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Routine

Diagnostics & Rebooting

Master diagnostics and rebooting in Routine. Learn how to use your C.A.T. tool, find batteries, and navigate system terminals to progress through Chapter 1.

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Master diagnostics and rebooting in Routine. Learn how to use your C.A.T. tool, find batteries, and navigate system terminals to progress through Chapter 1.

This guide covers essential diagnostic and rebooting procedures in Routine, focusing on using your C.A.T. tool and interacting with various terminals to progress through the game's early stages.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Begin by approaching your helmet to put it on, then interact with the computer screen to the right.
  2. 2
    Navigate to the FORM tab to complete the basic movement tutorial.
  3. 3
    Select the PRINT tab and print your ID. Crouch (CTRL + Space + S) to pick up the fallen ID.
  4. 4
    Use the computer beside the door to open it and proceed towards the light.
  5. 5
    In the room to the right of the panoramic screen (Meeting Room A01), find the C.A.T. tool on the second table on the left.
  6. 6
    In the next room (opened via the computer), find blue batteries. Your C.A.T. tool uses one battery for three uses.
  7. 7
    Connect to a Wireless Access Point (using R to view tool, then Wireless Access Point button) to access the DATABASE and find the elevator keycode (e.g., 4832 - this code is randomized per player).
  8. 8
    Enter the correct keycode at the elevator and select GATEWAY to proceed.
  9. 9
    At the ASN terminal, listen to the voice recording and note the need for an access code.
  10. 10
    Go to the Tram Station and follow the cables from the gate to the electrical box. Aim your C.A.T. tool (M2) and fire a pulse (M1) to open the gate.
  11. 11
    Enter the Tram Station, use the computer to select a location, and choose the Mall.
  12. 12
    At the Mall's front desk, press the IC assistance button and follow the droid. Log in using your ID number (e.g., 9601 - this ID is randomized). Select Business or Pleasure.
  13. 13
    Press the IC assistance button again and follow the bot to a different entrance. Climb down the ladder.
  14. 14
    Walk straight to the Wireless Access Point, then to the right to find a hatch. Follow the cables to an electrical box, use your C.A.T. tool to open the hatch, and press CTRL to enter.
  15. 15
    Inside, a gate will close. Crouch under the checkout desk and press the red button to have a bot break the gate. Hide behind the desk as it breaks through.
  16. 16
    When the gate is open and the bot is clear, run left, then right towards Galaxy Video.
  17. 17
    Walk down the hall to the right of the Access Point (left of Galaxy Video) to reach the security room. Read the note indicating the meeting is moved to MEGAZONE.
  18. 18
    To reach MEGAZONE, backtrack to the plant area, go through Union Plaza, past the room entered via the hatch, towards the panel of screens, and take a left.
  19. 19
    Go down the hall, take a right into the purple-lit area, go around the planter, and crouch (CTRL) under the shutters into MEGAZONE.
Tips
  • Press F to look closer at computer screens if readability is an issue.
  • View your C.A.T. tool's current charge by pressing R and checking the meter.
  • Be aware that hostile bots roam certain areas; avoid them by running (SHIFT) or hiding.
  • In MEGAZONE, find a powered-on arcade machine (back row with Gunshow image) and press E/M1 to play and earn an achievement.

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