How to play the game

Page table of contents

How to operate the game
How to view the screen
Preparing for battle
Battle
Gathering
Crafting

How to operate the game

Use the keyboard, mouse, gamepad, touch, or gesture to operate the game. The basic operation method is as follows.

Keyboard

* Since FS2 can also be operated with the mouse, if the mouse cursor is on the window, the focus will shift to that even if you operate it only with the keyboard. In that case, move the mouse cursor out of the window. You can also disable the mouse by specifying "-disable_mouse" as a command line argument.

* A keyboard with a QWERTY layout is assumed. For keyboards in other layout, the keys in the same position as the keyboard in the QWERTY layout correspond.

Keys required for operation

How to operate the game with keyboard (Keys required for operation)
Action Map	Action	Command	Default Button
UI	Navigate	Select. Move.	Cursor keys
	Submit	Submit. Talk to an NPC. Pick up a drop.	Z
	Cancel	Cancel. Attack.	X
LockOn	LockOn LockOnAway LockOnPathUp LockOnPathDown LockOnPathLeft LockOnPathRight LockOnEnemy LockOnDrop LockOnFriend LockOnFishing LockOnGate LockOnNPC	Lock on combination	Shift * Press and hold to keep away from the enemy. You can also move the map by combining it with the cursor keys. You can lock on individually by combining with the E, D, F, T, G, N keys.
Menu	Map Tactics Log Conv Item	Menu combination	Control * You can open and close the window by combining it with the cursor keys. Open and close map without cursor keys, tactics with cursor key up, log with cursor key down, conversation with cursor left , tems with cursor key right. It doesn't seem to work properly on the Mac version.
Speech	SpeechHistoryCurrent SpeechGage SpeechServerInfo SpeechHistoryPrevious SpeechHistoryNext	Speech combination	Alt * Combined with the cursor keys, the history is read aloud and the information is read aloud. The current speech history is read without the cursor keys, the gauge is read with the cursor key up, the server information is read with the cursor key down, the previous speech history is read with the cursor key left, and the next speech history is read with the cursor key right.
Info	Info	Read aloud information	C
Menu	Menu	Open and close the menu window	V
Pocket	Pocket1 Pocket2 Pocket3 Pocket4	Use pocket	Q, W, A, S

Keys that are convenient to remember

How to operate the game with keyboard (Keys that are convenient to remember)
Action Map	Action	Command	Default Button
UI	Home	Move to the top of the list	Home
	End	Move to the bottom of the list	End
	PageUp	Move to the previous page of the list	PageUp
	PageDown	Move to the next page of the list	PageDown
	CloseAllWindow	Close all windows	X long press
Camera	CameraMove	Move camera	Numpad 8, 2, 4, 6
	CameraTargetPlayer	Set camera target player	Numpad 1
	CameraTargetMap	Set camera target map	Numpad 3
	CameraZoom	Zoom camera	Numpad +
	CameraShrink	Shrink camera	Numpad -
	CameraReset	Reset camera	Numpad 5
Speech	SpeechGage	Read aloud gage	H *Initials of Health
	SpeechServerInfo	Read aloud server information	I
	SpeechSkip	Skip reading	K *It represents the second letter of the skip.
Menu	Parameter Skill Item Player Conv Tactics Option Logout	Open and close various windows	F1～F8
Menu	Log	Open and close the log window	L
Shortcut	Shortcut1〜0	Shortcuts	1～8
Info	InfoEnemy	Read aloud enemy information	E
	InfoDrop	Read aloud drop information	D
	InfoRoute	Read aloud route information	R
	InfoFriend	Read aloud friend information	F
	InfoFishing	Read aloud fishing information	T *In Japanese, fishing is called Tsuri.
	InfoGate	Read aloud gate information	G
	InfoNPC	Read aloud NPC information	N
Chat	ChatOpen	Open the chat window	Enter
	ChatClose	Close the chat window	Escape
	ChatMoveFocus	Move the chat focus	Tab
Search	Search	Bank search	S
Jump	Jump	Jump	Space
Rotate	RotateLeft RotateRight	Rotate the camera 90 degrees	,(comma).(period)
ScrollLock	ScrollLock	Map scroll lock	ScrollLock
GameSpeed	GameSpeedUp	Game speed up	[
GameSpeed	GameSpeedDown	Game speed down	]

Mouse

How to operate the game with mouse
Action Map	Action	Command	Default Button
UI	Click	Submit.	Left click
Mouse	MouseSubmit	Move.	Left click
Mouse	MouseCancel	Attack. Talk to an NPC. Pick up a drop.	Right click
Menu	Menu	Open and close the menu window	Middle click
Pocket	Pocket1 Pocket2	Use pocket.	Button 3, Button 4

Gamepad

How to operate the game with gamepad
Action Map	Action	Command	Default Button
UI	Navigate	Select. Move.	DPad
LockOn	LockOnPathUp LockOnPathDown LockOnPathLeft LockOnPathRight	Move map	left stick
JoystickSonar	JoystickSonar	Joystick sonar	right stick
UI	Submit	Submit. Talk to an NPC. Pick up a drop.	East button
	Cancel	Cancel. Attack.	South button
	CloseAllWindow	Close all windows.	South button long press
Info	Info	Read aloud information	Select button
Menu	Menu	Open and close the menu window	Start button
Pocket	Pocket1 Pocket2 Pocket3 Pocket4	Use pocket	Left trigger, Right trigger, Left shoulder, Right shoulder button
Menu	Map Tactics Log Conv Item	Menu combination	North button * You can open and close the window by combining with DPad. Open and close map without DPad, tactics with DPad up, log with DPad down, conversation with DPad left, items with DPad right.
Speech	SpeechHistoryCurrent SpeechGage SpeechServerInfo SpeechHistoryPrevious SpeechHistoryNext	Speech combination	West button * In combination with DPad, the history is read aloud and the information is read aloud. The current reading history without DPad, the gauge with DPad up, the server information with DPad down, the previous cpeech history with the of DPad left, and the next speech history with DPad right are read aloud.
LockOn	LockOn	Lock on	Push left stick
LockOn	LockOnAway	Keep away from enemy.	Push left stick long press
JoystickSonarSwitch	JoystickSonarSwitch	Switch joystick sonar	Push right stick

Touch

How to operate the game with touch
Action Map	Action	Command	Default Button
-	-	Submit. Attack. Talk to an NPC. Pick up a drop. Use pocket.	Tap
-	-	Move	Swipe

* Touch operations cannot be remapped.

* To display the description of the list item, keep tapping the list item. If you slide it sideways and then release it, it will not determine the list item. ..

Gesture

How to operate the game with gesture
Action map	Action	Command	Default button
-	-	Submit. Attack. Talk to an NPC. Pick up a drop. Use pocket.	Tap in the center of the screen
-	-	Move	Swipe in the center of the screen
-	-	Move Map	Tap the top, bottom, left, and right edges of the screen
-	-	Open map window	Swipe down from the top edge of the screen
-	-	Open menu window	Swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen
-	-	Lock-on	Swipe right from the left edge of the screen
-	-	Cancel	Swipe left from the right edge of the screen

*Gesture operations cannot be remapped.

* To enable gesture operation, change the "Input Method" dropdown in the "Options -> Input ->Input Customization" window to "Gesture".

How to view the screen

How to view the screen is as follows.

In the default setting, there is a character to operate in the center of the screen, and various UIs are displayed around the screen.

Player Gauge: From top to bottom, the player's name, HP (red), SP (yellow), and MP (blue) are displayed.
Server information: The connection status is displayed in the upper left, the current time is displayed in the upper right, and the location information is displayed in the lower.
Lock on button：Lock on to objects on the map and move automatically. Press and hold to keep away from the enemy.
Tactics Button: Opens a tactics window.
Minimap: Shows the player's position with a reverse triangle(▼) on the map of the current area.
Conversation Button: Opens a conversation window.
Chat Button: Opens a chat window.
Character to operate: The character to operate.
Item Button: Opens the item window.
Menu Button: Opens a menu window.
Pocket: You can use the items registered with the pocket buttons (Q, W, A, S keys on the keyboard, buttons 3 and 4 on the mouse).
Log: Display the log.

For those who cannot see the screen, a supplementary explanation will be given.

FS2 is displayed from a diagonally top-down perspective. The operating player is on a rectangular map whose height is approximately half of width. However, since the player's vertical movement speed is half of horizontal, you can think of it as being on a map that is virtually square.

The player can move up, down, left, and right, but only faces left and right, and attacks with a weapon in the direction they are facing. In other words, weapons can only be attacked to the left and right of the player. It is close to the so-called Beat 'em up genre.

At most four NPCs are placed on the map at the top left, top right, center left, and center right. In addition, there are at most four paths in the center of the top, bottom, left, and right sides of the map. Players can move from the path to the neighboring map.

If you press the info button (C key) when the window is not open, it will read aloud the direction and distance of all objects on the map as seen from the player.

Environmental sounds such as footsteps, voices, wind, and water can also help you understand the status of your map. With the 3D sound effect feature, the sound effect generated on the left of the player is played from the left of the headphones, the sound effect generated on the right of the player is played from the right of the headphones, the sound effect generated on the top of the player is played at high pitch, the sound effect generated on the bottom of the player is played at a low picth.

With the lock-on function, you can lock on an object on the map and move there automatically. To lock on, press the Shift key on your keyboard or click the lock-on button at the top of the screen with your mouse. Press and hold to keep away from the enemy. You can move the map by combining with the cursor keys. You can lock on individually by combining with the E, D, F, T, G, N keys.

You will teleport to track when the locked-on player moves the map.

Preparing for battle

Use the information button (C key) to read aloud the direction and distance seen from the player. Also, when you get close to the character, you will hear a beeping sound effect.

The adventure begins in the graveyard of the first town "Grease Town". First, talk to the NPCs in the upper left and upper right of the map. On the keyboard, you can move with the cursor keys (↑ ↓ ← →) and use the Z key to talk to the NPC. On the mouse, you can left-click to move and right-click to talk to the NPC.

There is an protect shop NPC in the upper left of Grease Town (g, 8).

When you move to the left map, you will find "Protect Shop" and "Accessory Shop". Accessories change your appearance, but its don't increase your parameters. So it seems better to prioritize the purchase of equipment such as armor at first. Each equipment has a skill value condition. Equipment that can be worn with a skill value of 0 are "Wood Buckler", "Cotton Clothes", and "Tri Wire". Let's buy it.

The list items in the protect shop window are, from top to bottom, 'buy' and 'sell'.

Talk to the protect shop and the protect shop window will open. Select "Buy".

The buy window shows a list of the items that can be purchased. Also, use the information button (C key) to read aloud the current number of items you have and the money you have.

When you choose to buy, the buy window will open. Please buy one each of "Wood Buckler", "Cotton Clothes" and "Tri Wire".

The item window shows a list of the items you currently have. Use the left and right keys to switch between item, equipment, and accessory windows. Also, use the information button (C key) to read aloud the current number of items you have and the money you have.

After you buy protector, equip it. You can open the item window by clicking the item button or pressing F3.

The list items in the choices window that asks 'What would you do with the item' are, from top to bottom, 'Use it', 'Register it as pocket 1 to 4', 'Swap it', and 'Throw it away'.

When you select a wood buckler, you will be asked "What would you do with Wood Buckler?", So select "Use it." to equip it.

There is a weapon shop NPC in the upper left of Grease Town (f, 8).

There is a magic shop NPC in the upper right of the Grease Town (f, 8).

When you move to the left map further, you will find "Weapon Shop" and "Magic Shop". If you want to fight with weapons, buy any of a sword "knife", a claw "knuckle claw", or a spear "Kris" at a weapons shop. If you want to fight with magic, buy the wand "Wood Wand" at the magic shop, and then buy any of the magic books, "Book of Fire", "Book of Ice", or "Book of Thunder". When you buy a weapon and a wand, equip it.

There is the item saying 'Register in pocket 1' below the item saying 'Use it' .

If you buy a magic book, register it in your pocket. Open the item window, select the magic book, and select "Register it as pocket 1." Items registered in the pocket can be used by pressing the pocket buttons (Q, W, A, S keys) on the keyboard, or by clicking the lower right pocket slot on the mouse.

Battle

Let's finally fight the monsters. When you go down from "Grease Town", you will reach "Grease Plain". When you proceed as it is, a monster called "Slime" will appear.

When fighting with a weapon, approach slime by relying on slime's footsteps, and when you hear a beep, attack with your weapon.

When fihgting with magic, stay away from the slime's footsteps and use the magic book when you hear a beep.

If fighting with a weapon, move closer to the slime and attack. You can attack with a weapon by pressing the X key on the keyboard or right-clicking with the mouse. If fighting with magic, keep a distance from slime and attack. For magical attacks, it is convenient to use your pocket.

Use the drop information button (D key) to read aloud the direction and distance seen from the player.

If the HP bar above the slime disappears, the slime will be defeated. After defeating the slime, pick up the drop money and items. Drops can be picked up with the Z key on the keyboard or its can be picked up with right-clicked on the mouse. In FS2, drop items can be obtained by all players on the same map. There is no so-called loot priority in this game.

A window asking 'Would you like to return to start point' will be displayed when you die.

Conversely, if you are attacked by slime and the HP bar above the player disappears, you will die. If you die, you will be returned to the graveyard in Grease Town after a 60-second resuscitation grace period. There is no particular dead damage in FS2. If I'm forced to say, enemies on a map without players will respawn, so is it a waste of items and time spent?

If you get hurt in battle, return to the town and stay at an "inn" to recover. The inn is just a short walk into Grease Town.

Gathering

FS2 items can be obtained not only by buying them in shops and defeating monsters but also by mining ores, felling trees, fishing. First of all, you need to prepare the equipment necessary for gathering.

There is a gather shop in the upper left of Grease Town (e, 6).

When you move up from the square with the well in Grease Town, you will find a "Gather Shop" and a "Craft Shop". At the gather shop, you can buy picks for mining, axes for felling, and fishing rods for fishing. Each equipment has a skill value condition. Equipment that can be worn with a skill value of 0 is a "copper pick" for mining, a "copper axe" for felling, and a "wood rod" for fishing. Buy and equip it.

There is an entrance to the Grease Cave on the Grease Plain (c, 4).

There is copper ore around Grease Cave (e, 6).

The ores to be mined are mainly in caves and deserts. From the map with red flowers in the center of the "Grease Plain", go a little to the left and you will see the entrance to the "Grease Cave". Go inside and go straight up to the "Copper Ore". Equip a pick, then move closer and attack. If the HP bar above the copper ore disappeared,, you can get copper ore as a drop item.

There are trees around the Grease Plain (f, 1).

Trees and bamboo to be cut down are mainly found in plains and forests. From "Grease Town", go out to "Grease Plain" and turn right to "Tree". Equip the axe, then move closer and attack. If the HP bar above the tree disappeared, you can get the log of the tree as a drop item.

There is Grease River on the left of Grease Town (b, 8) .

There are many fishing spots for fishing. One of them is located in the left map of the square with the well of "Grease Town". After equipping the fishing rod, move closer to the fishing spot and press the attack button. After hanging the thread and waiting for a while, the body begins to swing up and down, and the sound of the fishing rod is heard. In the meantime, if you press the attack button again, you can get the fish. In FS2, other players on the map can also get fish as drop items.

Crafting

FS2's items can be crafted by combining the material items. Crafting includes blacksmithing to make equipment from ore, bookbinding to make books from logs and bamboo, cooking to make food and drink, sewing to make accessories from cloth, jewelry to make orbs from ores, alchemy to make potions. Craft will take place at various facilities in the town.

There is a craft shop on the upper right of the Grease Town (e, 6).

Let's make a "knife" by blacksmithing here. First, get the ore needed for blacksmithing. When you move up from the square with the well of "Grease Town", you will find a "craft shop" and a "gather shop". You can buy various materials used for crafting at the craft shop. Let's buy "copper ore" at the craft shop.

There is a blacksmith facility in the upper right of the Grease Town (d, 6).

When you move to the left map, you will find "reinforce" and "blacksmith" facilities. Use a blacksmith to make knives.

The list items in the blacksmith window are, from top to bottom, 'sword', 'claw', 'spear', 'wand', 'shield', 'armor', 'barrier', and 'gather'.

Talk to the blacksmith facility and a blacksmith window will open. In the blacksmith window, select the recipe page.

The sword window shows a list of items that can be crafted. The top is the knife.

Select a sword to open the sword window. A list of items that can be crafted with the current blacksmith skill value is displayed.

The craft gauge is divided into MG, HG, NG, and failure from the center to the outside. The craft bar reciprocates from side to side, so you should press the Z key the moment you hear a sound in the center of the gauge.

When you select a knife, the craft gauge will be displayed. By pressing the "Stop" button at the right time, the success or failure of crafting will be decided. Blue is failure, yellow is normal grade (NG), orange is high grade (HG), red is master grade (MG), and the latter improves the quality of the product. In addition, the effect of product quality is implemented in each equipment, dish, and potion.

If the crafting is successful, you will obtain the product. In FS2, other players on the map can also obtain the product as drop items.

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