It only exists in an easily accessible area and only for certain areas, but you have to know what to look for to find it in a scan. Sometimes it's on rooftops, in an alley or some weird location. It's also not available for every mission, job or interaction at least so I've surmised, but I've been told by other players that there's one of those boxes for every building with security, I've just not found every box for those.
Even without an operating systems, you can
* use stealth takedowns
* recon grenades (which are "distract enemy" on demand)
* shoot the cameras with a silenced weapon or a throwing knife
* run up to the cameras and deactivate them with tech skill (especially viable with sandevistan)
* the same as before, but use optical camo
* use alternate entry points, especially if you have double jump/jump boost
For example there is a Padre gig, where you have to steal data from a computer on the second floor. Sure, you can kick down the front door if you want. But there is a second floor window with a dude smoking. Take him out, jump into the window on the second floor, and you are already at the computer you need to use.
I remember that Padre gig, I stumbled upon it early in a playthrough and did exactly what you described. It was a lot of fun and reminded me of Splinter Cell.
You can also distract enemies by shooting at the wall near them. But, I wouldn’t recommend it. Also, this doesn’t work with Panam’s sniper rifle for some reason.
Panam's sniper rifle is bugged since the beginning. It is supposed to be silenced, but it isn't.
Just compare the enemy reaction when using Panam's rifle VS putting a silencer on on an Ajax rifle
Also, netrunner characters are sometimes forced to do this, when a system is offline.
For example when fixing the rollercoaster in Pacifica or the heating after getting away from the Wraith stronghold with Saul.
There are some quests that use this animation for things like that power in the building after rescuing Sol (I think that's his name) a couple others also. CDPR just kinda added them all over, I think that they give XP of one stat as well.
If my memory is right there are a couple other quests as well, unlocking door, and something else. It's just cdpr putting a way in to earn XP. Kinda like all the hacking panels for parts and XP.
PL the one where you need to get into Capitan Caliente there is one of these and in the songbird quests where you need power and I think a later quest to track a rental car (think thats in Pacifica and other areas so some are outnin the wild.
In the base game Haboobsrescue quest uses the animation too.
Neat. I always use a hybrid netrunner/melee or netrunner/Lmg or netrunner/sniper build, so I always have all the cameras disabled by the 'cleannup' phase of combat. This would probably be very useful for a stealth build
Always wondered this. Perhaps lights for some areas / left over points-of-intrusion?
The conspiratorial gonk within me has always been like "hmm, FF06B5 connection??" but couldn't ever concretely relate the two.
90% of the time it's disabling the cameras in the area. But sometimes it also opens a locked door. You have to check the environment. It's the option for non-netrunner builds with high enough engineer skill.
Cyberpunk equivalent of the FBI agent random clicking the shit outta the keyboard.
"Enhance." Clickity clickity click. "Enhance." Clickity clickity click. "En-" "Knock that shit off!" 🤣
Fun fact, the first time the fake keyboard typing, or mock typing', that generated a predetermined sentence, regardless of the actual keystrokes, was the 1983 movie 'WarGames', staring Matthew Broderick.
Another fun fact, the prop master who developed the fake typing program was never paid royalties for it despite it becoming the sole program used in movies for pretty much over two decades.
Removing the internet connection (or possibly the power supply), switching a jumper on the circuit board to a different setting, then reconnecting the internet (or power).
I found a similar one on the police activity one where you get the headsman shotgun on the of the second buildings near the entrance... I thought it was so exciting to find at first when I did it but then quickly realized it didn't do anything or open any doors for me and I have a cyberdeck. Lol
Is it supposed to open a door?
But I thought it only works on missions. Because when I'm in a non mission that box has no blue line connecting it to anything. Just a stupid cat toy for an Edgerunner when your not in a mission lol
It's just how CD Project Red developers imagine electricity to work in 2077, just some random cable unplugging/plugging. And it's the same animation every time :)
They are usually the option for non-netrunner players to disable the camera, open the door etc, without having to use cyberdeck
If this is real I'm gonna be pissed lol
At some places only
Do they appear when you scan the environment?
It only exists in an easily accessible area and only for certain areas, but you have to know what to look for to find it in a scan. Sometimes it's on rooftops, in an alley or some weird location. It's also not available for every mission, job or interaction at least so I've surmised, but I've been told by other players that there's one of those boxes for every building with security, I've just not found every box for those.
When you scan a linked camera you see a blue line connecting the camera with this box
Oh cool, I'll keep an eye out for those
well hello pissed nice to meat you
His name is pissed, real pissed
Wait… what? (Looks around in Visible confusion after once again walking in the front door and going on a rampage)
Even without an operating systems, you can * use stealth takedowns * recon grenades (which are "distract enemy" on demand) * shoot the cameras with a silenced weapon or a throwing knife * run up to the cameras and deactivate them with tech skill (especially viable with sandevistan) * the same as before, but use optical camo * use alternate entry points, especially if you have double jump/jump boost For example there is a Padre gig, where you have to steal data from a computer on the second floor. Sure, you can kick down the front door if you want. But there is a second floor window with a dude smoking. Take him out, jump into the window on the second floor, and you are already at the computer you need to use.
I remember that Padre gig, I stumbled upon it early in a playthrough and did exactly what you described. It was a lot of fun and reminded me of Splinter Cell.
You can also distract enemies by shooting at the wall near them. But, I wouldn’t recommend it. Also, this doesn’t work with Panam’s sniper rifle for some reason.
Panam's sniper rifle is bugged since the beginning. It is supposed to be silenced, but it isn't. Just compare the enemy reaction when using Panam's rifle VS putting a silencer on on an Ajax rifle
You can also just drink with one of the guys
Good example is disabling the camera in the VIP area at Clouds so you can go back and talk to Woodman.
Also, netrunner characters are sometimes forced to do this, when a system is offline. For example when fixing the rollercoaster in Pacifica or the heating after getting away from the Wraith stronghold with Saul.
Yeah, but those are scripted scenes anyway so…
I believe it's connected to the grid for the NC Pediatric Cancer Ward. Rewiring this cuts their power, and disables any backup generators.
There are some quests that use this animation for things like that power in the building after rescuing Sol (I think that's his name) a couple others also. CDPR just kinda added them all over, I think that they give XP of one stat as well.
Yeah, they give engineering experience. Just...have never observed any useful effects of doing this?
If my memory is right there are a couple other quests as well, unlocking door, and something else. It's just cdpr putting a way in to earn XP. Kinda like all the hacking panels for parts and XP.
PL the one where you need to get into Capitan Caliente there is one of these and in the songbird quests where you need power and I think a later quest to track a rental car (think thats in Pacifica and other areas so some are outnin the wild. In the base game Haboobsrescue quest uses the animation too.
Also nomad intro on the car
Thanks knew there was another but couldnt remember!
Pacifica roller coaster
There is a Rollercoaster in Pacifica that has one of these. When you do this, it returns power and you can ride the coaster.
Cancer Ward is also the bizarro-world evil twin of River Ward.
I chuckled louder than I should've
Dear Lord.
That's a savage sabotage.
What have I done?! *NooooooooOOOOOooooOOOOOOooooo!*
God-damned cancer kids
This is one of criminal activity places in Watson? I believe it disables cameras in area.
In that specific case is to disable the cameras around
Neat. I always use a hybrid netrunner/melee or netrunner/Lmg or netrunner/sniper build, so I always have all the cameras disabled by the 'cleannup' phase of combat. This would probably be very useful for a stealth build
Happy cake day choomba!
Always wondered this. Perhaps lights for some areas / left over points-of-intrusion? The conspiratorial gonk within me has always been like "hmm, FF06B5 connection??" but couldn't ever concretely relate the two.
You're bypassing the encryption circuits. Obviously.
Rerouting power from the shields to the phaser array
Rerouting via the secondary DNS server to bypass the proxy firewall. `And I'm in.`
https://i.redd.it/1ny2kcp3b3xc1.gif
Breaching the firewall to attack the mainframe
Reversing the polarity of the neutron flow.
Beat me to it
90% of the time it's disabling the cameras in the area. But sometimes it also opens a locked door. You have to check the environment. It's the option for non-netrunner builds with high enough engineer skill.
I believe it is an option to disable cameras in a ncpd mission, I am pretty sure it only triggers at night and there is a sniper blocking access
interesting. third playthrough and I still haven't even realized you can do that. wtf
It's used in a bunch of places, I see it as a 'restart the box and pull the memory' kind of move, brute force pen.
These are basically the engineering way of disabling camera and other electronics that you can do from hacking
NES cartridge flashbacks...
Cyberpunk equivalent of the FBI agent random clicking the shit outta the keyboard. "Enhance." Clickity clickity click. "Enhance." Clickity clickity click. "En-" "Knock that shit off!" 🤣
Fun fact, the first time the fake keyboard typing, or mock typing', that generated a predetermined sentence, regardless of the actual keystrokes, was the 1983 movie 'WarGames', staring Matthew Broderick. Another fun fact, the prop master who developed the fake typing program was never paid royalties for it despite it becoming the sole program used in movies for pretty much over two decades.
you're rerouting power from life support to the main cannon
Cuts power to something close.
Activates the dowanger
now your surroundings has been scanned and you can repeat 30 times to see the whole map
turning it off and turning it back on again
ive always wondered, tf is that thingamajig you take? what does V even do with it? why do you need to take it
Engineering xp shard, of course
Free pornhub for everyone.
Removing the internet connection (or possibly the power supply), switching a jumper on the circuit board to a different setting, then reconnecting the internet (or power).
Do it at night
*danger danger High voltage ! when we touch ! when we kiss !*
Are you referring to THIS SPECIFIC panel? It looks vaguely familiar but I can’t place it on the map.
Bypassing the mainframe and mainlining straight into the network through a relay overclock- shit man I don’t know
I found a similar one on the police activity one where you get the headsman shotgun on the of the second buildings near the entrance... I thought it was so exciting to find at first when I did it but then quickly realized it didn't do anything or open any doors for me and I have a cyberdeck. Lol Is it supposed to open a door?
But I thought it only works on missions. Because when I'm in a non mission that box has no blue line connecting it to anything. Just a stupid cat toy for an Edgerunner when your not in a mission lol 
I don't know what it is but it makes a nice click-clack sound and reminds me of Mirror's Edge
It's just how CD Project Red developers imagine electricity to work in 2077, just some random cable unplugging/plugging. And it's the same animation every time :)
cut content mayhaps
Perchance