GETTING STARTED


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Pic. 10 		1. Give me a hint what to do in here and what to start with?
You have to fight in Arena building with the same players like you are until you reach level 3. Right now you stand in the main location [0/0] called Central. (Image 1). In the near future you will need 3 buildings: Arsenal, Arena and Hospital.

You should start with getting your character ready to fight. You can equip character the way you like if you visit Arsenal, just click on that building to step inside. Push the "Search" button and choose armour and weapons for combat. (Image 2)
Drag and drop preferable armour and weapons from Arsenal to your backpack. Quit search window.
Hint: you don't have to grab as much as you can carry or everything that you've found, only what you really need and going to use. The more you put in your backpack the more it weights and the less action points (AP) you will have in combat.

Well, now you are ready to equip your character. To open your backpack click on inventory button ("I" on your keyboard), the first button with a little backpack on the menu around your character figure on the blue screen. To equip your character drag the armour from your backpack sections (on the right) to your actual character body (on the left) (image 3). Quit backpack window.

Click exit button to leave Arsenal and go straight to Arena building. If you choose and click first floor button (image 4) you will find yourself in the training room for first levels. In the up-right corner you can see "Find opponent" button. Click on it to find available opponents to fight with in this room that are combat-ready. And you can set your own timeout (preferable maximum duration of one turn).
Hint: If you play via official web site, try this link to see how combat looks like.


2. How to fight or what to do while in combat?
If your challenge to duel was accepted by the opponent - you find yourself in a combat mode. It is really easy.

In the beginning of fight on the kind of combat-board you may see how many AP you have (6 AP in given example), what weapon you are armed with (sharp knife, image 5) and how many AP it takes to hit with a knife (2 AP, image 5). Highlight hexagons around your character mean the distance that your character may cover within one turn.
To move in combat just click the highlight spot around you. To change current weapon use up and down arrows right from the hand or knife image ("Q"/"W")
To block body parts or change stance click the button with image of a small man with a shield on it ("S").
Each stance has it's own pluses and minuses. In run stance your movement speeds up (but you slightly lose AP), almost no chance to hit a target with a knife and you become easy to get. If you crouch your abilities are just the opposite of the run stance. Walk stance gives you averaged chances. Block adds a secondary protection from hitting with a hand or melee weapon that opponent must get through. If you protect a definite body part that block will remain till the combat ends and you don't waste any additional AP. You may change your block at any moment and it appears as a blue shield nearby character figure on the blue screen (image 6). To choose stance costs you 3 AP, to put or change block - 2 AP.

Also you can use the following:
End turn - button with a countdown in the right-down corner ("E")
Cancel all pre-made actions till turn ends - "Undo" button ("U") under AP indicator.
Reload weapon - click on the ammo in the clip (a little bit to the right from the weapon) ("R").
Skip animation ("Y")
End turn skipping animation ("D")
View caused damage - click on your character figure on the blue screen.
If you are highly damaged some injured spots will appear in red colour instead of normal black.
View actions made by you and your opponent in the previous turn or planned actions in the current turn you may in the text window in the left-down corner. To enlarge text window grab it's border and stretch out (image 6).

3. What's next?
Exit Arena building (choose 0 floor, and then Leave building button) and go to the Hospital to renew yourself.
Click "Heal" button (image 7) and after 3-5 you are going to be ready to go on and fight.

4. Where can I see the experience left to level?
Open your backpack (click the first button with a little backpack on the menu around your character figure on the blue screen or "I") and in the left part you can find the line Experience: ***/**** (image 8)

5. Where can I look up for more information about TimeZero?
http://www.timezero.ru/manual/ - read our guide provided with a wealth information about the game.

6. I still have questions to ask, what should I do?
Visit our forums for answers to any other questions you might have about TimeZero.

7. What adventures I'm going to have next?
Stay on Arena, from the second level group combats are available. And from the third level - training combats, where you can learn how to use different classes of weapons. And in addition finally you can go out of city limits, travel in wastelands, visit other cities, mine resources and earn money to get your character fully equipped and armed. In future you can choose a profession you like, complete required quests to get it and then train new skills.