Keyboard and mouse¶
On a Mac, Cmd in place of Ctrl throughout. Single-key shortcuts are ignored while you are typing in a field.
Anywhere¶
| Keys | Does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+1 / Ctrl+2 | The province / the workbench |
| Ctrl+, | Settings (desktop app) |
| Ctrl+Shift+R | Reload the window (desktop app) |
| Ctrl+Q | Quit (desktop app, Linux and Windows; Cmd+Q on a Mac) |
| Ctrl+0, Ctrl++, Ctrl+− | The window's zoom: actual size, larger, smaller (desktop app) |
| F11 | Full screen (desktop app; Ctrl+Cmd+F on a Mac) |
The province¶
| Keys | Does |
|---|---|
| Space | Play / pause |
| 1 … 9, 0 | Speed: real time, 10×, a minute, ten minutes, an hour, a day, a week, a month, a year a second; thirty years a minute |
| Esc | Close what is open on top (the scene controls, then Settings or Help, then the analytics drawer); otherwise step out a level (person › house › settlement › city › province); otherwise clear the selection |
| F | Follow the selected person, or stop |
| [ / ] | The left panel / the inspector |
| L | The legend |
| ? | Help |
| W A S D, arrows | Move the map |
| =, − (and the numpad's) | Zoom the map in and out |
With the numpad's NumLock on, its digits also change the speed.
The map, with the mouse¶
| Wheel | Zoom about the cursor |
| Drag (any button) | Move the map |
| Click | Select a person, a house (its household) or a building; on a person talking, close up, the conversation; on empty ground, clear the selection |
| Double-click a building | Drop into it |
| Double-click a person | Follow them |
| Hover | Who or what is under the cursor |
The 3D close-up¶
The mouse and keys work as in Unreal Engine's editor viewport. In brief:
| Right button, drag | Look about |
| Left button, drag | Move along the ground, and turn |
| Middle button, or left and right | Slide sideways and up and down |
| Alt or Ctrl + left / right / middle | Orbit / dolly / track about what the camera looks at |
| Wheel | Dolly toward the ground under the cursor |
| Wheel with a button held | Camera speed ×1.1 a notch |
| With a button held: W A S D, E Q, R F, C Z | Fly; up and down; up and down the camera's own way; the lens |
| Arrows, PgUp PgDn, numpad | Fly without a button |
| Home | Level the view |
The 3D close-up has the full tables, and the game controller's.
The workbench¶
| Keys | Does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+Enter | Run the file in front |
| Ctrl+Shift+Enter | Stop the run |
| Ctrl+S / Ctrl+Shift+S | Save / save all |
| Ctrl+W | Close the file (or middle-click its tab) |
| Ctrl+B | Show or hide the explorer |
| Ctrl+J | Show or hide the Console and Problems |
| Ctrl+N | New province file (desktop app) |
| Ctrl+O | Open a folder (desktop app) |
In the editor, the usual editing keys of VS Code's editor (Monaco) apply: Ctrl+Space to complete, Ctrl+F to find, Ctrl+/ to comment a line, F1 for its command palette.