Keyboard Shortcuts: F3-F10 Chooses Type

[watchful]

#8147

F3 – climber
F4 – umbrella / float down
F5 – bomb / exploder
F6 – blocker
F7 – builder / bridge
F8 – dig horizontal
F9 – dig diagonal
F10 – dig vertically
F11 – pause, also PAUSE key
F12 – nuke / explode all

F1 – decrease rate of release
F2 – increase rate of release

Can’t believe I suffered through 50 levels before reading the manual to find the keyboard shortcuts! The menu is so awkward on DOS, so I was so proud I figured it out that I forgot to check how to change the type of lemming from the keyboard.

In later levels it feels _very_ necessary to use the keyboard to do changes quickly. Also a little annoying that they basically require you to exploit what feels like quirks to get a lemming to change directions. And there are fewer valid solutions as it gets harder, which takes away from some of the charm. Still, a blast to play and addicting.

[patrick_wd]

#8148

Another useful control tip: If you hold down the right mouse button while picking a lemming, only walkers will be chosen. This allows you to assign a skill in a tight space without cancelling the work another lemming is already doing. This can be extremely useful on later levels.

[dr_st]

#8149

You know, I had known about the shortcut keys since the start (can’t imagine without them), but the tip about the right-click I only learned now when you said it. Yes, this could have been a game changer for me back in the day.