NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #1/NN_1993_1.iso/spool/comp/sys/ibm/pc/games/28921

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From: [e-mail] (Bronis Vidugiris)
Subject: Re: Darklands Question???
Organization: Motorola, CCR&D, CORP, Schaumburg, IL
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 12:39:43 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Gary Barnette) writes:
)
)Howdy,
)
)I have just started to get into Darklands. I find it a very interesting
)game and hope for many hours of adventuring. One thing (so far) puzzles me.
)After I win a battle and loot the bodies I notice that there are number of
)orders now available on the pull-down menu. Sometimes I would like to
)expore a little or open a chest, etc. but I can't get anyone to do
)anything, as a group or individual. . As soon as I pick a character and
)click on a destination, the screen clears and I'm back in text mode.
)This surely isn't the way it is suppose to work. I can find nothing in
)the book about this.
)
)Can someone help me out here?

You will be able to do this extra stuff later on in the game, when you
do some of the more elaborate quests.  Simply fighting thieves (the usual
start) will not allow you to access these functions - there's no need for
them at that point.