| CONTROLS |
| Keyboard Shortcuts |
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| General Keys |
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Multiplayer Chat (Point Button) |
| F4 |
toggle windowed/fullscreen mode in windows version of the game |
| Esc |
Will function as CANCEL, EXIT, or NO when any of these options appear. |
| Enter/Return |
will function as OKAY, ACCEPT, or YES when these options appear. |
| Left Arrow/Right Arrow |
will scroll left or right through different heroes, towns, or spell book pages whenever any of these windows are open. |
| Adventure Window Keys |
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| Tab / H |
Next Hero - activates the next hero in you own with movement points left. |
| M |
Move - automatically continues movement for a hero who is displaying a movement path. |
| K |
Kingdom Overview - displays the Kingdom Overview Window, summarizing your heroes, castles, towns, mines, treasury and gold per day |
| C |
Cast Spell - opens the current hero's spell book, to cast a spell. |
| E |
End Turn - ends your turn and proceeds to the next player. |
| A |
Adventure Options - brings up a menu of options you may perform in the Adventure Options Window. |
| F |
File Options - brings menu of options you may perform in the File Options Window. |
| O |
System Options - brings a panel of System Options for overall game settings, including such things as sound and music control and movement speed |
| Arrow Keys |
move the current hero |
| Ctrl + Arrow Keys |
scroll the radar area around. |
| Adventure Options Keys |
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| V |
View World - displays a detailed view of the world. Only explored areas are visible. |
| P |
View Puzzle - displays the puzzle map that leads your hero to the Ultimate Artifact. |
| I |
Info Window - brings up the Scenario Information window, showing the scenario's name, description, starting options, and victory and loss conditions. |
| D |
Dig - the active hero will dig at his current location for the Ultimate Artifact. Digging requires full mobility of the hero and takes a full turn's movement. |
| Shift+[ (Shift+]) |
Change chat color |
| File Options Keys |
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| N |
New Game - starts a new game. |
| L |
Load Game - loads a previously saved game. |
| S |
Save Game - brings up a window of file names. You may save your game under its previous name or enter a new name for the save game. |
| Q |
Quit - exits Heroes II and returns to the operating system. Hero and Town Keys |
| T |
Town Locator - makes active the first town in the town locators. Further T keystrokes will scroll through the town locators. |
| Enter/Return |
brings up the Hero or Town/Castle Window for the hero or town that is currently active. |
