Sons Of The Forest Basic Controls Tips
New players trying out the newest horror survival game Sons Of The Forest might cause a bit of confusion. There isn't much of a tutorial and the tooltips don't come very often or players might not know where to look. Some of the controls and basic functions of the game aren't as intuitive as one might think and while the game is still in «Early Access» players are sure to encounter bugs along the way.
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The intro cutscenes are quite long and the game doesn't show a prompt initially to end them early. However, if you press and hold «S» you will be able to skip each scene. There are 3 scenes that you'll have to press and hold «S» to skip all of them.
When trying to pick up certain objects, such as sticks, tapping the Interact Button «E» will place it in your inventory while Holding the button will place it in your hands to wield. Similarly, when interacting with items, such as consumables like fish or meat, tapping the interact button will place it in the inventory and holding it will consume it immediately.
While it may seem pretty obvious to veterans of the survival horror series, there is no tooltip in game to tell you what to press after you've picked up an item. The default key bind to drop items is «G». If you were carrying an item small enough to fit in your inventory, such as a stick or a lighter, it will actually stow it back in there if you have space for it.
In a recent early access play session there is a consistent bug encountered that made it impossible to drop a wielded item. A quick fix in multiplayer is to go up to your friend and open and close their backpack. In solo play, however, players will just have to either wait it out or hope that a random button
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