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Mouse 2 (right)

Give the default order (move). Or change from a non-default order (e.g. attack, fight, guard) back to a move order without giving an order.

Scroll Wheel

Zoom in/out

Mouse 3

Pan camera (mouse 2 is normally pressing the scroll wheel)

SHIFT

Queue order. Press shift as you give the order, queue up as many as you like! Press Ctrl/Alt as well for building formations.

[ and ]

Rotate building (first select something to build and then rotate)

A

Attack (attack unit/ground)

M

Move

F

Fight (as move, but units will stop to kill enemies along the way)

G

Guard

P

Patrol. (Moves back and forth between current position and patrol position)

S

Stop (cancels all orders)

E

Reclaim (Eat!)

R

Repair

D

D-Gun (or other manual fire weapon)

K

Cloak on/off

CTRL + D

Self Destruct

W

Wait (or stop waiting)

CTRL + number (1-0)

Assign using to group

number (1-0)

Select unit group

Double Click

Select all units of targetted type in view

CTRL + Z

Select all units of selected type on map.

CTRL + A

Select all units on map.

TAB

Zooms out to see the whole map.

F1

Shows heightmap

F2

Shows areas where you can build (if the building what you want to build is selected)

F3

Goes to the latest spot of action (also goes to the latest markers)

F4

Shows metalmap

F5

Hides User Interface

CTRL+F1/2/3/4

Change camera mode

F6

Turns sounds off (currently a bug causes sounds be on when zoomed in the spot where sound comes from (for example an explosion))

F11

Show list of Widgets, use to enable/disable Widgets, press ESC to close it.

Multiplayer Communication

ENTER

Chat

ALT + ENTER

Allied chat

SHIFT + ENTER

Spectator chat

CTRL + ENTER

Return to global chat

` + Mouse Button 1

Draw on map.
(On a UK/US keyboard ` is to the key left of 1. The same functionality is mapped to the \ key)

` + Mouse Button 2

Erase markers and drawings

` + Mouse Button 3

Place marker

` + Double Click

Place marker with annotation