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Controls & gameplay

Shipyard mode on /wasteofjavascript/ (not hangout URLs).

Movement & camera

  • WASD — walk on the deck (orbit-relative).
  • Right drag — orbit camera.
  • Mouse wheel — zoom.

Build mode

  • V — toggle build menu (required to place parts).
  • Left click empty deck — place selected part type.
  • Left click part — select (then transform sliders apply).
  • B — grow selected part scale.

Hammer

  • 1 — toggle hammer.
  • Modes: Drag, Scale, Paint, Screen paint, Config (sign text, battery, micro script, etc.).

Pilot & thrust

  • F — enter / exit vehicleSeat when close.
  • Space — thrust (whole assembly when piloting; or selected assembly when not in seat per game logic).
  • Thrust button in panel — same impulse.

Starmap & telescope

  • M — starmap overlay; click beacons to warp player or ship (if selected assembly can warp).
  • T — telescope (zoom camera toward scenery).

Microscripter

  • Enter — run script when a microscripter is selected.
  • Console output appears in the hammer config panel.

Preset ships & rockets

Preset ships: Scout, Skimmer, Cargo, Scripter — spawn a whole layout at once.

Preset rockets: Dart, Twin, Heavy, Needle, Striker — compact rocket layouts (ion/thruster mixes, gun striker, etc.).

Multiplayer

Room query ?room=… syncs avatar positions and chat when the WebSocket relay is available; builds are local to your client.