In-game controls
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Some keys have specific purposes when using specific weapons and tools. These are listed on the respective weapon pages which can be found from here.
Key | Purpose |
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Right, Left | Moves selected worm in respective direction |
Up, Down | Adjusts aim for selected weapon in respective direction |
Spacebar | Fires or activates selected weapon |
Tab | Selects next worm on team when Worm Select is active |
Enter | Causes selected worm to perform a forward jump |
Enter, Enter | Causes selected worm to perform a backjump |
Backspace | Causes selected worm to jump vertically |
Backspace, Backspace | Causes selected worm to perform a backflip |
Backspace, Enter | Causes selected worm to perform a backjump |
Backspace, Backspace, Enter | Causes selected worm to perform a small backflip (identical to backjump in all but animation) |
F1 - F12 | Cycle through available weapons in weapon groups when selecting a weapon |
` or ~ | Cycles through available utilities |
Pause/Break | Takes a screenshot (saved in Capture folder) |
Insert | Cycles background graphics |
Home | Centres view on active worm |
Page Down/Page Up | Reveals/hides chat window respectively |
Delete | Cycle through above-worm information displays |
Alt + Delete | Toggle opacity of above-worm information displays |
Shift + Delete | Toggles autohide for team status bar |
T | Displays thought bubble above selected worm |
S | Replays the last shot (when pressed immediately afterwards). Hold down shift and press a number key from 2 to 0 (along the top of the keyboard) to slow down the replay, or press a number key without shift to speed it up. Press S repeatedly to advance frame by frame; press Spacebar to fastforward the replay to the end. |