How do I defeat/sneak past proximity mines?

Question

I'm at a hallway filled with proximity mines and things are not going well.

I've tried to crouch past them or in between them but they're very sensitive and I don't think that's a possibility. Shooting them sets them off without me getting killed but it's alarming to the bad guys nearby and that's not good - it is a last resort if I need it. Is there another way to disable or get past these mines without setting them off?

Answer

It's not hard at all if you take these steps. In fact, if you do the following you can't even set them off accidentally (unless you jump or knock something over).

1. Press Caps Lock, or whatever key you've mapped for "Toggle Walk", to switch from fast movement to slow movement.

2. Crouch.

3. Shuffle over to the mine while crouched.

4. Highlight the mine.

5. Press whatever key you've mapped to "activate object". This will disable the mine.

6. If you want to take the mine, "activate object" again. (Note: if your inventory is full at this point, I think doing "activate object" will re-enable the mine rather than taking it. Which would be bad.)

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