GETTING STARTED
How To Play THIS GUIDE IS STILL BEING AUTHORED. At the start screen, click Sandbox. Once the player has loaded, you will be asked to select which map you wish to play in the File Browser. If this is your first time in sandbox, choose the (Dev Map) Grasslands (Easy) map. This guide reflects gameplay as at Patch 0.2.13 (January 31 2015). The following acronyms are used throughout this guide: LMB - Left Mouse Button RMB - Right Mouse Button |
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Camera Controls Moving the mouse cursor to the edges of the screen will move the camera in that direction. Once the mouse enters the scroll region around the edge of the screen, the closer the mouse cursor is to the edge, the faster the camera will move. You can also move the camera using your keyboard.
To zoom the camera in/out, you can also use the mouse scrollwheel. To adjust the camera angle, while holding down V Alt you can move the mouse cursor left and right, up and down. Release V when you are happy with your selected angle. Improved performance can be achieved by pointing the camera towards the ground rather than the horizon. Many camera actions can have their speed increased by performing the action while holding down Left Shift. |
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Supply Wagon Each game begins with a handful of untrained Peasants. A supply wagon needs to be placed before you can progress. The wagon should be placed central to where you plan to build your village. ![]() |
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Constructing Buildings To place the Wagon, click the Construction Options button on the topbar, then select Supply Wagon by clicking the button below it. If you hover the mouse cursor over buttons, a tooltip will appear providing helpful information. A wagon attaches itself to the cursor, and will be surrounded by a green or red cube. Green indicates a valid construction location, while red means you cannot build there and will need to find a more suitable location. Buildings must be located on flat land (at least for now). ![]() Rotating BuildingsWhile a building is attached to the cursor, it can be rotated by scrolling the mouse scroll wheel. If your mouse does not have a scroll wheel, you can use the [ and ] keyboard shortcuts.Cancelling PlacementIf you wish to cancel building placement, single-click the RMB. This will remove the cursor-attached building and return you to normal control mode.Confirming PositionTo finalize the position of your building, click with the LMB while the green cube is showing.Unlocking Construction OptionsOnce you have constructed a Supply Wagon, all construction options become available, and are grouped into 3 categories: Basic Buildings, Military Buildings, and Advanced Buildings. Clicking on one of the category buttons will reveal the construction options available in that category in a new row of icon buttons directly below the category icons.![]() |
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Selecting And Commanding Villagers Villagers can be selected by clicking and holding down LMB, moving the mouse to drag a selection rectangle, and releasing LMB. Any units within the selection rectangle will be selected. ![]() Holding down Left Shift while selecting units will retain previous selections and add new villagers to your selection. Holding down Left Control can be used to deselect villagers that you already have selected. Control GroupsFolk Tale includes RTS-style control groups for controlling multiple selections of characters. With one or more peasants selected, hold down Left Control and press 1, 2, 3 or 4 on your keyboard to define a new control group. To recall and switch between control groups, press 1, 2, 3 or 4 ( without holding Left Control ).Moving VillagersTo tell one or villagers where to go, single-click RMB on an area of terrain.AttackingTo tell villagers to attack a target, single-click RMB over the target.Move-AttackTo tell villagers to move forward, and engage any enemies they meet along the way, hold down Left Control and single-click RMB anywhere on the terrain. |
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