The hotkey bar
To do well you can, and should, use more than the mouse. The hotkey bar at the bottom of the screen gives quick, convenient access to the spells and weapons you need.
One row holds 10 hotkeys for quick item use, and each bar has 5 rows: hotkeys for 50 items in all.
01 | Expand / collapse / reset
Expand: show every row of the bar
Collapse: show only the first row
Reset: activate every inactive row
02 | Row number
The current row. Change it with Tab or the arrow keys.
03 | Activation
To deactivate, that is hide, a row press . Tab and the arrows skip deactivated rows.
04 | Hotkeys
Use the hotkeys with F1–F10. To switch from F1–F10 to the number keys 1–0 press .
Putting items on the bar
To pick up an item, point at it and press the left mouse button; while carried, its picture grows. To put it back, do the same in reverse. Items can also be moved between empty cells of the bar; dropping one onto an occupied cell swaps the two.
Bring the item over the cell you want and left-click again. The item is now on the bar.
Note
Hold Alt for automatic item handling.
To use an item press its key or right-click it.
Equipping and unequipping
Left-click the item; the cursor takes the item's shape.
Once the item is selected, the slot it can go into is highlighted in yellow. Bring the item over it and left-click. This is how, for example, you load ammunition into a weapon.
Note
Not every item can be equipped or used. Your character must meet some conditions:
| 01 | Has your character reached the level the item requires? |
| 02 | Does your character's race allow this item? |
| 03 | Does your character's mastery meet the requirement? |
Picking up and dropping
While hunting, items fall to the ground: weapons, armour, resources. To pick one up press X or Space, or left-click it.
Note
If an item cannot be picked up, one of these is the reason:
- you have no right to it, or it was left by characters of another race
- the cursor is in skill or Force selection mode
- your inventory is full
Select the unwanted item in the inventory with a left-click, carry it outside the window onto free space and click again. A dropped item disappears after a while.
Note
Before dropping an item, make sure you really do not need it.
Source: rfonline.ru (Innova, 2007–2009), recovered from the Internet Archive. original page