Your first match
Start with a Private Match. Pick the mode, the map, how many bots per team and how good they are: Recruit, Regular, Hardened or Veteran. Public play runs Regular bots.
Every match starts with a buy window. Press B to open the buy menu, spend your cash, then go earn more. Die and you can buy the same gun back for half price.
Controls
Every key can be rebound in Settings. These are the defaults.
| Action | Keyboard and mouse | Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Move / sprint | W + A + S + D, Shift (tap again for tactical sprint) | Left stick, L3 (click again for tactical sprint) |
| Jump / mantle | Space | A |
| Crouch / slide / prone | C tap, sprint + C, hold C. Ctrl is prone. | B tap, sprint + B, hold B |
| Aim / fire | Right mouse / left mouse | LT / RT |
| Reload | R | X tap |
| Use | F or E (hold F at a door to lock it) | X hold |
| Melee | V or Mouse 4 | R3 |
| Lethal / tactical | G / Q | RB / LB |
| Health Kit | X | LB + RB |
| Switch weapon | 1 2 or wheel | Y |
| Call a strike | 4 5 6 | D-pad right |
| Buy menu / scoreboard | B / Tab | View tap / View hold |
| Ping | Middle mouse (double tap for danger, hold for the wheel) | D-pad up |
| Optic zoom (LPVO) | Z | |
| Inspect weapon | I | D-pad left hold |
Controller layouts: Default, Tactical, Bumper Jumper, BJ Tactical, Flipped and Southpaw. Aim assist comes in Default, Precision, Focusing or Off. Prompts show Xbox, PlayStation or Switch buttons. There is no tactical grenade yet, so the tactical button throws a frag too.
Modes
| Mode | Teams | How you win |
|---|---|---|
| Temple Deathmatch | 8v8 on Temple Cay or Slopwater | First to 80 kills or the most at 10 minutes. Respawns, strikes and heroes. |
| Bomb the Temple | 6v6 on Temple Cay or Slopwater | One life a round. Plant at A or B, or defuse it. Start with $800, carry up to $16,000. First to 7 rounds. |
| Mutation | 12 survivors vs the Alpha | 20 seconds to prep, then an 8-minute round. The caught join the horde. Make the helicopter. No shop: grab armor, gun upgrades and medkits off the ground. |
Maps
- Temple Cay. The temple island. Deathmatch, Bomb and Mutation.
- Slopwater. The sand map. Deathmatch, Bomb and Mutation.
Graphics settings
The game picks a preset on first launch: Potato, Low, Medium, High or Ultra. Custom lets you set resolution scale, shadows, ambient occlusion, textures, anti-aliasing, bloom, effects density, draw distance and an FPS cap (30, 60, 120 or unlimited). FOV runs from 65 to 100. Texture and shadow changes apply next match.
Tips that actually help
- Health regenerates fast up to 50, then trickles. Carry a Health Kit (X) for the rest.
- Firing without a suppressor puts you on the enemy minimap for 2.5 seconds. A suppressor keeps you off it unless a drone is up.
- Heard the Strike Run siren? You have about 3 seconds. Sprint sideways 6 to 7 metres and you are out of the strip.
- Sniper shots are fully accurate about 0.2 seconds into aiming. Fast scoped kills pay the Quickscope medal.
- Melee ignores vests. Three hits with a pistol or SMG out, two with anything else.
Written from the current development build. Numbers can change before and after launch. Spot something wrong? Tell support@systalog.ai.