How to Play Planet Zoo: A Quick-Start Guide

Default Controls

• WASD to move

• L for flashlight

• Q and E to rise and sink

• Shift + WASD to speed up the movement

• Scroll to Zoom in and out

• Press the Scroll Wheel to pivot (I recommend switching this to Ctrl)

• Ctrl+D to duplicate an object

• M to move an object

• X to open the trademarked precision widget (allows advanced directional and rotational axis control)

• Ctrl+X to duplicate an object and open the widget

• P to pause the simulation (not open the menu) (I recommend changing this to Space)

• Z to rotate an object

• Shift to adjust the height of objects

• Note: There are lots of other hotkeys and I recommend looking at all of them. You can see and change them in the Settings menu under Controls

Starting to Build

• If you’re planning to build something large and complex, pause your game.

• Pay attention to the lower right corner when in a building tab, there are usually useful configurations that you can take advantage of (i.e angle snap, path width, length, barrier length, curvature, and window)

• When creating a group of objects or buildings, pay attention to what is grouped and what is not. In case you have placed something and you want it to be a part of the group, then Shift-click the two of them and click the icon that looks like a Tree and a plus sign.

• Objects with a grid background adhere to a grid system and cannot be changed that way but items with a white background are decoration objects and can be placed with full control.

• To center a décor item on a wall or anything, press F.

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