Thank you, this is a well made guide. I played every game with the lockpicking system before (fallout, Skyrim, Dying light. etc, but I didn't expect how difficult it is. The 10 second time is the only gripe I have to deal with, I mean it's like lockpick and the screwdriver got a life of it own if you staying still or quit, it will break no matter what🤦♀️.
funny cause i was lockpicking a drop and i swear to god i was lockpicking just with a bobby pin and no skrewdriver , thought the game was bugged or lagged out then i came here and bam! mystery solved. ty man :)
It's so strange that even for basic lock on the lockpick board only gives you 3 seconds to try. It's damn hard and even with advance pick, it still breaks easily.
at first i couldnt be bothered to do any lockpicking. then i was like.. what the hell... lets try it. after two bunkers and countless police stations with empty -locked- lockers... i'm done :P also, i dont understand the logic behind the time limit. isnt this game supposed ot be hyper-realistic or something? they should find another way to "measure" the thievery skill.
I get what you're saying, but they do have to find a balance between gameplay and realism. Also dont give up on lockpicking, the best loot is behind locked doors hehe, or you could just get the jump on people exiting bunkers! Thanks for watching bud!
I have no issue getting the Gun lockers open. But man those 3 second player locks are dang near impossible for me. But I really enjoy that. I enjoy that you have to build in game stats and real life skill to pick the locks definitely adds realism. And keeps people from just easily busting open the base you poured so much time into.
Yes they are hard, really hard actually! But yeah i also think thats how they should be, no one wants any newbie just walking by to be able to raid their base! And if you find lockpicking player lock a bit to hard, you could try getting your hands on C4, just saying! thanks for watching!
@@Kevin-xn2oj I have got decent at doing it now. It took a lot of tries for me to get better. It's pretty fun once you get the hang of the lockpicking.
After while you can "see the code" like neo and get just kinda know exactly where the sweet spot is in under a sec or two once you see the first turn. I tried my first kill box and was able to pick a silver lock with maybe 16ish attempts with ZERO lock picking character skill.
Great video, very helpful. I know it's a minigame, and therefore not really realistic, but the mechanic in games that says lockpicks break after a few uses or failed attempts at lockpicking is absurd. I pick locks as a hobby and none of my picks has ever broken, even in the beginning when I was using crappy picks and didn't know what I was doing. Let's hope this moronic misconception disappears from gaming soon. The timer is also utterly pointless. Locks don't have timers.
I wonder if there would be a way to make a more realistic minigame with lock picking? Any suggestions as to how any future game would go about doing so?
@@HankiboyGaming But if the locks were realistic, they would be harder! In scum you have 1 sweet spot. In real life you have a sweet spot in the pin crossed with a sweet spot on the turning tool. Now multiply that by the number of pins, and if you fail the sweet spot on the turning tool you can unset pins you had set before. The point is, lockpicking in real life is a patience game. In scum is a game of getting luck with the starting position matching the sweet spot.
Finally, a guide to understand this very frustrating aspect of the game. Question, is a valid tactic to just bank on the sweet spot being in one segment and give up on the trying to find it? In other words, say, just hope the sweet spot is pie wedge 2 (just left of center) and try to start pushing then? seems like 1 out of four times it will be there, the initial loss of time to find sweet spot can now be used to refine placement. I think this is a good tactic, but eventually, i give up and start switching the initial spot only to miss it more frequently than hitting it?
Im no mathematician but i dont know if thats how statistics work. I use the approach i show in the vid because thats what works best for me, but this is by no means the only way of doing lockpicking. Keep practicing and at some point it will "clik" for you and you will get the feel of it. But like said in the video, a big part of it, for me at least, is luck!
I also focus on 1/2 of the lockpick area. If I dont find the sweetspot in my chosen side within the first two seconds then I just try random very fast on the other side. It takes about 1 second to "turn" the lock, so its always better to go random if you havent found the sweetspot area.
Great explanation. I didn't realise that the killbox locks were so much harder, went there with no lockpicking skill, crafted lockpicks, unsurprisingly didn't pick a single lock then died and lost all of my gear 😂😭
Played this for more than a year. Liked the game a lot. Would like to have a setting to disable lockpicking, because I find it much too frustrating… i quit playing scum now
2 days of playing i found 6 screwdrivers, the shit ones wasted them all on those weapon lockers that are locked for some reason when they are empty, dunno how many i opened but i ended up with an m9 magainze, hahaa developers really know how to make their game fun and enjoyable
For some reason even tho i have the screwdriver and the lockpick it still say locked when i aproach a locker and the option of lockpick doesnt even pop out. Anyone knows why?
guys this was not meant as an offense. if you have read it like that i am sorry about. in my opinion it is very important to have high fps so your F key responsetime is as high as possible. you will have much more success when you "wiggle" the lock and get a feeling for the F key. it is all about the muscle memory. you need to let the lockpick touch as slightly as possible and then reposition it otherwise you are not able to see if you are doing it right or not. so if you do not have a very good hardware lowering your render resolution is a must do. Also to play with low DPI is a must do as well to get success to the Last degrees of the Lock.
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The Sweetspot changes place after each attempt.
The small screwdriver has 3 charges, not 6.
Thank you, this is a well made guide. I played every game with the lockpicking system before (fallout, Skyrim, Dying light. etc, but I didn't expect how difficult it is.
The 10 second time is the only gripe I have to deal with, I mean it's like lockpick and the screwdriver got a life of it own if you staying still or quit, it will break no matter what🤦♀️.
Thanks, not a lot of info ingame so any tutorials are well appreciated :D
Glad I could help and thanks for watching!
Best How-To video for lockpicking. I can already pick locks but subscribing for such a well done video. 👏
funny cause i was lockpicking a drop and i swear to god i was lockpicking just with a bobby pin and no skrewdriver , thought the game was bugged or lagged out then i came here and bam! mystery solved. ty man :)
Glad i could help bud! and thanks for watching!
Great vid. Best explanation I've seen yet.
Thank you so much for the tutorial,it really helps me for practicing the lockpick 😭🤧
Happy to hear that and thanks for watching!
Buena guía para pulir al máximo el lock pick saludos desde Argentina!
Glad it helped! Salutations to Argentina!
thanks for the video i really needed this learning lesson
Glad I could help and hope you get good loot!
Great video, helped me out tons!
Thank you!
Thanks! Glad the video was helpful to so many people!
It's so strange that even for basic lock on the lockpick board only gives you 3 seconds to try. It's damn hard and even with advance pick, it still breaks easily.
Is your lockpicking skill high? might be the issue!
at first i couldnt be bothered to do any lockpicking. then i was like.. what the hell... lets try it.
after two bunkers and countless police stations with empty -locked- lockers... i'm done :P
also, i dont understand the logic behind the time limit. isnt this game supposed ot be hyper-realistic or something? they should find another way to "measure" the thievery skill.
I get what you're saying, but they do have to find a balance between gameplay and realism. Also dont give up on lockpicking, the best loot is behind locked doors hehe, or you could just get the jump on people exiting bunkers! Thanks for watching bud!
I agree. The time limit and the sweet spot randomly moving between attempts makes no sense 😂
I have no issue getting the Gun lockers open. But man those 3 second player locks are dang near impossible for me. But I really enjoy that. I enjoy that you have to build in game stats and real life skill to pick the locks definitely adds realism. And keeps people from just easily busting open the base you poured so much time into.
Yes they are hard, really hard actually! But yeah i also think thats how they should be, no one wants any newbie just walking by to be able to raid their base! And if you find lockpicking player lock a bit to hard, you could try getting your hands on C4, just saying! thanks for watching!
I wish I knew thievery was important when I made my character. Oh well, now I know!
Thanks for the info
I only get 3 sec and it’s almost impossible to do it first try
@@Kevin-xn2oj I have got decent at doing it now. It took a lot of tries for me to get better. It's pretty fun once you get the hang of the lockpicking.
its not worth having thievery skill because you can craft the lockpicking board.. its easy to lvl it up
@@Cigaro_ nerfed now :/
Lockpick board failes are now 0xp
New to here man great videos you gained new sub!
Thanks bud! Always great to hear!
After while you can "see the code" like neo and get just kinda know exactly where the sweet spot is in under a sec or two once you see the first turn. I tried my first kill box and was able to pick a silver lock with maybe 16ish attempts with ZERO lock picking character skill.
Great video man
Thanks, bud! Hope it helped you!
great vid hanki
Thank you very much, always appreciated!
Nice work , also we need disarm C4 or open door in killbox thats will be great,
I will probably have both of those as #shorts up pretty soon!
Great video, very helpful. I know it's a minigame, and therefore not really realistic, but the mechanic in games that says lockpicks break after a few uses or failed attempts at lockpicking is absurd. I pick locks as a hobby and none of my picks has ever broken, even in the beginning when I was using crappy picks and didn't know what I was doing. Let's hope this moronic misconception disappears from gaming soon. The timer is also utterly pointless. Locks don't have timers.
yeah unfortunetly they have to balance realism and gameplay. Thanks for watching!
I wonder if there would be a way to make a more realistic minigame with lock picking? Any suggestions as to how any future game would go about doing so?
Yes. So stupid timers and screw drivers break and go flying out of your hands so dumb. This ridiculous system needs to die
@@HankiboyGaming But if the locks were realistic, they would be harder! In scum you have 1 sweet spot. In real life you have a sweet spot in the pin crossed with a sweet spot on the turning tool. Now multiply that by the number of pins, and if you fail the sweet spot on the turning tool you can unset pins you had set before.
The point is, lockpicking in real life is a patience game. In scum is a game of getting luck with the starting position matching the sweet spot.
@@Quartered_Rodent Splinter cell and Thief got close.
Finally, a guide to understand this very frustrating aspect of the game. Question, is a valid tactic to just bank on the sweet spot being in one segment and give up on the trying to find it? In other words, say, just hope the sweet spot is pie wedge 2 (just left of center) and try to start pushing then? seems like 1 out of four times it will be there, the initial loss of time to find sweet spot can now be used to refine placement. I think this is a good tactic, but eventually, i give up and start switching the initial spot only to miss it more frequently than hitting it?
Im no mathematician but i dont know if thats how statistics work. I use the approach i show in the vid because thats what works best for me, but this is by no means the only way of doing lockpicking. Keep practicing and at some point it will "clik" for you and you will get the feel of it. But like said in the video, a big part of it, for me at least, is luck!
I also focus on 1/2 of the lockpick area. If I dont find the sweetspot in my chosen side within the first two seconds then I just try random very fast on the other side. It takes about 1 second to "turn" the lock, so its always better to go random if you havent found the sweetspot area.
Great guide!
Thanks bud, hope it helped you find some good loot!
Nice vid Hank
Thanks PK! Catch you in game maybe!
I haven’t played Skyrim in a while but I’m pretty sure this is almost the same lock picking game.
it is extremly similar!
I think keyboards can affect lockpicking like how high or low your keys are set.
Great explanation. I didn't realise that the killbox locks were so much harder, went there with no lockpicking skill, crafted lockpicks, unsurprisingly didn't pick a single lock then died and lost all of my gear 😂😭
Yeah they are quite hard, but with a bniot of practice you can get them done, the lockpad is another problem tough! thanks for watching!
Played this for more than a year. Liked the game a lot. Would like to have a setting to disable lockpicking, because I find it much too frustrating… i quit playing scum now
But great video!
Thanks
Hankiboy Gaming does doing the practice ones grow the skill
yes sir!
are the medical gloves working too if there's lock protection on it
i have play this game for years and always struggle with basic lock. always wonder how some player can easily lockpick gold lock
2 days of playing i found 6 screwdrivers, the shit ones
wasted them all on those weapon lockers that are locked for some reason when they are empty, dunno how many i opened but i ended up with an m9 magainze, hahaa developers really know how to make their game fun and enjoyable
You can open them with a crowbar also! But yeah screwdriver can be a pain to find! thanks for watching!
For some reason even tho i have the screwdriver and the lockpick it still say locked when i aproach a locker and the option of lockpick doesnt even pop out. Anyone knows why?
Does having the advanced skill, or having the advanced skill + to the maximum, change anything?
Yes, it modifies the amount of time you have for your attempts!
@@HankiboyGaming but nothing changes. but I'm talking about the gold locks. it is always 4 seconds
@@kratos4165 i think in the gold ones you have a tiny bit more space of the "sweet" spot..
Does the type of screwdriver effect your results?
No, screwdriver types only affect the max amount of charges. Only your skill, gloves and lock type affect outcome. Thanks for watching!
You dont get exp if you fail on the lockpick practice board anymore correct? i get no xp
I do believe its only on succesfull attemps, but im not 100% sure on that one.
Thank for the tip bro
No problem 👍 thanks for watching!
is there still really no other way to raid than lockpicks? i thought you cant destroy prefab doors
You can use explosive, the better one being the C4 of course, but its quite hard to get your hands on. Thanks for watching!
@@HankiboyGaming really? you can bomb any door now?
Oh sorry, did not see the prefab part. You can use a crowbar, it will damage some loot inside the locker and it takes a while.
@@HankiboyGaming nice! thanks
small screwdrivers only have 3 uses on them dont they ??
You are correct, got my numbers mixed with the Advanced Lockpick, small screwdrivers have 3 charges.
does lockpicking the board thing level the thievery?
Yes
Does the sweet spot change every attempt?
Yes
Like @GamerBeast said, yes
You gaming in 1080p?
When i did the video yes, now im at 1440! took me a while to get a new Gpu! thanks for watching!
Using 800 dpi what sens should I use for this?
like i said bud you really need to try it out for yourself and see what works, i have set quite high but my mouse mat is verry rough
@@HankiboyGaming ok thank you when the pin stock what do i need to do? Move the screw then press F again? Quickly?
@@jksb4172 you need to tap it, and move in the directions that's makes the lock turn the most
@@HankiboyGaming ok thank you
just 3 attempts with the small screwdrivers not 6
You are correct! Thanks for watching!
nice video but bit outdated great job though
Ahhh, so when i find sweetspot, i need just to press F, and not move with mouse 😁😅
Exactly! hope this helped!
Are you human or
Robot?
None of those, French Canadian. Thanks for watching!
obviously most ppl here never played skyrim .
yup they have very similar mechanics! thanks for watchign bud!
@@HankiboyGaming Thanx for sharing the content bro ... u doing gods work .
If you’ve never played Skyrim then watch this video 👍
Dang it, should of added "works for skyrim" in the title lol. Thanks for watching bud!
Nice Video, but youre not an advanced lockpicker as i can see. Whatever...really good tutorial for beginners!
I am not an advanced lockpicker in any way! Do you have any tips!?
Yeah! Do you have any tips? I'd love some tips from an advanced lockpicker!
guys this was not meant as an offense. if you have read it like that i am sorry about.
in my opinion it is very important to have high fps so your F key responsetime is as high as possible. you will have much more success when you "wiggle" the lock and get a feeling for the F key. it is all about the muscle memory. you need to let the lockpick touch as slightly as possible and then reposition it otherwise you are not able to see if you are doing it right or not. so if you do not have a very good hardware lowering your render resolution is a must do. Also to play with low DPI is a must do as well to get success to the Last degrees of the Lock.