Category:Game Controls

There are plenty of controls within Medieval Engineers and most can be found by pressing F1 in-game. The F1 menu also allows for the customization of each keybinding.

Common Controls

Default Key	Action	Description
	Inventory	Open the character inventory screen. The character inventory screen can be used to drop inventory items, add inventory items to the toolbars, or craft new items.
	Use	Use or interact with the object that the character is looking at.
	General Search	Open the general search screen while playing the game. This screen allows the player to find information about any item in the game. This includes blocks and tools that can be placed on the toolbar.
	House configuration	Open the House configuration screen while playing the game. The House configuration screen allows for creation and joining of Houses.
	Quest Journal	Open the quest log screen while in the game. The quest log has controls for choosing the active quest and abandoning the active quest.
	Research	Open the research screen while in the game. The research screen has controls for viewing and activating research quests.
	1st / 3rd person	Switch the view to either 1st person perspective or 3rd person perspective.
	Auto Run	Your character will automatically run in the direction of your cursor.
	Show / Hide HUD	Toggle the HUD visibility. This feature is most useful for making videos or screenshots with external applications.
	Player list	Open the player list while playing the game. The player list contains all of the players connected to the current game, as well as controls to promote players to administrator, invite new players, kick players, or mute player's voice chat.
	Quick Load / Reconnection	Allows the player to quickly load the previous save or reconnect to the current multiplayer server.
+	Quick Save	Allows the player to quickly save the current single player or hosted multiplayer game. This does not apply to multiplayer clients joined to a host or server.
	Respawn	Some situations just cannot be escaped...
	Compound	Hold to quickly switch compound mode to the opposite of its current setting.
+	Move block farther	Move the block about to be placed farther away from the character.
+	Move block closer	Move the block about to be placed closer to the character.
+	Timing screen	Displays debug info, pressing it again will display other information but the most helpful is the "sim speed" is what most look for. This indicates how fast the game is running its simulation speed.

There are more game controls in the pages below that describe some of the more advanced or specialized controls in Medieval Engineers.