Syndicate Wars

Codes, Passwords, Secrets & Hints for game Syndicate Wars

Control:

Keyboard commands - PC

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|Action | Command |
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View Up Up arrow
View Down Down arrow
View Left Left arrow
View Right Right arrow
Select Agent [1 - 4]
Zoom to Lead Agent [1 - 4] twice quickly
Change Agent Tab
Walk to Point Right CTRL
Fire Weapon Left CTRL
Zoom In End
Zoom Out Home
Drop Weapon Z
Restart Level R
Pause P
Select Weapon Left ALT
Deselect Weapon Right ALT
Change lighting F12
Quit game CTRL ALT ESC

Group/Ungroup Agents \
Change Mood of Agents ALT up/down
Self Destruct (requires mod) ALT D
Toggle Scanner beep S
Toggle deep radar on and off CTRL F6
Tilt View Down Insert
Tilt View Up Page Up
Spin View Left (clockwise) Delete
Spin View Right (c-clockwise) Page Down
Remove buildings from screen B (press and hold)
Mouse/Cursor key control K
Change screen resolution F8
Exit Multiplayer Mission Shift Esc
Draw less screen area Shift E
Draw more screen area E
Stop the panel being drawn CTRL F10
Save a Screenshot to c:\tmp M
Stop the in-game action CTRL F3
Stop game being displayed CTRL F2
Change deep radar colors CTRL G/CTRL H
Speed up/slow down game +/- (not on keypad)
Play other CD track keypad 5
Change panel colors F9
Change agents coats color F10
Increase gamma correction F11
Decrease gamma correction SHIFT F11

Mouse commands - PC

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|Action | Command |
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Lock camera on an agent Hold Right Mouse Button on agent number
Follow a person Left click/double click on person
Auto-Defend mode Left click and right click together
 (temporarily ungroups your agents)
Select Agent Click on agent tab
Zoom to Lead Agent Double click agent tab
Walk to Point Left click
Fire Weapon Right click on target
Drop Weapon Left click, then right click and release
Select/Deselect Weapon Left click on weapon tab

Pad commands - Playstation

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Highlight options in menu D Pad arrow (any)
Cancel selection and return to menu Triangle button
Select options X button
Move character in desired direction D Pad arrow (any)
Run in desired direction D Pad arrows (tap twice)
Fire weapon X Button (hold to overcharge)
Group Mode (not in multiplayer) Select
Change leading agent to 1/2/3/4 L2 + D-Button Up/Right/Down/Left
Pause/Unpause the game Start Button
Map Point Selection Mode (Scout map) Triangle Button
Send Agents to Point (in Point Mode) Triangle Button
Spin View Anti-Clockwise/Clockwise L1/R1
Abort Mission/Return to Main menu Start + Select (for two seconds)
Pick Up Object R2 + D-Button Left/Right
Get In/Out of Vehicle R2 + D-Button Up/Down
Select From Weapons Square + D-Button Up/Down
Drop Selected Weapon Square + D-Button Left
Switch Grouped Agents To Same Weapon Square + D-Button Right
Toggle shield Circle button
Shield On/Off Circle + D-Button Up/Down
Inject agent with BLUE FUNK/RED MIST Circle + D-Button Right/Left
Self-destruct an agent (req. mod) Triangle + Square + Circle + X

Command line parameters - PC final version

These are parameters for MAIN.EXE. It is irrelevant if you type them
with slash (ie. "/m1") or with minus sign (ie "-m1").
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|Param | Function |
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/a when used with /m#, starts mission without weapons
/b forces to start game menu, something more?
/c forces to start game menu, something more?
/d completely disables keyboard control
/f rewrites tables.dat file (destroys original file)
/g forces to start game menu, something more?
/m# start the typed map in cheat mode, skips menu,
 gives default equipment for the mission
/m enables cheat mode
/p# enters the replay mode, tries to open a given replay
 even if it fails to open "savegame/rec000.#",
 replay mode remains active