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CommandsFixed controls

Controls with hardcoded keys that KEYBOARD.INI cannot rebind.

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ControlBindingDescriptionDebug only
SpaceAccepts the current dropship loadout and closes the pre-mission screen.
ShiftKeeps the current selection when a drag-selection box is released.
EscapeCancels the active multiplayer message edit.
InsertStarts placement of a new object with the first selected object's type and owner.Yes
Shift+DeleteApplies 50 damage with the SA warhead to the first selected object.Yes
/Opens nothing. Outside a normal session it requests a dialog that is not compiled and hangs the paused scenario; in a normal session it does nothing at all.Yes
DeleteDetaches and removes the first selected object; buildings use the sell-back path.Yes
Left mouse button, Escape, SpaceCloses the multiplayer score screen after its prompt appears.
F7Draws the selected TechnoType's sight and primary-weapon ranges once.Yes
JEnables the debug motion-capture flag.Yes
EscapeStops the credits and returns to the menu.
IFlashes the power and credit displays.Yes
Alt+WClears the local player's blockage flag and marks the player as victorious.Yes
Shift+M, Alt+M, Ctrl+MAdds 10,000 credits to every house.Yes
Escape, SpaceOpens the options menu from the debug map editor.Yes
TabToggles the tactical map zoom mode.
F1 through the session player limitStarts a private message to one connection, or a message to everyone.
], F12Selects the next monochrome debug page.Yes
Ctrl+Alt+COpens the credits from the classic main menu.
Ctrl+VOpens the version dialog from the classic main menu.
SpaceOpens the in-game options menu when no rebindable command claims the key.
[, F11Selects the previous monochrome debug page.Yes
EscapeStops the current World Domination Tour map presentation.
EscapeStops a VQA when the caller permits user breakout; in a game against other machines it casts this machine's vote to stop it.
O, BCreates an ORCA owned by the local player at the cursor cell.Yes
V, F3Toggles the debug icon overlay.Yes
Alt+ZSwitches the playable map rectangle between its scenario value and the full map grid.Yes
F4Toggles full-map visibility in a single-player debug or playtest session.Yes
MEnables or disables the monochrome debug display.Yes
F6Shows or hides the Dear ImGui frame benchmark window drawn over the game and its menus.Yes