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Controls & settings

The camera#

KeysDoes
Arrows, or the mouse at the screen's edgePan
W A S D (with the WASD camera on)Pan
WheelZoom, toward the mouse: from a street to the whole Earth
Right-dragGrab the ground and move it; from high up it spins the globe
Q / E, or middle-dragTurn
PgUp / PgDn, or middle-drag (R / F with the WASD camera)Tilt
ClickA building or a storage: its card
KeysDoes
B · L · VBuild · Lines · Vehicles
F · M · CFactories · Market · Company
A · W · TabArmy · War · Map layers
EscClose what is open; with nothing open, the menu
F1Controls & help

With the WASD camera on (Settings → Letter keys), the letters move the camera, so the panels take Shift first: Shift+B, Shift+L and so on.

Placing storage#

KeysDoes
Q / E, or the wheelTurn it
Ctrl + wheelZoom while placing
ClickBuild it, and carry on placing another
Right-click or EscStop

A small card by the ghost says, in pink, why it cannot stand where it is.

In battle#

KeysDoes
Click · dragSelect; Shift adds; a double-click takes every unit of that kind on screen
Right-clickMove, or attack what is under the mouse
A, then clickAttack-move: go there, fighting anything on the way
S · HStop · hold position
Ctrl + 1–9 · 1–9Set a group · recall it (twice: look at it)
DelTake back a defence of yours, while deploying

WASD panning is off in battle, as A, S and H give orders; use the arrows or the screen's edge.

The menu#

☰ at the top left, or Esc:

  • Company & finances: your books.
  • Settings: window and full screen, the interface size (the whole interface is drawn for 1600 × 900 and scaled to your window, times this), traffic density, the letter keys (WASD camera), and the map layers. They are kept on your computer between games.
  • Controls & help (F1): the keys, and a link to this wiki.
  • Switch company, Sign out and Quit.

The launcher's options#

Under PLAY, the launcher's options set full screen and the traffic density the game starts with.