Neat little nonsense tricks in AO?

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Neat little nonsense tricks in AO?

Postby Tarryk » Sat May 14, 2011 11:10 pm

Just a few nonsense tricks in AO as I remember them.

* Auto-run is 0 on the numpad, as everyone knows. For those of us who use the mouse and WASD controls, the numpad doesn't really factor in. A trick to auto run is, while holding down W to run, "roll off" the shift key. That is to say, while you're pressing W, press down on the left shift key, then let up on the W and then let up on the shift. You're autorunning now, same as numpad 0.

* Hotbar numbers! I'm only including this because every time I see a video of someone playing AO, they're all over the place clicking the hotbar to switch between bars and to click on the shortcuts therein. Shift + toprow numbers will switch to that hotbar, and while that one is up, just hitting the numbers 1 thru 0 will execute that shortcut/nano/skill/macro/whatevs.

* Typing /camp automatically sits you down and begins the logout process, after which it will close AO. Typing /quit will instantly close AO.

* I'm pretty sure this is still the case: When you're in a regular yalm and you go to first-person, your camera will be partially blocked by the nose of the yalm (if you have F10 selected to show your character in first person, possibly even if you don't). If you paint the yalm any color, it will disappear in first person, giving you an unobstructed view.

Further AO weirdness as I can remember. Feel free to add your own.
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Postby Shigy » Sun May 15, 2011 4:01 am

I'm sure most people know this but right clicking on friendly nanos cancels them. This is particular helpfull for dropping onto a spot with any of the flying vehicle nanos. As you just fly into position and cancel them.
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Postby TwoTimeToxic » Sun May 15, 2011 12:26 pm

marking a corpse and pushing E auto loots it.
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Postby Kermie » Mon May 16, 2011 10:02 pm

TwoTimeToxic wrote:marking a corpse and pushing E auto loots it.


that i didn't know
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Postby TwoTimeToxic » Tue May 17, 2011 11:37 pm

be a leet the enter water to the point right before you swim then roll either right or left then walk backwards out of the water and you will keep rolling
(unless they have fixed that bug)
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Postby Nushen » Wed May 18, 2011 12:11 am

The E key is default "Use" key. Works on bodies, shops, NPCs, etc. Really nice when something is crowded or laggy, or "pre-prepping" while you're running towards something. Once you're in range, hit E and presto. It won't open trade with people so I like it better than double clicking.
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