Keys and Commands
On-Screen Buttons
There are many options that you can evoke while exploring the world of Tamriel. To the right of your face are two rows of buttons. They represent various actions available to you. The button, and the action it represents are explained in the following list.
Mouse General Controls
Left clicking while cursor is an arrow will move you in the direction of the arrow. The further the arrow is from the center of the screen, the faster you will move.
Left clicking an object while the cursor is an X interacts with it, the interaction depends upon whether you are in talk, cast, or attack mode (see below).
Right clicking while left mouse button is depressed will cause you to jump.
Right clicking an object while the cursor is an X identifies it, if it is not generic.
Mouse in Character/Equipment Sheet
Left clicking an item will equip it. (If your class can use that item)
Right clicking an item will give you info on it. (If that item has any info)
You can left click the Spellbook button. This will give you a list of the spells in your spellbook and their current casting cost. Left or Right clicking one of the spells will bring up its sheet and allow you to see the specifics associated with that spell. You may only cast spells from the walk around menu, not from the character sheet.
Unequipable items are in read.
Equipable items are in tan.
Equipped items are in yellow.
Unidentified magic items are in cyan.
Unidentified equipped magic items will be displayed in bright cyan.
Crossed Swords icon—Attack
Clicking this will draw your weapon and put you in attack mode. From here holding down the left mouse button moves you in the same direction as the arrow. Holding down the right mouse button and moving the mouse swings your weapon. You may still jump using the J key. Shift+J will do a standing long jump. Clicking this icon again will sheath your weapon.
Sunburst icon—Cast
Cast a spell. Left clicking the icon will cause your spellbook to appear. You may pick the spell you wish to cast, and the target of that spell.
To save time in recasting the same spell, you can right click the icon again. If you have the spell points, you will cast the last chosen spell again.
Fingers picking gold icon—Steal
Steal something. When this icon is clicked a prompt will come up asking, Target?. Pick the target on the screen. If it is a person, there will be an attempt to pickpocket them. If it is a barrier, such as a chest or door, ay attempt will be made to unlock it. Be careful however, in a city you may attract guards.
Hand grabbing icon—Use
Use something. When this icon is clicked an inventory of usable magic items will come up. pick the item you wish to use and then follow any onscreen prompts that may arise, such as Target? for a ring spell. Note: Only from the 3D walk-around menu can you use an item. If you want to use a healing potion, you must use it from here, as you will be unable to use it from the character sheet.
Snake-staff icon—Player Status
Player Status. Clicking this icon will pause the game and show your current status, and other items such as the date and time of day, or any reputational issues that may affect your status at your current location. Other information on this pop up will be your current condition, health, spells that are currently affecting you, and spells that are currently active.
Parchment with lines icon—Logbook
This icon represents the Logbook, a journal of your travels. In your logbook will be information on any quests you have agreed to accomplish, and province locations of places that people have inscribed onto your continental map. This is an easy way for you to keep track of the things you have promised to do. Be careful, only 16 quests will be recorded at a time! The logbook updates the list by clearing out the oldest entry, so at any time only 16 entries show. If it is really important, print out the logbook periodically. See Getting Quests for further details.
Campfire icon—Camp
Camp icon. Left clicking this icon will cause you to rest. During rest you will slowly regain lost hit points, spell points, and fatigue. You may camp anywhere outside a city's walls. You may not camp inside a city unless you have purchased or snuck into a room in a tavern and are currently inside the tavern where you have that room. The amount you heal per hour of rest is greatly affected by where you sleep. The nicer the accomodation (ie…expensive), the more you will heal per hour.
Automap icon—Automap/Continental Map
Left clicking Map icon:
Left clicking this icon will bring up your automap parchment, upon which will be inscribed all the places you have currently visited. Pay close attention to this map, it may be the only thing to provide you clues when searching for something.
You can make notes on the map by left clicking the map where you wish to place the note and then typing. Hit Enter to get back the pen or right click the mouse button. You can erase notes by clicking the line you wish to erase and then hitting the ESC key.
Left clicking the compass points on the automap will scroll the map so you can see a larger area. Left clicking the center of the compass will center the map on your location. As a note, any locations that are marked automatically by your automap (ie not by you) will be left of the first character in the sentence. Therefore an inn that is marked on your automap will be to the left of the first character in its name.
Right clicking Map icon:
Right clicking the Automap icon will bring up the Continental Map, from which you can travel to other cities, towns, or villages. You can travel to another place from elsewhere outside in the world of Tamriel. You must exit an interior first to travel to another city.
ESC key
Setup menu. This will pause the game and bring up an option menu from which you will be able to do the following:
1) Load game
Loads a game from a save list. This will replace the current game.
2) Save game
Save the current game. Hitting the ESC key will abort this option. You may save up to 10 games. Each game will take up about 500K+ of disk space. Make sure you have the room on your hard drive!
3) Detail Bar
Helpful in speeding up gameplay on slower machines. Adjust the detail level to minimum to maximize the speed.
4) Sound (Volume Control)
Allows you to increase or decrease sound effects.
5) Music (Volume Control)
Allows you to increase or decrease the volume of the music.
6) Drop to DOS
Drops out of the game and into the world of DOS.
7) Continue
Exits this screen back to Arena.
Character portrait—Character Sheet
Clicking your name/face along the bottom row will bring up your Character sheet, from which many options are available. For a complete description see the Character Sheet section.
Mouse Controls
The mouse is your direct interface to the world of Arena. You will use it to define actions or choices while exploring the land. As you look at the screen, you will notice that the mouse cursor can change into one of 10 cursors, either an arrow, a sword, or an X. When the mouse is an arrow and the left mouse button is depressed, you will walk into the direction designated by that arrow cursor. The further towards the edge of your screen the arrow gets, the faster you will walk. When the arrow is a sword, it is used to pick or click icons on the walk around menu. When the arrow is an X, whatever is under the X will be interacted with, depending on the mode you are in. For further explanations, see The below.
Jumping is accomplished by clicking the right mouse button while the left mouse button is being depressed. If you are standing still at the time you will jump straight up. If you are running you will do a running broad jump. The distance you can jump is determined by your Strength, and the Speed at which you were running. Since characters with a higher Speed rating can run faster, they will also be able to jump farther.
The X
Placing your X cursor on a monster or door and right clicking will identify the monster or store. Therefore, placing the cursor on an equipment store's door and right clicking will display the equipment store's name, and will inscribe that name onto your automap for future reference.
While the cursor is an X you can manipulate your environment:
Placing the X on another person and clicking your left mouse button will allow you to talk to them, pickpocket them, or cast a spell at them, depending upon what mode your cursor is in. (Normal, Steal, Cast)
Placing the X on a locked door or chest and left clicking will display your assessment of the lock, or allow you to try and unlock it, depending upon what mode you are in. (Normal, Steal)
Placing the X on treasure and left clicking will give you a picklist of the treasure available for you to pick up.
Consult the previous section on Onscreen buttons to get a detailed description of how each is accomplished.
Keyboard
Note: Mouse is required for game to operate correctly.
ESC Setup menu
F1 Character Sheet
F8 Compass on/off toggle
A Attack-weapon draw/sheath toggle
C Cast
J Jump
SHIFT+J Jump forward from standstill
L Logbook
M Automap
SHIFT+M Continental Map
P Pick/Steal
R Rest, Camp option
S Status of character
U Use
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