Arcanum: Couple of questions from a new forum member

[InspectorRumpole]

Hi guys
I've just bought Arcanum from gog.com, and i'm currently learning by doing.
I've skimmed the manual, but i got a few questions that i couldn't find answers for. I hope some of you can help me.

1. In The UI there is a red line and some buttons that turns red sometimes. I can't for the life of me figure out what they mean.

Here's a screen:

2. Is there any way i can control the way my companions level up?

3. My companion has Pick Locks, and i dont. How do i make him do it?

4. If i equip a companion with a throwing weapon, like say grenades, will he switch to a secondary weap when he runs out of grenades?

Hope i'm not being too noobish here.

-Rumpole

 

[Jaesun]

Read the fucking Manual?

 

[Jack]

1. In The UI there is a red line and some buttons that turns red sometimes. I can't for the life of me figure out what they mean

Too obvious.

 

[Reject_666_6]

Hi guys
I've just bought Arcanum from gog.com, and i'm currently learning by doing.
I've skimmed the manual, but i got a few questions that i couldn't find answers for. I hope some of you can help me.

1. In The UI there is a red line and some buttons that turns red sometimes. I can't for the life of me figure out what they mean.

Here's a screen:

2. Is there any way i can control the way my companions level up?

3. My companion has Pick Locks, and i dont. How do i make him do it?

4. If i equip a companion with a throwing weapon, like say grenades, will he switch to a secondary weap when he runs out of grenades?

Hope i'm not being too noobish here.

-Rumpole

I'm going to play along:

1. The two lines below are experience metres. When the lower lines fills up, the big red line gets another segment. When the big red line fills up, you gain a level.

2. Nope.

3. You just do it yourself, and if your other party members have a higher skill, they jump in and scream "Allow me!". There were some subtleties to this system, but I can't remember everything right now.

4. Don't know, as I've never done that. I think so, though. When you equip them with bows and they run out of arrows, they switch to another weapon.

 

[CrimHead]

Sup drog

 

[Reject_666_6]

You can choose whether to distribute your followers' skill pts. yourself when installing drog's patch, IIRC.

Whoa, that's really cool.

 

[DraQ]

new forum member

Whoa, we still get those?
Cool.

 

[Jaesun]

1. In The UI there is a red line and some buttons that turns red sometimes. I can't for the life of me figure out what they mean

Too obvious.

Yeah.

 

[Lockkaliber]

droog-kun

 

[GarfunkeL]

And next will have a stunning diatribe how Arcanum is a shittiest shitty shit ever.

 

[­Schattenjäger[FAKE]]

Maybe he's not drog, and indeed, he's just a clueless n00b?

 

[SCO]

jesus christ - why are you back you horrible creature.

 

[Mangoose]

Welcome, Rumpoole.

-Mangoose

 

[Jason]

jesus christ - why are you back you horrible creature.

Who, Kosmo? Do you have something against spics?

 

[DraQ]

jesus christ - why are you back you horrible creature.

 

[Grunker]

what is this thread

it incapacitates my fraile cerebrum

 

[Annonchinil]

Any fan patches or mods to install?

 

[Sceptic]

jesus christ - why are you back you horrible creature.

Who, Kosmo? Do you have something against spics?

That's the fake?

God I almost had a heart attack there.

Kosmo, I think you're a cool guy, but don't you EVER pull off that shit again without warning, d'ya hear?

 

[Kron]

Still no reply from the new forum member.

Such a mystery...

 

[DragoFireheart]

Still no reply from the new forum member.

Such a mystery...

Maybe he's timid and the hatred of the Codex scared him away?

 

[Kron]

Pfft, what a pussy, he didn't even get 1eyedk and skyway to post.

 

[­Schattenjäger[FAKE]]

jesus christ - why are you back you horrible creature.

Who, Kosmo? Do you have something against spics?

That's the fake?

God I almost had a heart attack there.

Kosmo, I think you're a cool guy, but don't you EVER pull off that shit again without warning, d'ya hear?

Sorry, I fucked up my Kosmonaut account and now I can't log in. I'm gonna use this account in the mean time.

Or maybe I can use either my fake Clockwork Knight or Wyrmlord accounts. Can't decide.

 

[oldmanpaco]

jesus christ - why are you back you horrible creature.

Who, Kosmo? Do you have something against spics?

That's the fake?

God I almost had a heart attack there.

Kosmo, I think you're a cool guy, but don't you EVER pull off that shit again without warning, d'ya hear?

Sorry, I fucked up my Kosmonaut account and now I can't log in. I'm gonna use this account in the mean time.

Or maybe I can use either my fake Clockwork Knight or Wyrmlord accounts. Can't decide.

Thought you were banned. BTW un-ignore me bitch. It bothers me.

 

[InspectorRumpole]

Thanks for the warm welcome guys.
Ok, being serious now - Thanks to those of you who took the time to reply, it cleared some things up.
There's still some things i feel the manual doesnt explain though.
And yeah im a noob.

-Rumpole

 

[Jaesun]

What doesn't the Manual explain?