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Using the Inventory

• The inventory in "RtMI" will be used extensively.  The inventory can be called up by clicking the right mouse button.  Items can be stored in the inventory on a series of "tabbed pages", where each page contains a grid of 28 slots to hold inventory items.  You can move from page to page in the inventory by clicking on the tabs at the top of the grid.
  
  Items that you pick up will not go directly into the inventory, but into a "holding area" in the upper right corner of the inventory screen.  You can select them from there, and place them anywhere in your inventory.  Or you can simply let the game place them on the currently open page, by clicking the "Auto" button at the top of that area.
  
  One suggestion is to use the multiple pages to group similar items: e.g., tools on one tab, food on another, chemical compounds on a third, etc.  That way, it will be easier to navigate through your inventory, and find things more quickly, after it begins to fill up.  (And it will!)
  
  There are also a couple of other things that are accessible from the inventory screen, which are helpful for playing the game.  There are three buttons in the upper left corner of the inventory.  The first ("Menu") duplicates the function of pressing the Esc key, bringing up the game menu.  The second ("Phone") brings up a screen that allows access to Mina's cell phone.  It is here that you will find out if the phone has enough battery power to work, if there are any messages, etc.
  
  The third button ("Objectives") can be quite helpful in summarizing what has happened so far in the game.  It is almost a "journal" of Mina's, and should be consulted frequently, for possible hints as to what Mina should be doing.
  

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