Xbox 360 Controls
Dark Reign can look complicated on the surface. However, in the most basic sense, the controls can be boiled down to these simplified concepts:
 and  select units issues movement orders to your selected units stops/cancels operations
Keep these in mind and it should become easy to learn the rest of the controls. Remember that the  acts universally as a modifier, similar to holding down Ctrl or Shift in the original version of the game. For this reason, familiarity with the original keyboard and mouse controls for the game can help you to quickly understand the Xbox 360 controls. Full Details
|
- Tap: Select unit/building under cursor
- Tap: Deselect units (when clicking on empty space)
- Tap: Select target (when targeting)
- Double-Tap: Select all units/buildings on screen of the type under cursor
- Hold: Drag over units to select them
- + Tap: Add/remove clicked unit/building to/from current selection
- + Double-Tap: Add all units/building of type clicked to/from current selection
|
|
- Tap: Select all combat units on screen
- Tap: Cancel targeting cursor (when targeting)
- Double-Tap: Select all combat units across entire map
- + Tap: Add all combat units on screen to current selection
- + Double-Tap: Add all combat units across entire map to current selection
|
|
- Tap: Issue attack-move order to selected units (Independence set to HIGH)
- Tap: Set exit point for selected building
- Tap: Perform special action (board, unboard, etc.) with target (when cursor over appropriate target)
- Tap: Directly attack specified target (when cursor is over enemy target)
- Double-Tap: Issue move order to selected units (Independence set to LOW)
- + Tap: Queue an attack-move order to selected units (adds a waypoint)
- + Double-Tap: Issue Attack order to selected units/buildings
|
|
- Tap: Issue Stop order to selected units/buildings
- Tap: Cancel targeting cursor (when targeting)
- Double-Tap: Issue hold-ground order to selected units (Pursuit Range set to LOW)
|
|
- Hold: Show Build Menu
- Hold + : Build specified unit/structure (add unit to queue)
- Hold + : Remove from queue or cancel (if only one is being built)
- Hold + : Cancel and clear queue
- Hold + : Pause/unpause construction queue
|
|
|
+ |
- Hold: Bring up the full-screen radar (large version of the mini-map)
|
|
- Hold: Bring up unit behaviors panel for setting specific or default behaviors
|
|
- Move cursor
- Tap: Jump the screen to that location on the radar
|
|
- Scroll map
- Tap: Jump to most recent mini-map blip (tap again to return)
|
|
- Tap: Select previously-assigned squad (each of the four directions is a different squad)
- Double-Tap: Selects the squad and also jumps the view to the first unit in that squad
- + Tap: Assign currently selected units as a squad
|
|
|
|
|
|
