Wintermute/Controls

This page lists known controls for most Wintermute Games. Those tables may be useful for building keymappings for those games. It also contains information on secrets, cheats and interesting unreachable code.

Standard controls

Standard in-game controls

Those controls are processed at all games scripts, except for Escape From The Mansion.

Context	Key	Action	Comment
All games	Left Click	Use / Take / Click / etc
All games	Right Click	Look / Drop / Click / etc
All games	Enter	Ok
All games	Esc	Cancel
Some games	Esc / F1	Open Menu	Some games opens menu on Esc only.
Some games	<Any key>	Skip dialog line

Since "Open menu" action can always be done with Esc, there is no reason for additional remapping of separate F1 key.

It's hard to tell which games are actually have actions for <Any key> with reading & testing. Since tables below are generated semi-automatically, this information is not currently provided.

Text input engine-hardcoded controls

Context	Key	Action
Text input	Left / Up	Move caret one character left
Text input	Right / Down	Move caret one character right
Text input	Home	Move caret to string beginning
Text input	End	Move caret to string ending
Text input	Ctrl+A	Select all
Text input	Shift+<Arrow>	Move selection border to left/right
Text input	Shift+<Home/End>	Move selection border to home/end
Text input	Backspace	Remove one character before caret
Text input	Delete	Remove one character after caret or remove all selected text
Text input	<Printable key>	Add pressed character before caret

Additional engine-hardcoded controls

Context	Key	Action
Video playback	Esc	Stop video playback
Anytime	Ctrl+D	Attach debugger

Legend

Value	Meaning
Standard	Standard controls listed in tables above
Nice to have	Regular control that do something that can't be done with menus, onscreen buttons, etc
Alias	Regular control that do something that can be done with menus, onscreen buttons, etc
Cheat	Secret controls for fun & profit
Debug	Secret controls useful for game debugging

2D Games

Games without required text input

The Death of Erin Myers

Context	Key	Action	Comment
Anytime	Standard controls
Anytime	End	Make some font bigger	Debug

Escape From The Mansion

Context	Key	Action	Comment
Anytime	Left Click	Use / Take / Click / etc	Standard
Anytime	Right Click	Drop item	Standard
In main menu	F1	Warp to cellar scene	Cheat
Anytime	F2	Print volume value	Debug

Hamlet

Context	Key	Action	Comment
Anytime	Standard controls without F1 key

K'NOSSOS

Context	Key	Action	Comment
Anytime	Standard controls
In main menu	Shift+A	Warp to testbed scene	Cheat

Kulivocko

Context	Key	Action	Comment
Anytime	Standard controls without F1 key
In game	Space	Show hint icons	Nice to have

Oknytt

Context	Key	Action	Comment
Anytime	Standard controls without F1 key
In game	Tab	Open inventory	Alias

Reversion: The Escape

Context	Key	Action	Comment
Anytime	Standard controls
In game	I	Open inventory	Alias

Reversion: The Meeting

Context	Key	Action	Comment
Anytime	Standard controls
In game	I	Open inventory	Alias
In game	Mouse wheel up	Scroll inventory up	Alias
In game	Mouse wheel down	Scroll inventory down	Alias

Space Madness

Context	Key	Action	Comment
Anytime	Standard controls

2.5D Games

Games without required text input

On the Tracks of Dinosaurs

Context	Key	Action	Comment
Anytime	Standard controls without F1 key
In game	X	Show hint icons on exits	Nice to have
In game	I	Open inventory	Alias
In game	M	Open map	Alias

The Lost Crown - A Ghost-Hunting Adventure

Context	Key	Action	Comment
Anytime	Standard controls without F1 key
In game	F1	Warp to Darklingroom_end scene	Cheat
In game	F3	Take screenshot	Debug