Controls
Glest's controls are simple and some are inherited from similar controls in other real time strategy games.
Camera
- f => toggle camera mode (game mode and free mode)
- w => move camera up (only on free camera mode)
- s => move camera down (only on free camera mode)
- a => rotate camera left (only on free camera mode)
- d => rotate camera right (only on free camera mode)
- up arrow or mouse on top => move camera forward
- down arrow or mouse on bottom => move camera backward
- left arrow or mouse on left => move camera left
- right arrow or mouse on right => move camera right
Orders and Unit selection
- left mouse button => select or deselect units
- shift + left mouse button => add unit to selection
- control + left mouse button => remove unit from selection
- left mouse double click => select nearby units of this type
- right mouse button => auto order
- menu click => activate order
- left mouse when order is activated => give order
- right mouse when order is activated => cancel state
- number => recall group
- control + number => assign group
- a => activate attack command for selection
- m => activate move command for selection
- s => issue stop command to selection
- i => select next idle harvester
- b => select next building
- d => select next damaged unit
- t => select next storage unit
- r => select next producer unit
Other Keys
- c => switch display color
- - + => adjust game speed
- p => pause game
- e => save screen to TGA file
- alt+enter => toggle fullscreen/windowed (linux/SDL versions only)
