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Controls

Daniel Nylander edited this page Aug 13, 2026 · 4 revisions

Controls

Complete keyboard and mouse controls for OpenCaptive v1.1.126.

Captive — Dungeon Crawl

Movement

Key Action
W / Up Move forward
S / Down Move backward
A / Left Turn left
D / Right Turn right
Q Strafe left
E Strafe right

Combat

Key Action
Space Attack with selected droid
1-4 Select droid / attack with droid
Tab Cycle target

Inventory and HUD

Key Action
I Open inventory
M Toggle map overlay
F1 / H Help screen
F5 Quick save
F6 Cycle save slot
F9 Quick load

Captive — Holomap and Landing

These controls follow the original CAPPO reference card. They operate on the real, hash-verified mission reference data; OpenCaptive does not generate a replacement planet or landing point.

Key or control Action
Numpad 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 Move the holomap cursor down / left / right / up
Numpad 1 / 3 Descend / ascend the ladder (original space-navigation zoom)
Numpad 7 Orbit the selected planet and begin the original transit
Numpad 9 Land at the selected white landing point after original arrival
Enter Center the cursor on the ship
Mouse arrows / Orbit / Land Click the corresponding original control

System

Key Action
F7 Toggle debug HUD
F8 Toggle minimap
F10 Display options popup
Escape Pause menu

Liberation — City Navigation

Movement

Key Action
W / Up Move forward
S / Down Move backward
A / Left Turn left
D / Right Turn right

Interaction

Key Action
F / Enter Interact with building / object
I Open inventory
M Toggle city map
Shift+M Full city map (64x64 grid)
1-4 Select droid

Equipment

Key Action
E Equip weapon to hand slot
U Unequip weapon to shared pool
Enter Assign item to droid

Droid Configuration

Key Action
R Rename droid
S Swap weapons between droids

Combat (Liberation)

Key Action
1-4 Attack with droid
Tab Cycle target
Escape Flee combat

Save/Load

Key Action
F5 Save game
F9 Load game

Shop

Key Action
Up/Down Browse items
Enter Buy selected item
R Repair selected droid
Escape Exit shop

Start Menu

Key Action
Arrow keys Navigate menu cards
Enter Select
D Scan game data
Escape Quit

Mouse

Action Effect
Left click Select menu item / interact
Mouse movement Look around (with --mouse-look)

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