Controls
Pick a tool, then use it on the tower. The tools live in the Tools window, grouped by kind (Structure, Transport, Commercial and so on). On a phone each group has its own tab, and a tab with a dot has just gained new tools. Inspect opens a room’s card, and Bulldoze sells a room back. See The Tools window to fold it out of the way.
| To | Do this |
|---|---|
| Build | Click with a build tool. Drag to lay a run of floor, lobby or parking, or to size an elevator shaft. |
| Open a room’s card | Choose Inspect and click the room, or right-click it with any tool |
| Peek at a room | Hover over it |
| Move around | Drag with Inspect. With a build tool, hold Shift or Space and drag, or drag with the middle button. |
| Zoom | Scroll the wheel |
| Move a window | Drag its blue title bar. Double-click the title bar to put it back. |
| Undo, redo | The Undo button, Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+Shift+Z |
While you hold a room over the tower, a ghost shows where it would land: gold where it fits, red where it won’t. Modern Hovering a red spot tells you why before you click.
Phone and tablet
Section titled “Phone and tablet”Everything works by touch.
| To | Do this |
|---|---|
| Place a room | Press the tower and drag. The ghost floats just above your finger so you can see it. Lift to place it. A quick tap drops one too. |
| Lay a run | Drag with Floor, Lobby or a Parking space |
| Size an elevator | Drag up or down. Stairs and escalators place with a single tap. |
| Move around | Drag with two fingers (or one finger with Inspect chosen) |
| Zoom | Pinch |
| Open a room’s card | Tap it with Inspect |
| Peek at a room | Press and hold it with any tool. Lift to close. |
| See the whole tower | Tap the Map pill in the corner |
The menu button in the top bar opens the statistics and the game menu, and the Undo button steps a change back.
Keyboard
Section titled “Keyboard”You can play without a mouse at all. Tab to the build menu, press Enter on a tool, then:
| Key | Does |
|---|---|
| ↑ ↓ ← → or W A S D | Move the build cursor (hold Shift to move ten at a time) |
| Enter or Space | Build or inspect at the cursor. For an elevator or stairway, press once at one end and again at the other. |
| Delete, Backspace or X | Bulldoze at the cursor |
| Esc | Cancel |
| + − | Zoom |
| C | Center the view |
| 0 to 3 | Pause, or run at speed 1, 2 or 3 |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo |
| Ctrl+Shift+Z or Ctrl+Y | Redo |
On the Map (Tab to it): the arrow keys move the view (hold Shift for a whole screen), Home and End jump to the top and the bottom of the tower, and Esc closes it. On the Map’s View menu, ↑ and ↓ pick the previous or next view.