Player Controls

# About

The Basic Controls for Astral Terra conform generally with modern MMOs. Astral Terra has additional unique controls specific to the Building Tools and Terraforming Tools modes.

# Basic Controls

## Movement

The keys indicated in green control basic movement:

* W, ↑ - Forward
* A, ← - Turn Left (Mouse Controller Style: Strafe Left)
* S, ↓ - Backwards
* D, → - Turn Right (Mouse Controller Style: Strafe Right)
* Q - Strafe Left
* E - Strafe Right
* Left Shift - Toggle to Run
* Space Bar - Jump

## Game Play

The keys indicated in yellow above control game play and interact with objects.

* I - Inventory Pane: Players can see what is in their inventory and what is equipped to their character
* P - The Powers Menu: Players can see available powers and use this panel to add skill ranks to these powers when leveling up
	+ 1-9, M - Players can drag and drop their powers into the UI slots corresponding to these keys for quick casting
* L - The Quest Log **(NOT AVAILABLE IN PRE-ALPHA)**
* Left Mouse Click - Pick up an item, or use an activated power, weapon or tool to interact with objects, enemies, or other things in the environment

## Mode Switching

The keys indicated in red above swap the player into a different game play mode.

* T - Activate Terraforming Tools Mode (see below)
* B - Activate Building Tools Mode (see below)

## Other

The buttons indicated in blue above control other features.

* O - Game Settings Pane: Players can change the Controller style from "Default" to "Mouse"
	+ Mouse Controller Style alters the controls by allowing the player to control the camera, and the forward direction of the character, with the motions of the mouse
* Mouse Wheel - Scrolling up and down will zoom the camera in and out from the character
* Esc - Players can close any open menu

## Camera Control

The keys indicated in green control the camera's movement:

* W, ↑ - Forward
* A, ← - Left
* S, ↓ - Backwards
* D, → - Right
* Space Bar - Up
* Z - Down

## Object Manipulation

The buttons indicated in blue above manipulate building objects and the building site.

* Left Shift + Left Mouse Button Drag - When used in conjunction with the a selected tool, can delete and clear large areas or place numerous voxels at one time
* Left Shift + Mouse Wheel - Scales the relative height of the Building Object

## Mode Switching

The keys indicated in red above swap the player into a different game play mode.

* B - Exit Building Tools Mode

## Terraformer Control

The keys indicated in green control the Terraformer's movement:

* W, ↑ - Forward
* A, ← - Left
* S, ↓ - Backwards
* D, → - Right
* Space Bar - Up
* Z - Down
* + - Scale Terraformer up
* - - Scale Terraformer down
* Left Shift + Mouse Wheel - Scales the relative height of the Building Object
* Left Mouse Button - Activate the Terraformer

## Terraformer Options

The button indicated in blue above controls the functioning of the Terraformer.

* F - Toggle the Terraformer from create to destroy (draw or erase)
* X - Toggle on the "Ice Man" mode, and terraform a new path for yourself as you run.

## Mode Switching

The keys indicated in red above swap the player into a different game play mode.

* T - Exit Terraforming Tools Mode