Game Controls
From Hero of Allacrost
This page serves as a quick reference to the commands and controls available for Hero of Allacrost. To understand how to use these controls to play the game or how to configure a gamepad/joystick or re-map the keyboard keys, please refer to the Game Manual.
Input Devices
The game can be played with one of the following three devices:
- computer keyboard
- a gamepad
- a joystick
These input devices are not mutually exclusive; You may input commands simulatenously on the keyboard and the gamepad/joystick while playing the game if you so desire (playing the game in this manner is not usually recommended). Note that you need seven buttons available (in addition to a d-pad or joystick axis) in order to use the device to input all of the standard Allacrost. However even if you do not have a total of seven buttoms available, you can use the keyboard for the commands that you could not map to your joystick.
The game can not be played using a computer mouse. While the mouse cursor is over the application window the cursor will disappear. However, the mouse may be used to modify the application window (minimize, etc.) when the game is not in full-screen mode and it may also be used to register a quit event by clicking on the "close" button for the application window.
Standard Input Commands
The following table lists the standard set of 11 commands (including the 4 movement commands) used to play the game. This table also includes the default set of keyboard keys that are mapped to each command, which may be re-mapped by the user while in the game.
| Command Name | General Action | Default Keyboard Key |
|---|---|---|
| Up | Move sprite or cursor upwards | 'up arrow' |
| Down | Move sprite or cursor downwards | 'down arrow' |
| Left | Move sprite or cursor to the left | 'left arrow' |
| Right | Move sprite or cursor to the right | 'right arrow' |
| Confirm | Confirm selection of an action or menu command | 'f' |
| Cancel | Cancel selection of an action or menu command | 'd' |
| Menu | Display a selection menu | 's' |
| Swap | Swap the placement of items, sprites, etc. | 'a' |
| Left Select | Various uses | 'w' |
| Right Select | Various uses | 'e' |
| Pause | Pause/unpause the game | 'spacebar' |
| Quit | Brings up the quit menu to exit the game | ESC |
Meta Input Commands
There are also several meta input commands ('Ctrl + key') to perform various application-related functions. Unlike the standard commands, you can not map these commands onto a gamepad or joystick: they can only be accessed using the keyboard. Also unlike the standard input commands, the keys for each of these commands can not be re-mapped by the player.
| Command Name | Command Action | Meta-Key |
|---|---|---|
| Full-screen Toggle | Toggles between running the game in full-screen mode and windowed mode | 'Ctrl + f' |
| Quit | Registers a quit event to the game | 'Ctrl + q' |
| FPS Display | Toggles the display of the frames per second in the upper-right hand corner | 'Ctrl + r' |
| Screenshot | Takes a screenshot and saves it to a file | 'Ctrl + s' |
| Texture Sheet Display | Displays and cycles through the texture sheets | 'Ctrl + t' |
The two commands that a player is most likely to use are the Full-screen toggle and Quit Game commands.
