well. i tried everything i could think of. even rebinding. wound up with a reinstall. after the patch for some reason it would not uninstall so i had to do it manually. what a drag. oh, well. ran all the way back to level three and it worked like a charm. for a reward i got to get smacked by some ...

yep. i found that out the hard way. got interesting real quick.

here's where it all goes wrong. i kill the theif bot. i can see the cartridge floating there. i run into it. i get a little 'good work, now put some data on it.' speach and a picture of the data nodes in my primary weapon screen. but i have no cartridge in inventory. nothing i can do will invoke any ...

yeah, it's the door that lets you go down into the caverns. (started the level over again just to make sure). guess it's a reinstall. thanks for all of the replies and thanks for keeping this forum alive. DESCENT! rock, rock on...

yep. top gun has nailed it. unfortunately, i've already started the level over. with the same results. anybody know what the security key is for? i picked up in a room about halfway through. the room has a secret area with a cloak in it way in the back. i'm not sure that i've had to use it though ...

ahhhhhhh, now were getting somewhere. i kill the first thief bot. grab the data cartridge. go to the data nodes. and then... nothing. i have no indication that i actually have the cartridge. left and right brackets do nothing for me. i even went so far as to park my ship between the nodes and hit ...

i'll give that a try. i was under the impression that i was supposed to load some data on the data cartridge. there's a big switch i can hit which prompts my guidebot to tell me that i'm doing it wrong. then there's the purple data uplink or whatever... and what's this that i hear about the uber ...

so the 'get to the whatever node' and all that crap is meaningless? they show a nice picture of it and everything...

thanks for the prompt replies. but unfortunately, they have not helped. perhaps i should be more specific. the "[ + ]" keys are mapped by default to next / previous inventory item. they do absolutely nothing. they worked fine in level 2 to get through the security checkpoints. the arrow is pointing ...

sorry if this is a bit of a noob question but i'm stuck in level three and getting frustrated. i've killed the stinking theif bot and picked up the data cartridge. got the 'good work' speech and everything. the problem is that i'm not sure that i really have it. my screen tells me i have a guide bot ...