First Skirmish: Goals, Unit Commands and Control Settings

What is a useful first-match goal?

Learn how oil gets home. The official store describes a chain from an oil rig through a truck and real roads to your base. Winning at the source is not the same as completing delivery. Open the free Demo and inspect that chain before treating a large army as the only objective.

In the tutorial discussion, one player says an easy one-versus-one helped them learn. If your match options offer it, treat that as a community suggestion. This page is an editorial learning order, not a tested optimal opening or a full match recording.

Developer promotional image, not our gameplay capture. Its visible interface does not certify every control or feature in the current Demo.

Why do the mouse commands feel different?

Check the actual settings before applying habits from another RTS. A November 6 discussion describes left-click orders and right-click deselection; a November 9 question describes using Escape to deselect. Neither supplies a numeric build. These reports must not be combined into one guaranteed current scheme.

Two independent player replies dated November 7 and 8 say the mouse convention can be changed in Settings/options. Look for a relevant control setting, read it, then check selection, movement and deselection separately. Its exact label, position and complete mapping have not been verified. If the option is absent, record the installed version instead of searching for an invented button.

What should I observe in the first attempt?

Use a short checklist based on the published mechanics, without adding dispatch buttons, costs or capture timers:

1. Identify your headquarters and intended oil source.
2. Trace the rig, truck and road home.
3. Distinguish current visibility from old sightings in fog.
4. Change one control preference at a time and check the visible result.
5. Record whether the obstacle is selection, an order, delivery or identifying sides at night.

The developer’s November 7 tutorial response described future work. It does not prove a tutorial has arrived. Report the screen and action that blocks you. Use night-vision help for identification, or launch checks if no match opens.

Checked November 10, 2026. Exact current hotkeys and menu labels remain unverified; no personal gameplay test is claimed.