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These are the controls of the PC version (differences from the PC version are noted below):
  
 
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=== Differences for OS X ===
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* To emulate a '''right click''', use a two finger tap on the trackpad
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* If you have a French keyboard (AZERTY), be prepared for your “M” key not working in chat
  
 
== Inventory controls ==
 
== Inventory controls ==

Revision as of 18:51, 22 September 2016

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This is an overview of all controls used in Minetest.

Changing controls

There are two ways to change the controls: Either by using the options menu accessible inside the game or by editing minetest.conf. See minetest.conf.example to learn the setting names. Note that some controls are fixed and cannot be changed at all.

Game controls

These are the controls of the PC version (differences from the PC version are noted below):

Action Default key Changable in-game? Changable in minetest.conf? Comment
Movement
Look around Mouse movement No No
Move forwards W Yes Yes
Move to the left A Yes Yes
Move to the right D Yes Yes
Move backwards S Yes Yes
Toggle fast mode J Yes Yes See Movement modes. Requires “fast” privilege
Toggle fly mode K Yes Yes See Movement modes. Requires “fly” privilege
Toggle noclip mode H Yes Yes See Movement modes. Requires “noclip” privilege
Move fast E Yes Yes Only works if fast mode is on. Oddly, this is also called the “Use” key
Jump Space Yes Yes This is used when you are neither at a ladder, inside a liquid nor using fast mode
Sneak Shift Yes Yes This is used when you are neither at a ladder, inside a liquid nor using fast mode
Move up Space Yes Yes This is used when you are at a ladder, inside a liquid or using fast mode
Move down Shift Yes Yes This is used when you are at a ladder, inside a liquid or using fast mode
World interaction
Attack / mine / collect item stack Left mouse button No No
Use / build Right mouse button No No If the pointed thing is usable (example: Chest), you use it, otherwise you attempt to build at this block
Build Shift+Right mouse button No No Use this to build at usable blocks
Select next/previous item stack in hotbar Roll mouse wheel No No
Select item stack in hotbar directly 0-9 No No
Drop wielded item stack Q Yes Yes
Drop 1 item of wielded item stack Shift+Q Yes Yes
Camera
Select camera F7 No Yes Available cameras are (in this order): first person view, third person view from the back, third person view from the front
Toggle cinematic mode F8 Yes Yes In cinematic mode, the camera will not immediately follow your movements, instead it will quickly “catch on”, so the movement of the camera looks a bit like the movement of an actual camera
Zoom in at the crosshair Z Yes Yes Only available in Minetest versions coming after 0.4.14. Requires the “zoom” privilege
Heads-up Display
Show/hide inventory menu I Yes Yes
Show/hide HUD F1 No Yes
Show/hide chat log and application name F2 No Yes
Toggle minimap F9 No Yes There are two modes available: Surface and radar, in 3 different zoom levels
Toggle minimap shape (square or circle) Shift+F9 No Yes
Open/close console F10 Yes Yes
Abort / close window / open pause menu / quit Minetest Esc No No
Server interaction
Open chat window T Yes Yes You need the “shout” privilege to chat
Start issuing a server command / Yes Yes
Technical
Take a screenshot F12 No Yes
Toggle far view R Yes Yes Far view disables fog entirely and allows viewing far away, may cause massive FPS drop
Increase minimal viewing distance + No Yes
Decrease minimal viewing distance - No Yes
Enable/disable fog F3 No Yes
Enable/disable camera update F4 No Yes Only useful for developers. If disabled, the landscape drawn around you will not be updated as you look around. This key works only in debugging versions of Minetest, or by editing minetest.conf
Enable/disable debug display F5 No Yes Also shows your coordinates
Enable/disable profiler F6 No Yes Only useful for developers
Write stacktraces into the file “debug.txt” P Yes Yes Only useful for developers

Differences for OS X

  • To emulate a right click, use a two finger tap on the trackpad
  • If you have a French keyboard (AZERTY), be prepared for your “M” key not working in chat

Inventory controls

See Inventory#Controls.

Console controls

See Console.