Character Movement

Your character can move in two very different environments: areas with gravity and open zero-gravity space.

Gravity Mode

Gravity modules on ships and stations generate a local gravity field. When you are inside that field, movement works like a standard first-person game.

Action	Key
Walk forward / backward	W / S
Strafe left / right	A / D
Jump	Space
Walk (slow)	Left Shift
Look	Mouse
Activate a block	R

Turning gravity off: If you find a Gravity Module block, press R on it to toggle gravity for the area. The space beneath a red indicator light often has a gravity block nearby.

Zero-Gravity Mode

Outside of a gravity field you float freely in all six directions.

Action	Key
Move forward / backward	W / S
Strafe left / right	A / D
Move up	E
Move down	Q
Look	Mouse
Align to nearby structure	Space

Aligning to a Structure

When you are floating near a ship or station you can align yourself to it by pressing Space (Grapple / Align). This does two things:

1. Snaps your orientation to match the structure's local up/down.
2. Makes you move with the structure if it is in motion.

This is very useful for: - Boarding a moving ship through a hatch - Working on the outside of a ship without drifting away - Avoiding being left behind when a crewed ship accelerates

To break the alignment, simply fly away from the structure or enter a different gravity field.

Tips

• Holding Left Shift switches to a slower walk pace in gravity mode.
• Deselecting your weapon (scroll past the last hotbar slot) lets you mine asteroid resources by holding the right mouse button.
• In build mode inside a ship, movement is the same as zero-G but you pass through blocks — hold Left Shift for much faster movement around large ships.