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Manual Hacking

Gives agents a custom firewall hacking ability to replace or complement Incognita.

- Slow hacking: end the turn while hacking an object to break X number of firewalls by the next turn (X scales with Hacking skill).
- Fast hacking: spend 3 PWR to break X number of firewalls instantly. This method is fast but sloppy and will automatically trigger a Castle daemon, causing other firewalls to rise.
- Daemon sniff: end turn while daemon sniffing a device to identify any daemon on it. Only available at Hacking skill 3 or more. At Hacking skill 5, the ability immediately "kills" the daemon instead of identifying it.
-Incognita status: Choose between different Incognita settings. No change (vanilla), LOS-limited hacking (Incognita can only hack devices the player can directly see), Disabled (full, permanent lockdown).
-Hack cameras and turrets: Restrict Incognita's hacking to cameras and turrets only. Can be combined freely with the Incognita status setting.
-PWR cost for slow hacking: Slow hacking and daemon sniffing can have a PWR cost, set to 2 by default. Customise this based on the other options you pick for the best balance. As a rule of thumb, if you start with no PWR generator program, you probably want slow hacking to be free or almost free. But it's up to you!

- You can manually hack any device you can physically reach. This includes sound bugs, drones, cameras, and guards with firewalls.
- Increase your Hacking skill to increase the number of firewalls broken: 1 firewall at level 1, 2 firewalls as of level 2, and 3 firewalls as of level 4.
- You can begin a "slow" hack on a guard or drone but will not make any progress with it if the target moves away by the next turn.
- Even in lockdown mode, you can still benefit from passive programs. So if you want a true Incognita-less experience, I recommend starting with a program like Fusion or Seed (or maybe Void from Programs Extended by wodzu_93).

Custom items to disable cameras, blind drones, and evade local scans, as well as deal with other situations you might have trouble tackling without your programs.

Hacking plays an important role in games with more "classic" cyberpunk mechanics: You usually have a dedicated hacker character, so getting them to the objective and buying them enough time to complete the hack becomes an important part of your strategy. By handing the bulk of the hacking to Incognita and letting you hack remotely, Invisible Inc makes Hacking an almost ornamental skill for agents. It's useful for certain items and for getting extra PWR, but it's hardly crucial. This mod aims to change this core gameplay mechanic in a way that's (hopefully) still fun, but pits you directly against the enemy's cybersecurity with no super-AI at your beck and call.

Sim Constructor by Cyberboy2000.

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