Phantom Forces Wiki

This is a page detailing all of the controls in Phantom Forces, to allow people to familiarize themselves with Phantom Forces' controls. This is an up-to-date (as of 12 October 2019) list, featuring all controls used with the mouse and keyboard.

Controller Layout


Movement

Function Keyboard/Mouse Controller Notes
Move WASD
Look Move mouse
Sprint Double-tap W

Hold ⇧ Shift

Press Sprinting never expires, and forces standing up.
Jump Space Use when crouched/prone to stand up.
Crouch C Press again while crouching to stand.

Press while prone to crouch.

Switch Stance X N/A Toggles between stand and crouch.
Prone Cx2 OR ^ Ctrl x2 Press C while standing to crouch.

Press again while crouched to go prone.
Press C or X while prone to crouch.
Press Ctrl while standing to go prone (cannot use to stand.)

Stand Z Press until standing Press Z while crouching or prone to stand.
Slide ⇧ Shift + C After pressing , Must be sprinting.

Slides can be performed omnidirectionally.
Release sprint and then immediately
slide while walking in a direction.

Dive ⇧ Shift + Z After pressing , Must be sprinting.

Combat

Function Keyboard/Mouse Controller Notes
Fire LMB
Melee Primary Fire LMB Press
Melee Alt-Fire RMB Only applies when holding melees.

With controller, RT is used.

Aim RMB

Tap Q (toggle)

Alternate Aim Point Tap T (toggle)
Steady Weapon ⇧ Shift while

aiming

Only functions on scopes that can be steadied

(e.g. sniper scopes, VCOG 6x.)

Reload R Can be cancelled by firing unless magazine is empty.

Tube magazine weapons can cancel at any time.

Switch Firemode V
Grenade G Press to immediately throw a grenade.

Press and hold to cook a grenade, release to throw.

To cancel, quick melee or equip any weapon.

Quick Melee F Press Hold to equip melee after finishing the attack.

While a melee is held, this functions as FIRE.

Spot Enemy E See Spotting System for details.

Cannot be sprinting on console.

Inspect H Can be cancelled by aiming or firing.
Switch Weapon 1, 2, 3

Scroll Wheel

F

1: Select primary

2: Select secondary

3: Select melee

The scroll wheel is only for primary/secondary.

Hold F to select melee.

On controller:

toggles between primary/secondary.
Hold to select melee.

Pick Up Weapon Hold V Hold

Other

Function Keyboard/Mouse Controller Notes
Suicide/Reset F5 N/A Instantly kills the player, counting as a death,

ending any active killstreaks.

In the test place, kills and then instantly
returns to the menu.

Legacy function:
After 5 seconds, return the player to the menu.
No death occurs.

View Leaderboard Tab ↹ Toggled on and off.
Roblox Menu ⎋ Esc

Main Menu

Function Keyboard/Mouse Controller Notes
Navigate N/A
Move sliders Click and drag
Spawn Spacebar
Select Click
Go back Click relevant button

Cinematic Mode

⇧ Shift+L used to be the only way to access Cinematic Mode. It was patched out in favor of the manual toggle on the main menu under Settings as of 12/21/17. To disable Cinematic Mode, go into Phantom Forces, then go to Settings -> Display -> Cinematic Mode and move the slider to OFF.