Hotkeys & Controls

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Vampire the Masquerade: Redemption does not feature customizable keyboard/mouse controls. All shortcuts for the game's basic and advanced functions are pre-determined and seem to be hardcoded. Fortunately, the game engine recognizes when keys are remapped in the system registry via utilities such as KeyTweak, facilitating the adjustment of particularly hard-to-use defaults as a last resort.

A greater challenge, however, lies in finding out which keys are assigned to what functions in the first place, as in Redemption's case such information is exceedingly poorly documented and very hard to obtain in its entirety - a significant portion of controls is listed in the official Manual, which is not readily available in digital form as part of the original retail release. A scanned copy of this document may be obtained via the provided link, with newer (digitally redistributed) copies of the game, or found on P2P file sharing networks such as eMule. Even so, the manual does not mention many other useful hotkeys which do exist in the game and could make your playthrough much more fluid and enjoyable. The only way to find out about such unmentioned controls is through serendipity, trial and error. Therefore, the tables below aim to provide the most extensive list of keyboard and mouse shortcuts found in the game so far.

Mouse Controls

Key / Button Function Target
LMB Walk to Nearby terrain
Run to Distant terrain
Pick up / Activate Item (on the terrain) / Activator (levers, buttons etc.)
Hold Item (in inventory)
Drop held item Any terrain / Inventory
Talk to NPC
Attack Enemy / Neutral
Throw held item
SelectST Character / Item / Prop
Alt + LMB Pick up & Hold Item (on the terrain), left Alt only
Throw held item Any terrain
Ranged attack
Shift + LMB
MMB
Run to
Secondary Attack Enemy / Neutral, see Auto repeat attack setting
Decrease statsST The [+] buttons on Advancement screen, MMB won't work
Shift + Alt + LMB Secondary Attack Any terrain
Ctrl + LMB Gather the Coterie
Focus Coterie fire Enemy / Neutral
Space + LMB Stationary Attack
Turn in place Any terrain
Drop held item without moving Anywhere
RMB Discipline Use Varies
Cancel active Discipline Effect icon, bottom right corner of the main screen
Use Potions, Blood Sources, Tomes & Documents (in inventory)
Hold Scrolls & Throwables (in inventory)
Use held Scroll Varies
Put held item in inventory Anywhere
Teleport ST HeadST Anywhere, but works on terrain only
Alt + RMB Teleport Possessed CharacterST Anywhere, available outside ST mode with -devmode
Space + RMB Stationary Discipline Use Varies

Camera Controls

Key Function
Z First Person View, press and hold
X
NUM 5
Free Look, press and hold
NUM 4 and NUM 6 Move camera horizontally (left / right)
NUM 8 and NUM 2 Move camera vertically (up / down)
NUM - and NUM +
- and +
Move camera further / closer
F11 Toggle HUD, except active effect icons; it will always re-appear on map transitions
F12 Take screenshot, game folder, BMP format
Left and Right Rotate model view in Character Selection screen

Coterie Controls

Key Function
R Regroup
Shift + R Ungroup
G In / Out Coterie
Tab Cycle between Coterie members
Return to main characterST
F6 through F9 Switch to Coterie member 1-4
A Offensive Stance
N Neutral Stance, bugged
E Defensive Stance
Space Stop any Coterie action
Skip dialogue
Pause Pause / resume the game, inventory and basic attack / movement directions are still accessible; doesn't work in Multiplayer

Quick Keys

Key Function
F1 through F5 Activate Quick Slot 1-5
F Prepare Feed
H Prepare Blood Healing / Heal (for humans)
1 through 6 Prepare Quick Discipline 1-6

UI Panels

Key Function
Backspace Clear all panels
C Character Status
I Inventory
D Disciplines
Q Quest Log
M Map

Storyteller Panels

Key Function
V Server Settings
S Scenes
A Actors
L Locations
O Objects

Storyteller Mode Keys

Key Function
\ Switch between ST / Character Mode
P Possess selected character
. Return to and repossess main character

Special Keys

Key Function
Esc Main Menu, pauses the game in Single Player only
Enter Activate Multiplayer chat prompt
Send text / console command
` Console
[ and ] Scroll through console command history
/ Whisper in chat, activates prompt without Enter
. Whisper to ST
, Team Say
: Emote, displays animations: wave, bow, menace, taunt
; ST Emote, doesn't show your name
! Shout
% Roll 1d10, or add n to roll n d10 with every result separated by commas

Free Camera (Devmode)

Key Function
Ctrl + P Toggle Freecam, game interaction becomes possible only via mouse, which must be in the main screen for the following keys to work
WASD and Arrows Move camera / Adjust view
X and C Move camera up / down
NUM / and NUM * Tilt camera left / right
Shift Speed up camera movement, press and hold

Devmode Keys

Key Function
Ctrl + S Pause / resume the game, works everywhere, no output in the status area
Ctrl + J Freeze current sector, giving Hall of Mirrors effect
Ctrl + H Highlight the map in colored zones
Ctrl + L Toggle lighting levels
Ctrl + O Toggle object rendering (items, actors, props, particles)
Ctrl + F Print FPS in the status area, same as framerate 1/0 console command
Ctrl + N Print net stats (incoming / outgoing data)