Overview
In this guide i will list all the hints/tips that are within the game at the current moment in time atleast until a proper tutorial comes out.
Tips
1 Scouts can only equip light and medium weapons
2 Warriors have excellent armour
3 Beware enemy engineers, they make short work of powercores
4 Workers can only equip light weapons
5 Pressing enter will highlight the source of an event
6 Right clicking makes a unit look in that direction
7 Enemies will sometimes loot advance weapons from the bodies of your troops!
8 Proximity mines aren’t triggered by your troops
9 Protect your workers! they’re useful but weak on their own
10 Pressing n will switch player controlled units
11 Pressing space will pause the game
12 Scouts move very quickly to provide intel
13 Enemy units will seek out and attack portable power cores
14 Transport pads are a great way of getting around the world
15 You can queue building commands by clicking and dragging
16 You can queue mining commands by clicking and dragging
17 Low light levels are much better for sneaking, this works both ways
18 Shooting someone in the shadows confers a 50% aim penalty
19 You select multiple units into groups by left clicking and dragging
20 Pressing tab will open the map view (if available)
21 Resources are generated depending on the biome
22 Pressing g will center on the selected unit
23 Biomass trees only seed biomass in light
24 Click and drag to issue multiple mine or build orders
25 Make sure you keep your power core under guard
26 Building a sensor platform will give you access to a map of the explored world
28 Lancer weapon damage is not effected by armour rating of the target
29 Enemy buildings have a powercore, destroy to disable
30 More resources can be found deeper underground
31 Blaster weapon damage is reduced by the armour rating of the target
32 Mutation and transport pads can only be built on portable power cores
33 You can change what weapons your troops have
34 Units on unlit blocks are much harder to see
35 Fatigue confers a 25% aim penalty on a unit
36 Biomass can be farmed by crafting biomass trees
37 Warriors are unable to mine or build
38 Explosions can set off other explosive devices
39 Totems can heal your troops but have a limited range
40 Beware – Explosive charges have short fuses
41 Being above a target makes a difference in combat
42 Beware the intial enemy attack!
43 You can loot equipment from the bodies of the enemies
44 You can take screenshots with F5
45 Units can be assigned hotkeys from 1-9 CTRL
46 Scatter weapons are good at engaging groups of enemies or in close quarters
Tutorial
W A S D to scroll the world view
ENTER to center on notification message
H centers on the dropship powercore
G centers on the currently selected unit
M toggles mining mode if the unit has this ability
B toggles building mode if the unit has this ability
N to cycle between friendly units
SPACE pauses and unpauses the game
+ – to change the currently displayed level
CTRL + NUM set units(s) to group number
ALT + NUM center and select on unit(s) in group number
Is something missing?
If i have forgotten something, for example a certain tip, please feel free to let me know in the comments so that i can add/change the tips/tutorial, hoped this helped! I will also be doing future guides so if you any suggestions for a guide remember to drop a comment.