Combat controls. Help please!

The game doesn't tell you a thing about combat and the list of hotkeys is useless. I can draw my weapon and put it away with space, and if I hold down forwards and mash the left mouse button he will occasionally take a swing. Dodge? Block? Lock on? A way to attack without walking right into the enemy? Help!



Sjakihata, unfortunately I can't find Gothic anywhere. AFAIK it's not on any of the games download services, shops sold out years ago, and internet shops don't have it either. There are a couple of secondhand copies on amazon and play, but they're obscenely expensive.