Controls

Movement

• Holding shift while moving will cause the player to run.
• Holding CTRL or Z while moving causes the player to sneak, making the player slower, quieter and hence more difficult to detect (see also combat stance below).
• You can also right click on the ground and click the menu option that says "Move There" but is a rather awkward form of control.

Combat

• Holding CTRL or Z will put the player into a combat stance with whatever weapon is equipped in the main hand. Pressing the left mouse button will then use the weapon.**Note** This is also how you 'attack' doors to break them down - alternatively holding down the right mouse button will also put the player into sneak/attack mode.
• To aim at a specific area hover your mouse over the area desired and click the left mouse button to attack where your crosshair is pointed.
• The longer you hold the right mouse button down, the more damage you deal to the target upon releasing the button
• While in combat, you must click on your target in order to hit it.

Inventory

• Items can be eaten or consumed by ""Right-Clicking"" and selecting "Eat" or by Left-Clicking and Dragging on the Heart icon below your inventory box.
• The Right Mouse Button clears the item you are currently carrying with your cursor.
• Pressing the Space Bar will open up your inventory.
• The Mouse Scroll Wheel will cycle through your inventory.
• Holding CTRL when placing a stack of items into a container will drop the entire stack.
• Double clicking the Left Mouse Button on an item in a container will add it to your inventory.
• Highlighting an item and clicking the Left Mouse Button on the black rectangle with a arrow in it will transfer the selected item in the opposing container.

• Pressing R will load/unload the magazine of a held pistol.
• Holding R will add bullets to a held mag.

• The currently equipped items can be assigned a hotkey with Ctrl+Shift+ [1-9] Then Clicking the equipped item. The equipment can then be switched quickly by pressing [1-9], this will cause you to attack with the equipped weapon.

Miscellaneous

• Pressing Q will cause a shout from the player, drawing zombies near.
• While pressing CTRL / Z, the Mouse cursor will allow you to face different directions
• The left mouse button is a context specific button and will vary depending on what it interacts with, such as picking up items, opening and closing of doors, windows and curtains.
• Pressing P will pause the game.
• Pressing M will mute the the Music.
• Pressing U will randomize your characters appearance and clothing. This may be a bug.ninja!
• Clicking on the death screen will restart the game.
• You can remove Wooden Planks off a door or window by first equipping the Hammer on the 1st or 2nd inventory slot, then dragging and clicking it over the selected barricade.
• To destroy walls, door frames and other props, first equip the Sledgehammer on the 1st or 2nd inventory slot, then drag and click the Sledgehammer on the select prop.
• If press G a couple of times ingame lighting will change to simple cubic (or back)
• Pressing "E" will activate a general action if available (ex. Opening a door)
• Holding "E" will activate the "follow up" to the general action (ex. Going through a window after opening)
• Rapidly pressing "E" will make an "urgent action" and will make your character take drastic measures (ex. Smashing a window with his/her arm)
• When constructing walls, fences and similar objects, press R to rotate the object before placing it.
• Pressing F12 will take a screenshot
• To gather logs after cutting down a tree, head over to the logs and open up the inventory box. Click the ground icon and you should be able to pick up the logs.

HUD

Time Display & Quests

• The blue digits in the upper-right is the current Time, Day and Month of your game. Time is displayed in 24-hour format.
• Clicking on the Quest Manager button will open up a list of your current Quests.
• Clicking the PAUSE symbol will pause the game.(Keyboard shortcut is P)
• Clicking the PLAY symbol with resume the game. (Keyboard shortcut is P)
• Clicking the Fast-Forward arrows or the Clock icon will Fast-Forward time at different speeds.

• Pressing and holding Enter or Return will speed up time 10x.(Note : Not working in v2.0q)

Orientation Control & Zoomed In Mode

• Clicking on the crossed arrow symbol(left icon) will change the orientation direction to Isometric mode. Instead of going directly Up with the W key, players will move up-right and so on with other keys.
• Clicking on the pink & blue square with cursor symbol(right icon) will zoom in the camera.(Note : Currently very buggy in v2.0q)

Controller

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