Please note that the below refers to the non-VR version of Mekside.

Currently, controls are not configurable. The following are the built-in controls. You can change the mouse y-input (“invert mouse”) in the Options screen.

Main Game controls

• Mouse motion: look around
• Right mouse button: operate block when no eq is selected, otherwise use eq or build
• R: edit properties of block
• Ctrl + Middle mouse button: start or end a network connection
• Left mouse button: attack or remove block
• Mouse wheel: rotate the selected hotbar item
• A, D or arrow left/right: strafe left/right
• W, S or arrow up/down: move forward/backward
• Space: jump
• C: crouch
• E: open/close the inventory
• F: push/apply force on the object in front of the player – force increases with time
• Z,X: rotate desired orientation of the next block to be placed through all orientations
• 1-9: select hotbar entry 1 to 9
• 0: de-select all hotbar equipment (use this to Operate on blocks)

Special keys

• Ctrl-S: Quick-save the current game state
• O: toggle console visibility
• P: toggle flymode
• Ctrl-P: toggle view smoothing (“steadycam mode”)
• Shift-R: reset player position (only in devmode)
• V: toggle visualization of computer network connections
• ESC: bring up the menu (ESC in menu returns to the game)
• Shift-ESC: immediately exit the game, without saving