The camera#
| Keys | Does |
|---|---|
| Arrows, or the mouse at the screen's edge | Pan |
| W A S D (with the WASD camera on) | Pan |
| Wheel | Zoom, toward the mouse: from a street to the whole Earth |
| Right-drag | Grab the ground and move it; from high up it spins the globe |
| Q / E, or middle-drag | Turn |
| PgUp / PgDn, or middle-drag (R / F with the WASD camera) | Tilt |
| Click | A building or a storage: its card |
Menus and panels#
| Keys | Does |
|---|---|
| B · L · V | Build · Lines · Vehicles |
| F · M · C | Factories · Market · Company |
| A · W · Tab | Army · War · Map layers |
| Esc | Close what is open; with nothing open, the menu |
| F1 | Controls & 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#
| Keys | Does |
|---|---|
| Q / E, or the wheel | Turn it |
| Ctrl + wheel | Zoom while placing |
| Click | Build it, and carry on placing another |
| Right-click or Esc | Stop |
A small card by the ghost says, in pink, why it cannot stand where it is.
In battle#
| Keys | Does |
|---|---|
| Click · drag | Select; Shift adds; a double-click takes every unit of that kind on screen |
| Right-click | Move, or attack what is under the mouse |
| A, then click | Attack-move: go there, fighting anything on the way |
| S · H | Stop · hold position |
| Ctrl + 1–9 · 1–9 | Set a group · recall it (twice: look at it) |
| Del | Take 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.