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CHECKFIRE

Controls

Mouse on the desktop; a full pad mapping for the board, the menus and the room-code keypad.

Mouse and keyboard #

CHECKFIRE is played with the mouse: click a unit, click a target. Buttons on screen give the rest: RELOAD, the skill, the Field Pack, the operation map, the Field Manual, the menu. Escape backs out of a screen or dismisses a hint. There are no hidden hotkeys to learn.

Controller #

Fully playable on a gamepad (tested on a Steam Deck and Xbox controllers). Pressing any button wakes the pad; moving the mouse hands control straight back to it.

InputAction
D-pad Left stickWalk items
D-pad left / rightChange a setting on the setup screen
AConfirm, start
YResume
BBack
LT RTCycle the two army colours

On the board

InputAction
D-pad Left stickMove the square cursor (in minimap directions)
ASelect a unit, give the order
BBack out
LT RTSwitch between MOVE and FIRE. RT again on a target picks it, RT once more fires
XReload (with confirmation)
YReady the skill
LB RBRotate the board
MenuOpen the menu
ViewPause the AI
Left stick Right stick pressOpen the Field Manual

In Settings, LB RB switch tabs.

Online

Room codes are spelled on an on-screen keypad with the pad. Local two-player on one machine works with two pads: the seat that is to move takes the input.