Controls

Camera Controls

The key to mastering Infinity Empire is effectively moving your viewpoints and utilizing them correctly during battles, exploration and micromanagement. Because the game is played out in a true 3D space, it goes without saying that mastery of it will grant you a heightened sense of awareness. The camera controls for Infinity Empire let you move around in full 3D space, allowing you to quickly get a panoramic view of large-scale battles, or zooming in on interlopers trying to spy on you.

The standard controls are as follows:

Panning
The cursor keys will move the camera along a plane parallel to the 'ground' level, irrespective of the orientation of the camera. Holding down the left or right key will 'side-step' the camera, and holding down the up or down key will move the camera up or down.

Zooming
You can move the camera along its main focus axis - that is to say, move it towards, or away from, units it is focusing on. The PageUp/PageDown keys, or the mouse wheel, both perform this function.

Orientation
You can hold down the middle mouse button while moving the mouse to orientate the camera.

Rotation around an object
You can also rotate the camera around a particular unit by holding the right mouse button down while moving the mouse.

Keyboard Shortcuts

In most cases, knowing the shortcuts by heart will give you the pronounced ability to liberate your other hand to do other things, like say, holding a sandwich, as you devour your way to victory. Increase your effectiveness and shorten reaction times buy committing these to memory.

Quick Navigation

Detail View

Selection groups

Camera control

Multiple Selections

Your strategy will only be as effective as your ability to manage your fleet. During large-scale encounters, battles are often too chaotic to keep up with, and solid preparation determines who will emerge the victor.

Given the strengths and weaknesses of each unit available to each faction, it is wise to group your units accordingly. Concentration of firepower plays an important role during skirmishes. Always assign one preset to your entire force so you can easily order the entire fleet to concentrate all fire on a particular enemy ship.

All versions of Infinity Empire from version 4.347 onwards feature the ability to select multiple units, and assign these units to a group for easy reselection.

Selection

To select multiple units, hold down the CONTROL key as you left-click on a unit. Each unit that is selected will appear listed in the command menu on screen, along with the menu options that are common to all of those units. While these units are selected you can issue orders as usual and they will all respond.

For example, with 3 scouts selected there will be a menu command to 'survey' for resources as usual. But if that selection group consisted of mixed units - say a scout and a large warship - only the commands common to the those units would be available.

Assigning to a group

While multiple units are selected you can assign them to a hotkey by holding down the CONTROL key and pressing a number key on the main keyboard from 1 to 0. Ten hotkeys in total. Once a group has been assigned to a function key you can simply press that key to recall the selection group. If you are in Empire View when you press the assigned key you will be taken to detail view centered on the first unit in the group.

For example, with 3 large warships selected you could hold control and press 5. These warships can now be selected at any time by pressing 5 or the numbered buttons at the top of your screen.