Guide

Getting through the office door

How the keycard door in R.E.P.O. works and how items that switch, light up or unlock behave once you are through it.

Applies to

0.4.0, read from the copy of the game this site was built from (see the sources page)

Before you start

• A level with the shop's keycard door
• Something to carry
• A crew that can share what is behind it

Steps

1. Expect the office door to be a locked and an unlocked state rather than a key you hold.
   the keycard is kept in a locked and an unlocked state
2. Look for the door that belongs to the shop rather than any door.
   the shop has a keycard door of its own
3. Read the panel rather than the handle: it is where the door answers you.
   the door has its own panel, switches material when it opens and carries an unlock sound
4. Treat it as a physical door, because it is hung rather than a way of moving a player.
   it is a hinged physical object with a level collider
5. Expect items to keep a state of their own once you are through.
   items have a state of their own with a manager behind them
6. Toggle deliberately and check whether it turns itself off when put away.
   an item can be toggled, with a toggle state, a sound and a rule about switching off when put away
7. Know whether a carried light is meant to stay on.
   an item can carry a light with an intensity curve and a setting for staying on
8. Watch how loud a tool is, because it has its own level.
   an item carries a sound level of its own, with types including one for items from the secret shop

Common mistakes

• Hunting for a key item when the door answers to a locked and unlocked state.
• Yanking the door instead of using its panel.
• Leaving a tool switched on and putting it away.
• Carrying a light that was never set to stay on.

Related entries

Extraction and the shopKeycards and the locked officeThe shop has a keycard door of its own.Gear and itemsItems you switch on, carry or unlockItems have a state of their own with a manager behind them.Gear and itemsThe gear you carryA walkie-talkie is a defined item you can carry.

Sources

A local copy of the game, read only. Grounding for each step is on the technical reference pages; no number is estimated.