Vehicles

Craft and pilot 21 types of functional vehicles, including pickup trucks, logging trucks, mining trucks, self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, attack helicopters, and more. In the future, The Front will also feature modifiable base vehicles, allowing players to build mobile steel behemoths.

## How to use Ground Vehicles

Starting at Level 16, players can unlock the Vehicle Factory tech from the Tech interface (O). All ground vehicles in the game, including harvesters, tanks, assault vehicles, etc. as well as vehicle-related spare parts and ammunition need to be crafted at the Vehicle Factory.

**Placing Vehicle**

Once your Vehicle Factory has finished crafting a vehicle :

1. Drag the vehicle icon to your shortcut bar.
2. Click the icon number and position the vehicle blue hologram where you would like the vehicle to be placed.
3. Left-click and hold to place it on ground.
4. It takes 6 seconds to place.

**Operating Vehicle**

Once your vehicle has been placed, left-click and hold on the vehicle to open the interaction menu. Which options are available to you will differ depending on the vehicle, but generally, the menu will feature the following interactions:

* "Get in Pilot"
* "View Vehicle" (inventory)
* "Get in Gunner"
* "Get in Passenger"
* "Reclaim Vehicle"

With the interaction menu open, move the mouse and left-click on "Get in Pilot" to begin piloting the vehicle.

**Starting Vehicle**

Vehicles require Gasoline  to start. Once in the pilot's seat, press B to open vehicle inventory, then left-click Gasoline icon to drag it from your inventory to the vehicle's gas can, then press ESC to return to the game. Once your vehicle has gasoline, press E to start it.

**Vehicle Movement**

Controlling your vehicle's movement is similar to controlling your character. Use W A S D keys to move, and move the mouse to control the camera.

**Attacking**

There are two types of vehicles: work vehicles and attack vehicles. Work vehicles are mainly used for transportation and collecting resources, while attack vehicles are used in combat. Using tanks as an example, tanks can only attack once started, and shells need to be placed in the "Vehicle Ammo Rack." While driving a vehicle, two crosshairs will appear on your screen. The solid circle represents the driver's field of vision, and the dotted circle represents the gun's crosshair. When a target is within the dotted circle, you can shoot using left-click. You can also press Shift to aim accurately before using Left-click to fire.

## How to use Helicopters

**Placing Helicopter**

Once your Vehicle Factory has finished crafting your helicopter :

1. Drag the helicopter icon to your shortcut bar.
2. Click the icon number and position the helicopter blue hologram where you would like it to be placed.
3. Left-click and hold to place it on ground.
4. It takes 6 seconds to place.

**Operating Helicopter**

Once your vehicle has been placed, left-click and hold on the vehicle to open the interaction menu. Which options are available to you will differ depending on the vehicle, but generally, the menu will feature the following interactions:

* "Get in Pilot"
* "View Vehicle" (inventory)
* "Get in Gunner"
* "Get in Passenger"
* "Reclaim Vehicle"

With the interaction menu open, move the mouse and left-click on "Get in Pilot" to begin piloting the vehicle.

**Starting Vehicle**

Vehicles require Gasoline  to start. Once in the pilot's seat, press B to open vehicle inventory, then left-click Gasoline icon to drag it from your inventory to the vehicle's gas can, then press ESC to return to the game. Once your vehicle has gasoline, press E to start it.

**Vehicle Movement**

Compared to ground vehicles, airborne vehicles have a complex control scheme. Airborne vehicle controls include take off, move forward, move backward, hover, descend, ascend, and land. Before you can master an airborne vehicle, you will need to understand its instrument panel.

1. **Lift**: Used to control a helicopter's ascent and descent. Press W to increase lift, and S to decrease lift.
2. **Horizontal Speed**: Indicates the flight speed of the helicopter.
3. **Level**: Indicates the tilt of the helicopter.
4. **Altitude**: Indicates the distance from the helicopter to the ground.
5. **Vertical Speed**: This is divided into 5 segments. The center segment represents 0. When the pointer is below 0, you are descending. When the pointer is above 0, you are ascending.

**Take off**: Once the engine has been turned on, press and hold W to increase lift and take off.
**Move forward**: Upon taking off, continue to hold W to maintain lift, and at the same time pull the mouse back to tilt the helicopter's nose downward. You will notice that your speed begins to increase. Make sure that you do not tilt too far forward, or you will lose control and crash.
**Move backward**: Hold the W to maintain lift and push the mouse forward to tilt the helicopter's nose upward. You will notice that your backward speed begins to increase. Make sure that you do not tilt too far backward, or you will lose control and crash.
**Turn**: Slide the mouse left and right to turn. You can also press A or D to turn quickly.
**Hover**: While in flight, press H to hover.
**Descend**: While in flight, pull the mouse back to tilt the helicopter's nose downward. The helicopter will then begin to descend.
**Ascend**: While in flight, press and hold W to increase lift, at the same time gently pushing mouse to tilt the helicopter's nose upward. The helicopter will then begin to ascend. How much it ascends depends on your lift and the angle of the helicopter's nose. Upon reaching a certain altitude, the helicopter will no longer be able to climb, and will then only be able to descend, or move at a horizontal trajectory.
**Land**: Position the helicopter above the location where you intend to land, then press H to hover. Once your speed reaches 0, press and hold S to begin landing.
**5. Attacking**

Helicopters have two types of weapons:

* Machine guns
* Missiles

To operate a machine gun, you simply need to sit in the "Gunner's Seat" and add the proper ammunition to the "Vehicle Ammo Rack."

Missiles can only be used when a launcher is attached to the "Vehicle Gear Slot." The type of launcher you'll want to use differs depending on the target. Types of launchers include air-to-air launchers, air-to-surface launchers, and more. Launchers can only be equipped within 30 meters of a Vehicle Factory. If two types of launchers are equipped at the same time, you can use the 1 and 2 keys to switch between them. When a target is within the aiming reticle and is marked red, it means you have locked onto that target. Once locked on, left-click to fire.

**6. Warnings and Evasion**

When an enemy locks onto and fires upon your helicopter, a "Warning" indicator will flash in the middle of the screen. At this time, you will need to fly out of the way of the incoming projectile or press C to use jammers.