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System Shock Enhanced Edition- Keys
By Nemo
A quick guide to the keyboard commands, and some misc tips
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Category: Gameplay Basics
Languages: English
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4 Nov, 2015 @ 9:09am
20 Aug, 2017 @ 11:03am
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Guide Index
Overview
Essential Keys 
Other Keys 
Throwing Grenades & Other Stuff 
Map 
Cyber-space 
Comments
Essential Keys
Key
Description
ESC
System Menu
W A S D
Movement. Something strange here : My keyboard bindings show Fwd & back to be s & x, although the actual keys are W & A. Go figure.
E
Mouse-look toggle. Note you can move & fire while mouse-look is enabled. Exit mouse-look mode to use the MFDs (Multi-Function Displays).
Super useful
R / F / V
Stand up, Crouch, Lie prone
Q
Next Weapon
Q + SHIFT
Previous Weapon
RIGHT-MOUSE-CLICK
Fire selected weapon (if you have one)

Z & C
Lean left & right

SPACE
Jump / Climb
SHIFT
Run
P
Pause toggle
CTRL + A
Show map full-screen (ESC to go back)
Other Keys
Key
Description
1
Health / Fatigue Status (a.k.a 'Bioware')
2
Fullscreen mode toggle
3
Rear-view display toggle (once you have the 'Sensaround' hardware)
7
Compass toggle (Nav Unit)
8
Toggle Data Reader (once you have the Data Reader installed in Hardware)
?
Show keyboard bindings :D
CTRL + H
Help Toggle

ALT + H
Cycle HUD colour
DELETE
Abort current audio-log (does not work for me)
PAGE-UP / PAGE-DOWN
Cycle through inventories
F1
Left MFD: Show Weapon Status
F2
Left MFD: Show Item Status
F3
Left MFD: Automap
F4
Left MFD: Target (if installed)
F5
Left MFD: Data
F6
Right MFD: Show Weapon Status
F7
Right MFD: Show Item Status
F8
Right MFD: Automap
F9
Right MFD: Target (if installed)
F10
Right MFD: Data
F11 / F12
Gamma Increase / Decrease
Throwing Grenades & Other Stuff
  • Throwing Grenades -> Double LEFT-mouse-click the type of grenade you want. RIGHT mouse-click to throw. Note the higher your cursor on the screen, the further the grenade will be thrown
  • Dropping Items -> While not in mouse-look, right-mouse-click on an item in the Main or General inventory. Right-mouse-click again to either throw it away or put it back in the inventory

Map
  • You can make notes on the the map. Left-mouse to place the pointer, then start typing.
Cyber-space
  • Forget about W A S D
  • LEFT-MOUSE => Move forward (pressing S also seems to do the same)
  • RIGHT-MOUSE => Fire (items such as Pulser or Drill)
  • Z & C => Roll left and right (useful for keeping upright)
  • Press E in Cyberspace to choose which of your SOFTS are active e.g. PULSER (Gun) or DRILL
  • Avoid the mines (they look like Minecraft Hamburgers)
  • The exits are a small circle of 5 pyramids
  • Red Crosses restore your health
44 Comments
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Dvayne | Rose on Noelle 18 May @ 3:37am 
Tell me can I solve wire puzzles a few times?
Dvayne | Rose on Noelle 12 May @ 8:36am 
Something is going on. FPS if fine but game freezes for some reason
JCfloyd 1 Sep, 2024 @ 11:54am 
thanks paly
Aiodensghost 13 Dec, 2023 @ 8:18am 
OMG I OWE YOU MY LIFE. Seriously, I've been crawling the web just for the keybindings, so I can finally remap my Retroid Pocket Flip D-pad to crouch/stand. I got the game running in Magic DosBox on Android, to beat it all.
Leafar501 29 Nov, 2023 @ 3:53pm 
THANKS SO MUCH GOOD FELLA !!!
Confederate 22 Mar, 2023 @ 7:14am 
The help toggle is VERY useful for finding hidden stuff.
Jorgle 10 Apr, 2022 @ 10:44am 
press e
E.M.J. ㋛ 4 Jul, 2021 @ 2:04pm 
I can only go left and right, nothing else. My mouse donesn't register at all for example.
Seafyre 27 Mar, 2020 @ 2:06pm 
Thanks!
mpaul808 10 Oct, 2019 @ 3:55am 
can you play this with a microsoft 360 pad? with all the buttons?
I cant play with mouse/keys.