Moon Sweepers controls: lamp, map and building keys

What are the lighting, map and building shortcuts?

Action	Control	Since
Cycle helmet lamp → goggles → off	N	1.0.4
Moon Map waypoint, focus or teleport	Right-click on the map	1.0.4
Pick up a piece with everything standing on it	R while holding the Building Tool	1.0.5
Put a carried piece back	Right-click during move mode	1.0.5
Switch from move mode to remove mode	X	1.0.5
Leave move mode	R or Esc	1.0.5
Enter move mode from remove mode (controller)	Y	1.0.5
Copy a piece’s rotation and style while picking it up	Middle-click the piece	1.0.5
Rotate a machine as you place it	Mouse wheel (90° steps, 30° on hexagonal foundations)	1.0.5
Place a machine freely instead of snapping	F	1.0.5
Pack a handheld load into a capsule	Q	1.0.5 fix
Open the menu (including Your Crew for kick and ban)	Esc	1.0.3 onwards

How do you switch between the helmet lamp and goggles?

Press N to cycle helmet lamp → goggles → off. The lamp and goggles indicator next to the dust gauge shows which mode is active, so check it before assuming a dark screen means a broken light. Night Vision Goggles are a $350 suit upgrade as of 1.0.4, and the HUD icon row also covers jetpack boosts and gravity boots.

The night guide covers when to use each mode and what the goggles change about shadows. Suit purchase order sits in the upgrade matrix.

What do the building shortcuts do?

With the Building Tool equipped:

• R picks up a piece together with everything standing on it. Move the foundation and the machines on it travel too, at no cost.
• Right-click returns the piece to where it came from, which is the fast way to undo a bad grab.
• X flips move mode into remove mode, so a misplaced piece can be deleted without re-opening the menu. Removal refunds the full price in 1.0.5.
• Middle-click copies rotation and style as well as picking the piece up, which keeps a run of identical foundations or belts looking the same.
• Mouse wheel turns a machine in 90° steps, or 30° on hexagonal foundations.
• F drops the snap so the machine goes where you aim instead of onto the foundation grid. Rotation still comes from the mouse wheel.

The building guide covers the placement order and the connection checks that go with move mode. For how a line is meant to run once it is placed, see the factory ratios guide.

How do you pack capsules and use the map?

Q packs the dust in your handheld tool into a capsule. Patch 1.0.5 restored packing through Q, the Auto-Packer and machines in large bases where capsules had stopped packing at all.

On the Moon Map, right-click opens the waypoint, focus and teleport actions on the spot you clicked. Robot types can be toggled on and off from the same screen. The map guide explains region colors, the Teleport Panel and how to read a robot’s activity.

Esc opens the menu; for a hosted game, Your Crew inside it holds kick, ban and unban. Crew moderation rules are on the co-op host controls page.

How do you change movement, driving and camera settings?

Movement, driving and camera inputs are bound in Settings → Controls. That screen also holds “Vehicle camera follows behind”: turn it off to leave the camera where you aimed it instead of having it re-center behind the vehicle. Settings → Audio holds the chat voice slider for text-to-speech chat.

Why do keys stop responding or the character walks on its own?

Patch 1.0.5 fixed a specific cause: a controller, joystick, wheel or pedal set resting off-centre could hold a movement axis, making the astronaut run forward or ignoring keyboard and mouse input. If the symptom persists, disconnect unused input devices and check what else is plugged in.

The platforms guide covers that diagnosis in full, including controller and language support. Platform-specific setup for the same problem is on the Steam Deck page.

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