Controls

Controlling the Character

All players start a new game as an Astronaut character equipped with a jetpack.

Views

The game has two view options available: first and third-person view. The player can toggle between these two views using the “V” key (default key binding). The first-person view displays from the perspective of the astronaut character. While the third-person view allows the player to zoom in, zoom out, and rotate the camera in any direction around the character. The game begins in the third-person view.

Movement

The astronaut has two movement modes: walking (on foot) and flying (with a jetpack). While on foot the player can walk, sprint, crouch, and jump. While using the jetpack, the player can move and roll in any direction. Using the jetpack consumes hydrogen, which can be replenished automatically by carrying hydrogen bottles in your character’s inventory or by accessing a medical room that is attached to an oxygen generator or hydrogen tank via the conveyor network.

Accessories

The astronaut is also equipped with headlights in the front of the suit which act as a flashlight for the player. Currently, using the headlights does not consume any resources either.

Toolbar

At any time, the player can open the Toolbar Config, which allows them to select Tools and Blocks and either drag them to Toolbar or right-click on them, to be equipped using the appropriate hotkey.

Piloting Spacecraft

The controls for flying a ship are the same as those for controlling the player’s jetpack. First-person (cockpit) or third-person (extravehicular) views are available while piloting spacecraft. In the third-person view, you can zoom in, zoom out, and rotate the camera around the spacecraft. Only small ships will have a first-person perspective available. The larger ships will be locked into the third-person perspective, as they do not necessarily need a “cockpit”. Instead, they are controlled using a computer screen from a control station.

The ship can have headlights installed, like that of the astronaut character. They can be switched on or off using the “L” key (default key binding).

Inertia Dampeners

Inertia dampeners allow the ship to automatically stop its motion when no input is received. Turning off dampeners allows you to fly without being slowed down by the automatic thruster balance. The indication in the lower left corner displays the dampener’s current status.

Default Input bindings

Located in the game’s setting menu, the player can change the keys that control their character. The game can be controlled either by a keyboard & mouse, joysticks, or an Xbox One controller.

Current controls are displayed in-game by pressing the help key F1. Not all controls can be changed using the in-game options.

Movement

Systems/Interactions

Block Placement

Miscellaneous

View/Camera

General

Grids and Blueprints

Color Picker

Systems/Interactions

Spectator

Build Planner

Chat Commands

Chat commands are case-sensitive!

General

/save

Saves the game. Usage: ‘/save’ or ‘/save <new name>’

/stop

Stops the server. Usage: ‘/stop’

/f

Switches you to Faction chat channel.

/g

Switches you to Global chat channel.

/w

Switches you to Whisper chat channel with specific player. Usage: ‘/w <playerName>’. Surround the player name with quotation marks (“player name with spaces”) if it contains spaces.

/gps

Adds a new GPS point from your current position. Add ‘share’ to share with everyone, or ‘faction’ to share with your faction. Anything other than ‘share’ or ‘faction’ will be regarded as name and new gps will be named in such way.

/help

Shows help.

/timestamp

Turns timestamp for chat ‘on’ or ‘off’. Usage: ‘/timestamp <state>’ where <state> can be ‘on’ or ‘off’.

/rweather

Creates a random weather at your camera’s postion.

/smite

Creates a lightning bolt to what you’re looking at.

/weather

Gets or sets weather at your current position. Add a weather name to set weather.

/weatherlist

Lists all available weathers.

Emotes

/facepalm

Play emote Facepalm

/thumb

Play emote Thumbs Up

/victory

Play emote Victory

/wave

Play emote Wave

StylePack

/angry

Play emote Angry

/assistCome

Play emote Assist come

/assistEnd

Play emote Assist end

/dance

Play emote Dance

/pointAggressive

Play emote Point Aggressive

/pointBack

Play emote Point Back

/pointDown

Play emote Point Down

/pointForward

Play emote Point Forward

/pointLeft

Play emote Point Left

/pointRight

Play emote Point Right

Frostbite

/cold

Play emote Cold

/checkwrist

Play emote CheckWrist

SparksOfTheFuture

/charge

Play emote Charge

/comeherebaby

Play emote Come here baby

/dancedisco1

Play emote Dance disco 1

/dancedisco2

Play emote Dance disco 2

/lookingaround

Play emote Looking around

/stretching

Play emote Stretching

/whatever

Play emote Whatever

/yelling

Play emote Yelling

ScrapRace

/fyou

Play emote Go Clang yourself

/drunk

Play emote Drunk