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

On the board

InputAction
D-pad / stickMove the square cursor (in minimap directions)
ASelect a unit, give the order
BBack out
LT / RTSwitch between MOVE and FIRE
XReload (with confirmation)
YReady the skill
LB / RBRotate the board
MenuOpen the menu
ViewPause the AI
Press a stickOpen the Field Manual

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.