Controls and Shortcuts
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- Creature Creator -
Left Click to select and move parts.
Left Click to move the arrow-shaped handles on the currently
selected part, which changes its shape.
Left Click and drag parts off the creature to sell them back.
Mouse over a part or a spine segment and use the mousewheel to
scale the size. Or, select the part, and use the up and down
arrow keys.
Hold Alt while clicking and dragging a part to copy it. On
Mac systems, use Option instead of Alt.
Left Click and drag directly on the spine to change the spine
shape. Use the arrows to length or shorten the spine.
Left Click on the torso skin (not the spine) to move it.
Hold Control while dragging a limb segment to attach it to
another limb.
Hold Tab when a part is selected to reveal additional rotation
handles.
- Building Creator -
To move a part vertically, press and hold Control while you click
a part and reposition it with your mouse.
To move a part across the surface of the dais, press and hold
Shift while you click a part and reposition it with your mouse.
- Vehicle Creator -
Body and cockpit parts automatically align down the center of the vehicle.
There are limits to the height and width of any vehicle.
To move the entire vehicle, press and hold Shift while moving the mouse.
- Camera -
Left Click on the background moves the camera around.
In
test drive, mousewheel zooms the camera in and out.
In build and paint modes, shift and mousewheel zooms the
camera in and out.
< and > Rotates the camera
+ and - Zooms in or out
- General -
Control-N Start New
Control-Y Redo
Control-Z Undo
Control-S Save
Control-H Toggle whether the UI is hidden
H or ? Bring up or close the
Spore Guide
B Bring up the Sporepedia™
Windows:
Alt-Enter Toggle between windowed and fullscreen modes.
Mac OS X:
Command-Return Toggle between windowed and fullscreen modes.
Command-Tab Minimize the game when in fullscreen mode.
Note that when the game is minimized, it will not pause,
but will continue running in the background.
- Right Mouse Button Functionality on Mac OS X -
This game contains features that require a right mouse button.
If you have an Apple Mighty Mouse, you can enable the Right
Mouse Button in System Preferences->Keyboard and Mouse. Change
the "Right Click" drop down to Secondary Button.
To emulate the clicking of both buttons simultaneously using the
Apple Mighty Mouse, hold down the scroll button or click the left
mouse button while holding down the Command and Option keys.
As well, most PC USB mice are supported on the Macintosh.
The Left and Right mouse buttons are detected and work
correctly on these mice when first plugged in.
If you have an Apple legacy single button mouse, or a MacBook
Pro with a Track Pad, you can emulate a right mouse button
click by holding down the Command key while clicking the mouse
button.
To emulate the clicking of both buttons simultaneously using a
single button mouse, hold down the Command and Option keys while
clicking the mouse button.
Command Line Options
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The following command-line options are supported:
-w Run in windowed mode.
-f Run in fullscreen mode.
-r:<width>x<height>
Run at the given resolution.
-safe Force a minimum set of configuration options, and
don't load any optional plugins.