Mouse + keyboard

• Left-click select · Shift-click add/remove · Left-drag box · Double-click same type on screen
• Right-click = smart command: enemy → attack, ground → move
• Shift + right-click (or Shift-click ground) = queue a waypoint
• Ctrl + click (or Alt + click) = force-fire on the ground (artillery into the fog)
• A then click = attack-move · O then click = patrol · S stop · Esc cancel/deselect
• Ctrl+1–9 set group · 1–9 select (twice = jump) · Space centre on selection
• Select by type: mixed selection → panel icons with counts · click = only that type · double-click / Ctrl(⌘)+click = every one you own, map-wide · Shift+click = drop it · Q = same type(s) on screen, Q Q = whole map
• Formations (buttons above the panel): Z Line · C Column · V Wedge · [ ] Echelon L / R · B Box · N Staggered · O Dispersed · L loose. Right-drag on the ground = move in formation facing the drag (arrow + ghost slots). Tanks lead, IFVs on the flanks, infantry behind, AT/AA inside, artillery + support at the rear; the group keeps the slowest unit's pace and re-forms after bridges
• Stances (sidebar): ⌥/Ctrl+A Aggressive · ⌥/Ctrl+G Guard · ⌥/Ctrl+H Hold fire · ⌥/Ctrl+R Return fire — remembered per control group. Units auto-target by weapon (ATGM → tanks, AA → drones first, autocannon → infantry) and tanks / IFVs / helicopters fire on the move
• Your structure selected: 🔧 / ➕ / 💲 buttons appear right next to it — repair (toggle), upgrade, sell (click twice) · or R / U / X
• Troops in vehicles (M5): select squads + right-click your IFV / APC / 4×4 / insertion helicopter = they climb in · or select squads and transports → T / Load · Y / Unload = everyone out at the rear · Bradley / BMP-3 / ZBD-04A / 4×4s carry 1 squad, Stryker + BTR-82A 2 · inside = safe until the vehicle dies (most squads bail out)
• Breach (M5): select an M1150 ABV / UR-77 / GSL-130 → K / Breach → click where the 9-tile lane goes: the line charge blows every mine + tank trap in it (2 charges, 45 s each) · ABV + GSL-130 also plow through mines · Counter-battery radar (TPQ-53 / Zoopark / SLC-2): park it 3 s — enemy guns firing within 24 tiles are located (red ◆) and your idle artillery fires back
• Another TOC (M4.75): build a command vehicle (Armor tab, needs a Radar, max 3 TOCs) → drive it anywhere → E / ⛺ Deploy TOC = a forward TOC (full construction yard, its own build area + upgrades). Select a TOC → E / ⇩ Pack up = back into the vehicle. 2+ TOCs: the strip above the cameos shows which one builds (‹ › switch, ⌖ go there, ★ on the map)
• Pan: push the cursor into the screen edge (deeper + longer = faster; corners go diagonal), WASD/arrows, middle-drag, drag on the radar · Zoom: wheel / + −
• F (or the ⛶ button) fullscreen + cursor locked to the game, Esc releases · ⚙ Settings: scroll speed
• G film grain + vignette · Shift+F FPS · M mute · P paths · H this help

Base building

• Sidebar Base / Def: click a structure to build it, click it again when READY, then click the map to place (green = OK, red = blocked). Right-click / Esc cancels
• Inf / Armor / Air: click to queue (Shift = ×5) at the Barracks / Vehicle Depot / Airfield · right-click a cameo = cancel (refund)
• Click your structure to select it · right-click the map = rally point · X sell mode · R repair mode · Del sells the selected structure
• Harvesters run on their own · right-click an oil field = harvest there · right-click your Refinery = unload
• Low power (⚡ red) halves production speed and switches off defences + radar
• Upgrades: select a structure → ⬆ Upgrade or U (L1 → L2 → L3, paid as it builds, ✕ cancels with a refund). Power Plant L2 Gas Turbine +60 %, L3 Combined-Cycle +120 % (output halves while upgrading) · Level-3 Barracks / War Factory / Airfield unlock elite units + the strike call-in and turn out veterans · production structures also run 🔬 research
• Veterancy: kills earn ▲ chevrons (+10 % damage, +10 % HP each; self-repair from ▲▲)
• Minefields / trenches (Def tab): drag on the map like walls · enemy mines turn up with a red ring once found — engineers clear them
• Bunker: right-click it with infantry to garrison (2 squads) · the bunker panel has Unload · Decoys look real to the enemy until recon / a UAV gets close
• Ops tab: howitzer / MLRS batteries + drone / missile launch sites (select one + right-click = fire mission) and call-ins (barrage, smoke, UAV sweep, EW pulse, paradrop, scatter mines, cruise launch): click, then click the target

Repair crews

• Repair Depot (needs the Vehicle Depot / War Factory): select vehicles or helicopters → right-click the depot or its pad. One at a time on the pad, the rest queue; costs credits per HP restored. Panel: Auto-repair sends idle units below 50 % on their own
• M88A2 / BREM-1M ARV: right-click a damaged vehicle = field repair (free) · right-click a friendly wreck = recover it for 25 % of its cost · idle ARVs fix the worst-damaged vehicle nearby
• Medic: treats wounded infantry nearby (or right-click one) · Engineer: right-click your damaged structure = full repair, an enemy structure below 50 % = capture (the engineer is used up)

Touch (phone + iPad)

• Tap a unit = select it · double-tap = every one of that type on screen
• Tap the ground = move there · tap an enemy = attack it
• Drag one finger = draw a box to select a group
• Two fingers: drag = move the map · pinch = zoom
• Hold a finger on the map = orders menu: attack-move / move / waypoint / patrol / fire here, stop, same type, stance, formation, abilities
• Bottom bar: 1–5 groups (tap = select, tap twice = jump there, hold = save the selection as that group) · Army · Add (taps add to the selection) · A-Move then tap · Stop · Clear
• Build opens the build drawer (Base / Def / Inf / Armor / Air / Ops / Powers): tap = build / train (hold a unit = ×5, ✕ = cancel) · tap a READY structure → it appears near your base: tap or drag to move it, ✔ Place · walls / traps / mines: drag the line, ⟳ turns it
• Call-ins (Powers tab): tap it, tap the target, ✔ Call in · ability buttons above the bar: C4, Laser, Fire, Patrol, jets Return
• Troops in vehicles: select a squad → Load on the ability bar → tap your IFV / APC / 4×4 / helicopter · select the vehicle → Unload (also in the hold menu) · Breach (ABV / UR-77 / GSL-130): tap the button, tap where the lane goes
• Another TOC: build a command vehicle (Armor), drive it out, tap ⛺ Deploy TOC above the bar (or hold the map → Deploy here) · select a TOC → ⇩ next to it = pack up · the strip at the top of the build drawer shows which TOC builds (‹ ›)
• Your structure selected: 🔧 / ➕ / 💲 buttons next to it · radar (top right): tap / drag to move the camera · ⓘ = unit details
• iPhone: Safari → Share → Add to Home Screen = full-screen app · Settings → Frame rate 30 = battery saver