Launching the Game
To get started with The Hunter you need to download and install the game client.
1) While the game is downloading you can explore the site. Read your messages to obtain your first training mission!
2) Once the game has downloaded and installed click on 'The Hunt' and then 'Go Hunting'.
You can also change your starting location or time of day from this screen if you wish, as well as use the Clothing tab to change your outfit.
3) Configuration settings will now appear, where you can choose your preferred screen resolution and other graphical details.
4) Click on 'Start game' to load The Hunter!
5) When the Main Menu loads use press 'Enter' to begin The Hunt! To exit or view the credits use the cursor keys to move up an down the menu.
Equipping your Character
The first thing you need to do is equip your character, and the equipment screen will appear to help you prepare for The Hunt.
Outfit your character as you see fit, dragging and dropping items from the Lodge Inventory onto the character window. When you've picked up an item a slot on your character will highlight, so you can see where it is allowed to go.
Items can be directly placed into the various key binding slots as displayed, note they will also take up space in the characters back pack.
To return Items to the Lodge Inventory take them from the character window and drop them in the left hand window.
Note that you can only remove items at the Lodge Inventory, although if items with a limited usage (bullets, wind indicator) will be automatically discarded from your inventory once they're uses have been depleted.
Once you've equipped your character click the 'Exit' button on the screen or press the Escape key to enter the Evergreen Hunting Reserve!
Key Bindings
Take note of the Key Bindings on the Inventory screen. Pressing the relevant key readies that weapon or item.
1 + 2 = Weapon slots
3 + 4 = Equipment
B = Binoculars
Tab = Huntermate (Always equipped)
Movement Controls
W - Forward
S - Back
A - Strafe Left
D - Strafe Right
E - Toggle Run/walk
Q - Toggle Auto walk/run
Mouse - Look/aim
Lctrl - Position down, per press. Crouch then go prone, from standing.
Lshift - Position up, per press. Crouch then stand up, from prone.
Space bar - Climb up to or leave hunting tower
Weaponry and Items
Left mouse button - Raise weapon if not raised already
Left mouse button - Fire weapon (when raised)
Holding the mouse button after the shot will keep the gun in position, allowing you to keep your aim - the weapon will not reload.
Left mouse button - Use item (when equipped)
Right mouse button - Raise weapon or binoculars (when equipped)
Right mouse button - Lower weapon or binoculars (when raised)
Right mouse button - Pause reloading multiple cartridges to raise weapon [Shotgun only]
Space bar - Hold breath when aiming weapon, to steady aim
R - Reload weapon (when equipped)
HunterMate
Left mouse button - Use HunterMate when equipped and in track view (identify clue, confirm kill)
Right mouse button - Toggle HunterMate between GPS full screen map
Right mouse button - Toggle HunterMate between Identified clue and GPS
G - Start the equipped HunterMate mini-game. (You need to place the mini-game cartridge in the HunterMate slot in your inventory.)
Other
Esc - Go to pause/exit game screen
Esc - Exit full screen displays - confirmed kill, inventory, full screen map
Enter - Bring up the chat box and talk to any of your friends who are currently out hunting!
M - Full screen map on/off
I - Inventory
