How to play guide for Occupy Mars: The Game

*This article is a stub. You can help Occupy Mars: The Game Wiki by expanding it.*

*WARNING : This article currently contains information that was relevant to the BETA playtest and has not yet been updated for Early Access Release. The information contained in it may no longer be relevant. You can help Occupy Mars: The Game Wiki by verifying and updating it.*

This page will serve as a basic **how to play guide for *Occupy Mars: The Game***. While there is very little information available at this time, we urge you to check back often, as new information is being added all the time! Feel free to edit this guide with any tips, tricks, and suggestions.

## Controls

### Player Controls

```

W - Forward

S - Reverse

A - Left

D - Right

V - Toggle 1st and 3rd Person View

```

Mouse - look around and change direction

Mouse left button - select ( hold to drag items in workshops)

Mouse middle button - zoom in and out in third person

Mouse right button - select for information on map

**Other Quick Keys**

```

TAB = Open Tablet

  - = Equip/Remove Helmet

  M = Open Radar/Map (Tablet)

  B = Open Build Menu (Tablet)

  T = Open Tech Tree Menu (Tablet)

```

### Vehicle Controls

```

  W = Forward

  S = Reverse

  A = Left

  D = Right

  V = Toggle 1st and 3rd person view

TAB = Toggle Driving and Crane controls

```

* To open door, place mouse pointer on door and click left mouse button.
* To drive rover, place mouse pointer on drivers seat and click left mouse button.

To use the Crane while sitting in the driver's seat, press TAB. The Crane will automatically start up and be fitted with the grapple if it was stowed.
You can then choose to use the camera located on the screen or switch to the third person view (V).
Use the mouse to move the Crane around.
Middle mouse button extends and retracts the Crane's boom.
Left mouse button opens and closes the grapple.
Once over a rock you can pick up, you can do it manually with the mouse, or when you see the green cross over the rock, press E to activate the automatic pickup and load function.

## Tips and tricks

* Batteries wired inline (in series). One cable from the transformer to the input of the first battery then the output from #1 to the input of #2 battery and so on. Having 9 batteries wired this way then the final battery to the HAB has kept power through all sandstorms, nights, etc with extra left over.

* Recharge your suit's oxygen (O2) directly at the oxygen port on the Oxygen tank if it has O2 stored there.

* Fill O2 bottles at the CO2 Scrubber inside the HAB and Workshop by opening the glass door and pressing the "Fill Bottle" button. Do not forget to pickup the green bottle that has appeared it the bottom left of the scrubber's glass enclosure. This requires a non-full oxygen bottle in your inventory. CO2 Bottles may be filled in the same manner.

* To set the best O2 production in the CO2 scrubber, use the knob on the left (outside glass enclosure) twice, the knob on the bottom right once, and the two levers in the middle.

* When building the entrance to the base, always remember to build two airlocks. This will prevent depressurization of the room.

* The electrical power, water, fertilizer, and soil supply can be adjusted at the equipment's control panel for Incubators, Hydroponic Shelves, Fields, and Domes.

## See also

* Release date
* System requirements
* Quickstart Guide free Mode