General
- E Use / interact
- Shift Run modifier
- G Drop
- V Voice
- Enter Chat
Quick Start
Player Basics
A practical start for AfterDark light RP: choose a job, make money, take risks, and let heat, fines, arrests, and prison resolve trouble.
Getting Started
- Join as Citizen by default.
- Press Tab to open the Player Menu, pick a job, and see what that role is built to do.
- Press B to open Pockets and manage carried items.
- Watch the lower-left HUD for your current job and money.
- Start legal for steady cash, or take a criminal job when you want heat, chase, and risk.
Core Controls
Menu + UI
- Tab Toggle Player Menu
- B Toggle Pockets
- Esc Close ATM/Crime panel
- 1-0 Inventory slot keys
Money and Banking
- Use ATM with E while looking at an ATM.
- Deposit pocket cash when you want it safer; withdraw when you need cash on hand.
- Bank money is safer. Pocket cash is useful, visible in the loop, and can be lost.
- On death, pocket cash can become a nearby money bag pickup.
Crime Terminal
- Use E on a crime terminal to open records.
- Check wanted level, active charges, and outstanding fines.
- Pay fines when you want to cool things down, or stay hot and deal with police pressure.
Heat and Consequences
- Trouble moves through systems: wanted state, heat, fines, police pressure, arrest, and prison.
- If you are wanted, expect pursuit. Hide, run, pay fines, or get caught.
- If you are police, use the tools and statuses instead of turning crime into a rule call.
- Criminal play is expected. Exploits, farming, harassment, and broken-state abuse are not.