Keyboard and mouse tips

Action Shortcut
Click the right mouse button Ctrl ⌃+click
Click the left and right mouse buttons at once Ctrl ⌃+Opt ⌥+click
or three-finger tap on trackpad
Lock/unlock the mouse from the window Cmd ⌘+click
Send a function key to the game Fn+F1–F12
Toggle the numeric keypad Cmd+U
or hold Fn
Switch to/from full screen mode Cmd ⌘+F
Pause the game Cmd ⌘+P
Fast-forward the game Hold Cmd ⌘+Opt ⌥+
Take a screenshot Cmd ⌘+Shift ⇧+S
Choose a different launch option Hold Opt ⌥ while the game is starting up

Accessing numpad keys on a compact Mac keyboard

If the game needs you to press a key on the numeric keypad, but your Mac’s keyboard doesn’t have one, then you can hold down Fn to make part of the keyboard act as a numpad:

While Fn is held down the 789, UIO and JKL keys act as the 9 numpad keys, the “M” and “,” keys act as 0 and period, the “.” key acts as Enter and the 6 key acts as Num Lock. The column of keys to the right of these acts as /, *, + and - on the numpad.

The 7-8-9 numpad keys match up to the same numbers on the regular keyboard: you can use this to orient your fingers to the simulated numpad.

If you don’t want to keep Fn held down to access the numpad, you can also turn the numpad behaviour on or off with the Emulation ▸ Simulate numeric keypad menu option. This will take effect until you toggle the option again.

Using the function keys on a Mac keyboard

Mac keyboards adopt the F1F12 keys as hotkeys to control volume, screen brightness and other system functions. To send those keys to the game instead, hold down fn when you press the function key.

You can toggle this behaviour by turning on “Use all F1, F2 etc. keys as standard function keys” in OS X’s Keyboard Preferences.

Preventing OS X hotkeys from conflicting with game controls

Some OS X system hotkeys (like Ctrl ⌃+/ to switch Spaces) may overlap with the game’s control scheme and get in the way when playing.

To avoid such problems, the game will try to disable any conflicting hotkeys while you’re playing. To do this, it needs some extra accessibility permissions:

To disable conflicting hotkeys on OS X 10.9 and up:

  1. Open the “Security and Privacy” pane of System Preferences.
  2. Select the “Privacy” tab and scroll down to the “Accessibility” heading.
  3. Click the lock icon to make changes to privacy settings.
  4. Click the checkbox next to the game’s name under “Allow the apps below to control your computer.”
  5. Quit and relaunch the game for your changes to take effect.

To disable conflicting hotkeys on OS X 10.8 and below:

  1. Open the “Accessibility” pane of System Preferences.
  2. Turn on “Enable access for assistive devices”. No relaunch is necessary.

Can’t find a key?

DOS games were designed for PC keyboards, and may use special keys (such as Scroll Lock or Num Lock) that aren’t present on your Mac’s keyboard.

If the game needs you to press a key that’s not on your Mac’s keyboard, you can send it from the Emulation ▸ Send Key menu instead.