Playing Manual 2

From Resident Evil Wiki

[Character status]

Check damage status via the ECG (Electrocardiogram)

FINE ... Normal

CAUTION ... Slightly wounded

CAUTION ... Moderate wounds

DANGER ... Seriously wounded

[Poison]

If you get poisoned, your vitality gradually decreases as time passes. The electrocardiogram (ECG) will display the word while you are poisoned.

[Blood loss]

If you get attacked and lose lots of blood, your movement speed slows, and your vitality decreases as you move. The ECG displays the word while you are losing blood.

[Virus gauge]

The vrus gauge on the status screen shows the player's virus infection rate. If it reaches 100%, the player dies regardless of his/her remaining vitality.

[Crawling part 1]

If you receive too much damage, your player will start crawling on the floor. While you are crawling, you can't enter certain rooms and perform certain tasks.

[Crawling part 2]

While you are crawling, your virus gauge increases at a much quicker rate than normal. To avoid having to crawl, you must a recovery item or have other PCs "shoulder" you up.

[Map part 1]

View basic room information for any previously visited room by pressing the [Triangle] button to access the map. If you obtain a mpa, info on unentered rooms on that map is displayed.

Green Room-Rooms you've been to.

Red Room-Currently occupied room.

Yellow Door-Unexplored doors.

Blue Door-Opened doors.

Red Door-Unopened doors.

[Herbs part 1]

Recover status ailments with herbs.

Green Herb-Recovers your vitality.

Blue Herb-Cures Poison.

Red Herb-Amplifies the potency of a herb.

[Herbs part 2]

Herbs can be mixed together.

Ex: Green + Red = Mixed Herb

There are many other ways to mix herbs so you can create herbs that have various new effects.

[Checking other Pc's status]

If you are in the same room with other PCs, you can check their virus gauge, items, etc. on the status screen.

[Exchanging items with a dead PC]

Even if another PC dies, you can still exchange items with him/her by opening status screen in the room he/she died in.

[Temporary Save]

You can temporarily save the game by accessing the typewriters found within each scenario. Note: previous game data disappears when you load a temporary save game.