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Understanding the HUD and controls
By Grizzle
An overview of whats on your HUD and a rundown of the games controls
   
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Category: Gameplay Basics
Posted
9 Apr, 2024 @ 2:04pm
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Guide Index
Overview
About This Guide 
HUD 
Controls 
Credits 
Comments
About This Guide
This guide was created in the hopes of aiding new players in understanding the controls of the game along with knowing what certain elements of the HUD are

HUD
The HUD although simple, has everything you could possible need. So lets quickly break down the elements so you know whats what.




1
Health bar
A visual indicator of your current health.


2
Ottos current mode
Otto currently has 2 mods; mining and combat. You can toggle these with "V" and you will see a visual indicator of what mode you are in.


3
Tutorial
This is the tutorial screen. It will display your current objectives. Hovering over these objectives will give you a small snippet of information.


4
Otto
This is you...


5
Toolbar
This is your toolbar and can be populated with items from your inventory, for quick and easy access. The 4 dots to the left of it are a visual indicator of what toolbar set you have active. There are 4 and can be changed via "Shift" + "1", "2", "3", or "4"


6
Cursor
A visual indicator where your mouse is. Or specific blocks and in different modes this will update to reflect your activities.


7
Quick Menu
These icons are here so you can access various menues on the fly. From left to right they are; Inventory, Craft, Research and Settings
Controls
The layout for controls in AutoForge is relatively simple and well thought out. Below are each of the controls along with there associated input

You can remap any of these keys from the settings menu


Action
Input
Move Up
W
Move Left
A
Move Down
S
Move Right
D
Jump
Space
Hover
S
Roll
Shift
Interact
E
Rotate Item
R
Pipette
Q
Drop Grabbed
Z
Change Mode
V
Build Radius
B
Collect
F
Toolbar 1
Shift + 1
Toolbar 2
Shift + 2
Toolbar 3
Shift + 3
Toolbar 4
Shift + 4
Craft
C
Inventory
Tab
Research
T
Map
M
Close UI
Escape
Credits
Images were produced and edited from in-game files.
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crow of judgment 29 Oct, 2024 @ 6:04am 
Good guide