To view your current controls in game, press F2. Below are the default keys.
| Control | Default key binding | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Up | W | |
| Down | S | |
| Left | A | |
| Right | D | |
| Shoot | Left mouse button | |
| Squad command | Right mouse button | |
| Squad command modifier (aka MOD-key) | Left Windows key | See Squad control, see Weapons and equipment for remote 'detonate'. |
| Map | Tab | |
| Jump / enter vehicle / climb ladder | Space | Jump means vaulting over obstacles such as walls and fences |
| Pick up / quick pick up / horn / inventory | F | Tap over an item for quick pick up |
| Reload | R | |
| Grenade | G | |
| Equip 1st/2nd weapon | B | Switches between main weapon and secondary weapon/support item |
| Show radio calls | H | The key needs to be held down, then press Shoot button to execute the call on the desired point |
| Knife | V | When wounded and can't get help, hold the button for 3 sec. to force respawn. Also used to disarm explosives (see Weapons and equipment). |
| Walk | Shift | |
| Crouch | Ctrl | |
| Prone | C | Going prone while moving will make you dive in that direction. Nice way to jump from a building/into the water or to avoid grenades |
| Map zoom in | Mouse scroll up | When you zoomed into the map you can pan it around my keeping the left mouse button pressed and moving the mouse |
| Map zoom out | Mouse scroll down | |
| Global chat | Enter | Small white box at the top right corner of the chat bubble |
| Faction chat | T | Small colored (color of your faction) box at the top right corner of the chat bubble |
| Squad chat | Y | Small colored icon (normally all squad's members are colored in the same or similar color) at the top right corner of the chat bubble |
| Pause game | P | Only applicable in Single Player |
| Statistics / Chat log | F1 | |
| Controls config | F2 | |
| Increase squad size | Page Up | Increases the numbers of the members in your AIs squad |
| Decrease squad size | Page Down | Reduces the numbers of the members in your AIs squad |
| Next squad config | Home | A squad layout that represents the kind of soldiers you want in your squad |
| Previous squad config | End | A squad layout that represents the kind of soldiers you want in your squad |
| Crouch toggle | Unassigned | Some players might prefer to assign a crouch key as toggle |
| Prone toggle | Unassigned | Some players might prefer to assign a prone key as toggle |
| Hotkey 1 - 10 | Unassigned | Can be used for example for a custom chat text (see the explanation below↓) |
Screenshots
The Take Screenshot key (can be remapped in Steam settings) takes a screenshot that is saved in one of following directories (depending on your OS):
Windows: %appdata%\Running with rifles\ Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/RunningWithRifles Linux: $HOME/.running_with_rifles
Tip for Windows users: to easily navigate to the directory just copy the path and paste it in the Explorer bar or in the search bar under Start menu for quick access
Hotkeys
'Hotkeys' is a file where you can save some quick chat messages enterable by pressing an assigned key.
To create a Hotkeys file you need to create a file called hotkeys.xml and place or just create it
in the directory explained above.
Open the hotkeys.xml with a text editor and copy/paste inside the text from example below. Fill the text field to your desires. When done restart your game for changes to take effect.
Tip: be sure to assign buttons 1-10 to hotkeys under F2, or else these keybinds won't work!
<hotkeys>
<hotkey index="0" text="enter here text for Hotkey 1" />
<hotkey index="1" text="enter here text for Hotkey 2" />
<hotkey index="2" text="enter here text for Hotkey 3" />
<hotkey index="3" text="enter here text for Hotkey 4" />
<hotkey index="4" text="enter here text for Hotkey 5" />
<hotkey index="5" text="enter here text for Hotkey 6" />
<hotkey index="6" text="enter here text for Hotkey 7" />
<hotkey index="7" text="enter here text for Hotkey 8" />
<hotkey index="8" text="enter here text for Hotkey 9" />
<hotkey index="9" text="enter here text for Hotkey 10" />
</hotkeys>