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 · 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
• 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 ▲▲)

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 (iPad)

• Tap a unit to select · double-tap = same type on screen
• Tap ground = move · tap enemy = attack
• One-finger drag = box select
• Two fingers = pan + pinch zoom · hold a finger at the edge = edge pan
• Buttons: Attack-move, Stop, Select all, Add mode (taps add to selection)
• Radar: tap/drag to jump the camera