The Road to Sanctuary (Contains adult language) documentation

Welcome to the documentation for The Road to Sanctuary.

Keyboard Controls:

To walk, use the W, A, S, D keys. Each key moves in the corresponding direction
To run, hold shift. Release to stop running
To attempt to snap the neck of the closest NPC, press G
To jump, press space
To turn the camera to the nearest sub cardinal direction, press the Q and E keys for left/right respectively
To turn constantly, hold down left/right arrow
To check the camera's current facing in degrees, press back space
To use vertical aiming, hold down tab
- To aim up/down, hold down up/down arrow respectively
To check if you have any enemies in your crosshairs, press grave accent
To hear an indication for your height from the ground, press backslash. The first beep indicates the height of the ground, and the second beep indicates where you are relative to it
To track the center of the enemy base, press N
To open and view your PDA, press M
to interact, press X
To attempt to destroy an item on the ground, when you are able to pick it up, press V
to hear your health, press H
To track the remaining time for your current level, press T
To switch between your weapons, press 1, 2 or 3
To hear the name of and a description of the item you are looking at, press P. This is particularly useful for dropped weapons and inventories
To hear the name of and a description of your currently equipped weapon, press Y
To fire your currently equipped weapon, press/hold F, release to stop firing (for machine guns and alike)
To reload the currently equipped weapon, press R
To hear the rounds loaded into and the number of magazines you have for the currently equipped weapon, press Z
To toggle pause, press escape

Game Controller Bindings:

Due to the need for many controls, there is an additional mode you can enable which will change the function of some of the controls on your game controller

To enable joystick extra controls, press the d-pad up
To disable joystick extra controls, press the d-pad down
To walk, use the left stick
To run, hold the left shoulder. Release to stop running
To attempt to snap the neck of the closest NPC, press the left shoulder
To jump, with the extra mode disabled, press A
To turn to the nearest sub cardinal direction, with the extra mode disabled, press the d-pad left or right
To turn constantly, use the right stick. The further you push the stick, the faster you turn
To use vertical aiming, hold the right shoulder. Release to stop
- To aim up or down, use the right stick
To check the camera's current facing in degrees, with the extra mode disabled, press the right stick
To hear an indication of your height from the ground, with the extra mode enabled, press the left stick. The first beep indicates the height of the ground, and the second beep indicates where you are relative to it
To interact, press Start
To attempt to destroy an item on the ground, when you are able to pick it up, with the extra mode enabled, press the right stick
To hear your health, press X
To track the remaining time for your current level, with the extra mode disabled, press B
To fire your currently equipped weapon, press/hold the right trigger. Release to stop firing (for machine guns and alike)
To hear the rounds loaded into and the number of magazines you have for the currently equipped weapon, press Y
To reload your currently equipped weapon, press the left trigger
To switch weapons, with the extra mode enabled, press the d-pad left or right. Firing your weapon will equip the weapon you have set the cursor on (if applicable)
To hear the name of and a description of the item you are looking at, with the extra mode disabled, press the left stick. This is particularly useful for dropped weapons and inventories
To hear the name of and a description of your currently equipped weapon, with the extra mode enabled, press A
To open and view your PDA, with the extra mode enabled, press B
To toggle pause, press back

Mouse Controls:

To turn the camera, move the mouse left/right. The faster you move, the faster it turns
To fire the currently equipped weapon, left click
To do vertical aiming, hold down right click
- To aim higher/lower, move the mouse up/down respectively
To reload the currently equipped weapon, press the mouse wheel

How to play:

You are at the start of a long road that is filled with enemy troupes, guarding the very bases that you were tasked to destroy and get rid of; The first one lying right in front of you! Armed with a pistol and a Mosin Nagant rifle, your goal is to infiltrate the enemy bases ahead, find better weaponry, access the mainframe computers, overload their systems and burn them to the ground one after the other!
Additionally, you are given a PDA that's the key to progressing through the game. This is what you'll hack computers with and everything. Read more about it in the next chapter.

This won't be as easy as it sounds! Soldiers are constantly keeping watch for any threats. Not only that, each single one of the troupes are equipped with high-technology devices that are single handedly capable of protecting the mainframe systems from being tampered with by any outside sources if they are close enough to the computer; Not to forget that you are definitely not the only one with something that is capable of shooting bullets either!
These soldiers hold the keys for taking down the base. Many of them carry certain electronic signatures on their security device that the mainframe inside the base recognizes. You can download these signatures in the form of alphabetical letters in your PDA, in order to unlock the mainframe's password prompt and gain full access to it.

For each level, you have to enter the enemy base, find and use the access console to authorize the usage of the mainframe and download its password blueprint to your PDA, and once you have gathered all the password signatures from the soldiers, find the mainframe and hack into it in order to explode the base and anything/anyone inside it.

Enemy troupes are situated inside and around the enemy base. As you advance through the game, your enemies gain access to better weapons to take care of your intrusion; It's best not to rush in and instead take more stealthy measures to overpower the soldiers.
Not everything is against you though! You should find useful items that can drastically help you complete each level. Things such as the weapon cabinets in bases and what you find on opponents you have taken out.

Remember, you can always track the center of the enemy base in order to get an idea of your location relative to it.

When you aim at an NPC, their position will be indicated by a radar. Additionally, when you have a target in your crosshairs, it will be indicated by a periodic small beep. The more accurate you shoot the NPC, the more damage it will take. Additionally, if you shoot the NPC on a higher body part, it will take even more damage. If you manage to hit the highest spot, you can land a head shot, instantly killing the NPC which earns you a better score. Obviously, the further an NPC, the harder it is to land a head shot. However, if you have a long ranged weapon, the chances of the NPC seeing you and opening fire is very low. Unless they are wielding a long ranged weapon too! In that case, your shooting and dodging skills are your best bet.
The pitch of the radar beeps indicate how higher or lower the NPC is situated relative to you. In order to aim properly, you will have to use vertical aiming. As you do so, a tone will play continuously, indicating the pitch of your aim. If you line up your pitch to the tone of the radar beeps, you will be hitting the NPC's mid section.
It is important to keep in mind that just as you can aim higher/lower, NPCs can also do the same when necessary. Jumping will have little to no effect while attempting to dodge bullets, especially when fighting an NPC wielding a firearm with a rapid firing ability, such as machineguns.
Some NPCs may also follow you as you walk away from them while some will be stationary. The latter happens usually in case of snipers or others handling long ranged weapons.
Keep in mind that NPCs that are wielding a long ranged weapon, generally have a better aim. You want to take extra precautions when dealing with them.

Should you run out of rounds, you can attempt to break the neck of the NPCs that are closest to you. Obviously, this is a very dangerous move as you must get extremely close and personal with people who have no problem shooting at you. However, there's another way to do this. You can climb to a height and attempt to dive on an NPC. If you succeed, you will automatically break their neck and kill them on the spot.
Not only this ability can save your life when out of ammo, but it also earns you even more score if you manage to perform it properly!

When an NPC is killed, it will drop its inventory on the ground. The dropped inventory will remain on the ground for around a minute. Along with items such as stat boosters, these inventories also contain the weapon that the NPC was using. You have a total of three weapon slots. You can walk up to a dropped inventory and interact to take its items. If the inventory contains a weapon and that weapon is one that you already have, you'll receive several extra magazines for it. If it's a weapon that you do not have, you will pick it up, replacing it with the weapon you are holding and put down your old weapon on the ground in the picked up inventory's place; You also receive one magazine for the new weapon to load it with.
If one or more of your three slots are empty, the new weapon will be added to the first empty slot available.

Some levels require certain objectives, other than destroying the base itself, to be completed in order to advance to the next one. One of these objectives is killing a certain number of enemy soldiers.
It's important to remember that all objectives for a level must be done within the given timeframe, otherwise the game will be over.

The PDA:

The PDA, short for "Personal digital assistant", is a device that helps you through out the game with various tasks. From downloading passwords to hacking other digital devices, this is your key to progress through the Road to Sanctuary!

Your PDA is constantly updated with new information. The display is split into several parts such as "Objectives" that displays what objectives you have for this level and how much you've progressed in completing them, "Letters" that displays which password signatures you have gathered and how many of them, and "Mainframe password" that displays the current signatures needed for unlocking the mainframe in the enemy base, and whether you're missing any signatures for doing so.
Additionally, the PDA is where you track your overall performance in the game such as your level, your score, etc.