Player Controls

=About= The Basic Controls for Astral Terra conform generally with modern MMOs. Astral Terra has additional unique controls specific to the Building Tools and Terraforming Tools modes.

=Basic Controls=

Movement
The keys indicated in green control basic movement:
 * W, ↑ - Forward
 * A, ← - Turn Left (Mouse Controller Style: Strafe Left)
 * S, ↓ - Backwards
 * D, → - Turn Right (Mouse Controller Style: Strafe Right)
 * Q - Strafe Left
 * E - Strafe Right
 * Left Shift - Toggle to Run
 * Space Bar - Jump

Game Play
The keys indicated in yellow above control game play and interact with objects.
 * I - Inventory Pane: Players can see what is in their inventory and what is equipped to their character
 * P - The Powers Menu: Players can see available powers and use this panel to add skill ranks to these powers when leveling up
 * 1-9, M - Players can drag and drop their powers into the UI slots corresponding to these keys for quick casting
 * L - The Quest Log (NOT AVAILABLE IN PRE-ALPHA)
 * Left Mouse Click - Pick up an item, or use an activated power, weapon or tool to interact with objects, enemies, or other things in the environment

Mode Switching
The keys indicated in red above swap the player into a different game play mode.
 * T - Activate Terraforming Tools Mode (see below)
 * B - Activate Building Tools Mode (see below)

Other
The buttons indicated in blue above control other features. =Building Tools Mode=
 * O - Game Settings Pane: Players can change the Controller style from "Default" to "Mouse"
 * Mouse Controller Style alters the controls by allowing the player to control the camera, and the forward direction of the character, with the motions of the mouse
 * Mouse Wheel - Scrolling up and down will zoom the camera in and out from the character
 * Esc - Players can close any open menu
 * see main article Building Tools

Camera Control
The keys indicated in green control the camera's movement:
 * W, ↑ - Forward
 * A, ← - Left
 * S, ↓ - Backwards
 * D, → - Right
 * Space Bar - Up
 * Z - Down

Object Manipulation
The buttons indicated in blue above manipulate building objects and the building site.
 * Left Shift + Left Mouse Button Drag - When used in conjunction with the a selected tool, can delete and clear large areas or place numerous voxels at one time
 * Left Shift + Mouse Wheel - Scales the relative height of the Building Object

Mode Switching
The keys indicated in red above swap the player into a different game play mode. =Terraforming Tools Mode=
 * B - Exit Building Tools Mode
 * see main article Terraforming Tools.

Terraformer Control
The keys indicated in green control the Terraformer's movement:
 * W, ↑ - Forward
 * A, ← - Left
 * S, ↓ - Backwards
 * D, → - Right
 * Space Bar - Up
 * Z - Down
 * + - Scale Terraformer up
 * - - Scale Terraformer down
 * Left Shift + Mouse Wheel - Scales the relative height of the Building Object
 * Left Mouse Button - Activate the Terraformer

Terraformer Options
The button indicated in blue above controls the functioning of the Terraformer.
 * F - Toggle the Terraformer from create to destroy (draw or erase)
 * X - Toggle on the "Ice Man" mode, and terraform a new path for yourself as you run.

Mode Switching
The keys indicated in red above swap the player into a different game play mode.
 * T - Exit Terraforming Tools Mode