How to Survive and Play ☵ HIRAETH game DEMO?

Welcome

This is the basic help for the version 0.9 demo. Updated help will be available here in the coming days.

Join the official ☵ HIRAETH Discord for full support and the latest update information.

Keys

Soon there will be the ability to support for controllers.

IMPORTANT!
You have your own key settings activated by the i button (default, you can change it later). This system is WIP but can be handy anyway.

Moving and swimming / diving

W – forward / S – backward

A – left / D – right

Direction – mouse

Jump – space (move a bit up, when swimming)

Crouch – left Ctrl

Shift – run, double Shift sprint (if Stamina)

E – basic interaction: examine item, open door, crates and like this

Mouse Left Button – interaction with terminals widgets

Q – eQuip bags and weapon from world

V – open / close Visor (if helmet equipped). Hold few seconds

F – turn on / off flashlight

Esc – game menu with pause

O – open Quick Menu. The Quick Menu only allows for items in pockets, so move them to pockets in the TAB Bags Organizer. Limit yourself to essentials like medicine, food and drink, and Duct Tape.

M – open / close Nesoi Island map. Map is outdated but still can be handy

TAB – open / close gamplay menu, inventory and info

F6 – save / load widget in game (with pause). Load only available in main menu after game start. Save / load works only on Nesoi Island, game level, Training Center – there is no save during playtest.

F7 – Quick Save in game. In the full version, Quick Save will likely only be available on the lowest difficulty level.

Inventory management

The entire interaction is based on drag and drop.

Double Mouse Left Click – food and healing. Both in the TAB menu and the Quick Use menu.

Drag and Drop – moving items and installing or equipping them (oxygen, batteries and EVA Suit and armor elements)

Right Mouse Click – on the item icon, opens the item rejection menu. You can also discard in some places by dragging the item to the appropriate widget [DROP HERE].

Equipment installation

For example, you can move a used battery to your backpack and move a full one to its place, or you can move a full one to a used one, and the system will perform the exchanges itself

Notes

For some time now, oxygen tanks, batteries and EVA Suit elements and armors have not been assigned to the backpack after putting them on, so you can safely exchange backpacks on the surface, where you cannot breathe.

1 – simple melee. Aim creature and press 1. Small damage, but a bit better when weapon in hand

Weapon selection and change position in hands / on body:

2 – side arms

3 – long arms

Left Mouse Button – shot

Right Mouse Button – ADS (Aiming Down Sights)

R– reload and fix jam

For now you can’t use weapon when swimming and you can shot only when ADS – no shot from hip yet.

Remove Save Games after update

Some updates require manual (in demo) deletion of old save game files. To do this, go to the folder:

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Hiraeth\Saved

And delete all files. Otherwise you can expect additional errors, especially with equipment.

Steam guide will be soon visible on demo Steam page

At the moment you can find the guide here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3494034763

Video tutorial by Eagle

Capt Toms Quick start Guide To Hiraeth

A bit of strategy

Don’t overload your equipment unnecessarily. You don’t always need many things, but they take up space and weigh. As your character develops, your carrying capacity increases, and you can also find larger backpacks, which may not be fully useful at first, but they will be as you develop.

  • Oxygen tanks – there are enough of them on Nesoi, but you have to look for them. There are air refillers in many places. As a last resort, leave the shelter with one tank, it’s safer to have 2 or 3, unless you know the location of another nearby shelter well;
  • Make sure you have access to water. You will find it, but in limited quantities.
  • Look for a canteen, you can refill it in many places;
  • Save food and drinks marked [EC] (EVA Suit Compatible) for critical situations, you can consume them in the EVA Suit on the surface, but rather use more easily accessible food in normal packaging, in shelters;
  • You can use some backpacks for gathering only, others for scouring the area, store excess items in chests;
  • Equip yourself with weapons! Even weak weapons will allow you to defend yourself from predators and will certainly keep them at bay for some time. It also allows you to hunt and replenish your precious food supplies, those found on Ahra Prime will eventually run out!
  • Take care of your weapon. You can clean it anywhere, repair it only at the appropriate workshop. Dirty and worn-out weapons jam more often, which can have fatal consequences at a critical moment. Weapons get dirty and wear out faster in bad weather conditions.
  • Save ammo – it does not grow on trees, which are not here anyway;
  • You can often ignore minor injuries, but even such cumulative ones can be dangerous and worsen your condition unexpectedly! They also limit your stamina and movement speed. Heal regularly as needed;
  • Avoid falls. In the strange baren world, you may have a misleading impression of the height of falls, although you can withstand a lot, a fall from 3 meters can be very dangerous, and a larger one can be immediately fatal;
  • Armor elements protect – try to fully equip yourself with armor. You will take less damage from a predator attack, falling, being shot, or environmental damage;
  • Take care of your EVA Suit. Minor damage to the shell may not be very dangerous, but any leakage causes increased consumption of valuable air;
  • Sleep. You won’t survive more than a few days without sleep, and after less than a day your options will be significantly limited;
  • Plan your sleep. Exploring at night can be useful, for example, it allows you to see certain hazards or natural food more clearly, but in general it’s better to plan your sleep so that you can operate during the day;
  • Be careful of rock crevices and dangerous places. If you get stuck – no one here will come to your aid;

    Tutorial video from ☵ HIRAETH game Steam playtest version # 5.7 Dive in!

    TBU