[Guide] Don't Starve Controls (learn how to get around)

[Excess]

I'll gather here all knowledge we can get about the controls of the game and the way we can interact with it. Please feel free to contribute.

This are not tips&tricks, nor a list of things you can combine with others. I'd prefer that everyone discover that on their own, its funnier that way.

MOUSE[hr][/hr]

• Clicking on the ground once will move the player to that location.
• Holding click on the ground and moving the mouse around will costantly update the destination of the player.
• If an item has more than 1 interaction, a dialog with the letters "RMB" will appear stating that the extra action can be done by clicking the right mouse button.
• Scrolling the mouse wheel will slightly zoom in and out the view-port of the game.
• While the map is open, scrolling the mouse wheel will zoom it in and out.
• Right clicking on a tool/torch in the inventory while there is another tool/torch equipped, will swap them.
• Some actions won't appear unless you are holding an object in the air with your mouse, like setting a tree on fire with a torch, where equipping it in your "hand" slot won't let you set it ablaze. ^Critter79
• Right clicking an equipped Backpack/Krampi Sack will open/close it. ^Aoredon

KEYBOARD[hr][/hr]

• You can walk using [WASD]. ^{Toaster Fu}
• Pressing [Q] (or left [←]) and [E] (or right [→]) will turn the view 90º (useful for picking up things that are behind larger things).
• Pressing up [↑] and down [↓] will zoom the view in and out respectively. ^{Toaster Fu}
• Holding [SHIFT] while clicking an item on the ground or in the inventory will force the "EXAMINE" option, showing you its description.
• Holding [CTRL] while unarmed will force the "ATTACK" option when clicking, if it's possible. ^Marvin
• Holding [CTRL] while clicking an item on your inventory will split the stack in 2 (useful for storing on chests or dropping on the ground just a set amount of items).
• While holding items in the air, holding [CTRL] and clicking (either on the inventory or the ground) will release 1 item.
• Pressing/Holding [SPACEBAR] will perform an action in the direction faced (pick-up, attack, etc) but won't attack non-hostiles by default, [CTRL]+[SPACEBAR] will, though. ^{Kevin + Moonphos}
• Pressing [1], [2], [3], [...], [8], [9], [0] will use the first 10 items of the inventory, from left to right. The 11th and 12th hotkeys are [+] and [-], which may or may not be besides [0], depending on your keyboard layout.
• Pressing [TAB] will show the map.
• Pressing [ESC] will show the menu.
  
• Pressing [BACKSPACE] will toggle the game's debug rendering.
• Pressing [CTRL]+[P] will freeze the camera in place.
• Pressing [CTRL]+[H] will hide/show the GUI (a.k.a. HUD, a.k.a. UI)
• Pressing [~] will bring up the console.
  

INTERFACE[hr][/hr]

• Hovering over the (heart), (stomach) and (brain) icons tells you, in numbers, how much health/hunger/sanity you have left.
• Pressing the pause icon (||) will... well, do exactly that, pause the game.

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[Toaster Fu]

Don't forget walking with WASD. Any way to get this stickyed? And yes I just made up my own word.

[Excess]

Added:

While holding items in the air, holding [CTRL] and clicking (either on the inventory or the ground) will release 1 item.

Don't forget walking with WASD

Duly noted.

Any way to get this stickyed?

I hope so.

EDIT: and you can zoom in and out with the plus and minus on a keyboard.

I couldn't reproduce this. I'm under Chrome 21.0.1180.89 running on Windows 7 64bits. You?

[Toaster Fu]

EDIT: Just tried it and it didn't work so sorry for the wrong info.

[Alia]

Sticky. Ill ask The Kevin to see if he cant update this list while we are still working on the UI changes.

A.

[Toaster Fu]

You can zoom in and out with the up and down arrow keys. This time I'm sure.

[Excess]

Added the folowing:

• Pressing the directional up (↑) and down (↓) arrows will zoom the view in and out respectively. ^{Toaster Fu}
• Right clicking on a tool/torch in the inventory while there is another tool/torch equipped, will swap them.

You can zoom in and out with the up and down arrow keys. This time I'm sure.

Awesome, I knew you weren't crazy... because you... you aren't... r-right??

[Toaster Fu]

Ahahahah Ahahaha AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA that's funny why would you think I'm crazy?

[Marvin]

Hey Excess,

you can also force an attack with [holding CTRL + Mouseclick] on an enemy, spidernest and even a rabbit(you can do this while unarmed).

[Toaster Fu]

That's awesome! Going to be so much help.