I like the action of 'driving' myself around in a game even though sometimes it is a bit clumsy in this game, sometimes I miss the stairs or crash into something. Now that I think about it it's one of the few things I actually liked about Sentinel: Descendants in Time.

I agree that adventure games shouldn't tie up both hands, you should be allowed to eat or do whatever while you enjoy your game. So far I haven't encountered anything requiring use of the right mouse button so am using that as the walk forward key though I suspect that might only work provided that one is willing to spend more than $5 for a mouse.

Originally Posted By CB (22 SEP 2012 2:12pm)

Sentinel: Descendants in Time.

 

Hey, i'd forgotten that i still wanted to get myself a new copy of that game after a friend accidentally crushed my copy by riding over it with his motorbike... 

Originally Posted By CB (22 SEP 2012 2:12pm)

So far I haven't encountered anything requiring use of the right mouse button so am using that as the walk forward key though I suspect that might only work provided that one is willing to spend more than $5 for a mouse.

  

How did you do that?

Originally Posted By Traveller (23 SEP 2012 1:00pm)

Hey, i'd forgotten that i still wanted to get myself a new copy of that game after a friend accidentally crushed my copy by riding over it with his motorbike...

Funny, I think I remember that. I probably said something like you shouldn't have left it in the driveway.

Originally Posted By GreyFuss (23 SEP 2012 1:49pm)

Originally Posted By CB (22 SEP 2012 2:12pm)

So far I haven't encountered anything requiring use of the right mouse button so am using that as the walk forward key though I suspect that might only work provided that one is willing to spend more than $5 for a mouse.

 

How did you do that?

If your mouse has onboard memory, i.e. programmable buttons you can create a profile to assign keystrokes and other functions to the buttons.

Oh Wow...I have to check into that. Since my mouse has all different kinds of buttons on it it must be programable...I hope. I just never needed it before or rather, never thought of it before. I would much rather click, hold and direct with the mouse than use any keyboard keys. Many thanks.

Originally Posted By CB (23 SEP 2012 2:48pm)

Originally Posted By Traveller (23 SEP 2012 1:00pm)

Hey, i'd forgotten that i still wanted to get myself a new copy of that game after a friend accidentally crushed my copy by riding over it with his motorbike...

Funny, I think I remember that. I probably said something like you shouldn't have left it in the driveway.

 

Originally Posted By GreyFuss (23 SEP 2012 1:49pm)

Originally Posted By CB (22 SEP 2012 2:12pm)

So far I haven't encountered anything requiring use of the right mouse button so am using that as the walk forward key though I suspect that might only work provided that one is willing to spend more than $5 for a mouse.

 

How did you do that?

If your mouse has onboard memory, i.e. programmable buttons you can create a profile to assign keystrokes and other functions to the buttons.

The mention of Sentinel: Descendants in Time above reminds me that, long ago, playing the first game, Reah, by the same company (Detalion) I found it easier to re-program one of my other mouse buttons to move forward.

I bought this game today. It seems to run well (so far). I was deterred by the keyboard movement, but Ive now programmed my middle mouse button thanks to CB.

I've toured the island a bit. I'm so excited to have a virtual environment to explore, I almost don't care if there is anything to do. I'm going to play this when I have enough time to make notes and maps. It's been so long since I've played a new Myst inspired game.

Originally Posted By colpet (23 SEP 2012 5:17pm)

I bought this game today. It seems to run well (so far). I was deterred by the keyboard movement, but Ive now programmed my middle mouse button thanks to CB.

I've toured the island a bit. I'm so excited to have a virtual environment to explore, I almost don't care if there is anything to do. I'm going to play this when I have enough time to make notes and maps. It's been so long since I've played a new Myst inspired game.

 

New you would like this one

I also knew you would like this one. I would too, if only I could get it to install.

I came across a couple of interesting bugs. First of all, hitting F1 gives you what I call "Matrix view", where everything appears as a wireframe. (Save before trying this as quitting the game completely and restoring a save is the only way I know to get rid of it.)

And somehow I managed to slip off of the world you enter from the lighthouse, the one with all the floating islands and glowing trees. I sunk into a sort of mist as I fell further and further away from the islands above until everything was obscured. So I hit F1 to see what would happen and ended up with this:

I'm at the bottom of a sort of rounded cylinder, and the spots at the top are the islands of the world.

Pressing Tab opens up some sort of console but I couldn't make any use of it.

OK, the commands 'fly' and 'walk' literally lets you do just that.

Fun things you can do when you feel stuck on a puzzle.

I downloaded this game today (took a VERY long time, about 2 hours!) but it is playing without problems.  I don't mind the arrow keys for movement and I quite like being able to scan the surroundings with my mouse.  However..... I'm stuck.  lol  I've gone walkabout, pressed a few things, pulled a lever or two and now I'm stuck by the big silver circles on a stick.....