DUMMYWAR
GUIDES.

The sandbox hides more systems than most players will ever find. These guides explain what the order wheel, the medical role, the vehicles, the drones and the faction editor actually do, and how to use them.

All guides

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BATTLEFIELD.

7 guides, written against the current build (version 0.0.4). Every mechanic named here comes from the developer’s own release notes.

01 / Basics

Your First Battle: Deploying Two Teams

DummyWar has no campaign and no mission order. Here is how to set up a first encounter, what the AI does on its own, and why you should start with fewer soldiers than you think you need.

6 min read · Basics 02 / Modes

Capture the Flag: Points, Flags and Reinforcements

The objective mode that arrived with the EasternBattle update. What the goal really is, where the capture points sit, and why holding a point is harder than taking it.

5 min read · Modes 03 / Command

Commander Orders and Supply Crates

The order wheel (Q) and the supply system behind it: six orders, three kinds of crate, and the loop that turns a loose sandbox battle into a campaign.

6 min read · Command 04 / Combat

The Medical System: Bandages, Tourniquets and the Medic

The medical system was rebuilt from scratch. How the AI heals itself, what keys 4, 5 and 6 do, and how playing the medic changes the maths of a firefight.

6 min read · Combat 05 / Hardware

Vehicles, FPV Drones and the Bomber Drone

Four vehicles with real physics, AI drivers that ferry infantry, FPV drones that dive from above, and the bomber drone that drops grenades on the trenches.

7 min read · Hardware 06 / Loadouts

Weapons, Grenades and the RPG-7

Build your own roster in the faction editor, use the RPG without killing your own squad, and understand why armour stops bullets but not rockets.

7 min read · Loadouts 07 / Battlefields

EasternBattle vs Dead Ground: Choosing a Battlefield

A post-Soviet town of courtyards and apartment blocks against a 360 × 360 meter trench front line. What is actually on each map, and which one to pick.

5 min read · Battlefields

Quick reference

THE KEYS
THAT MATTER.

The hotkeys the developer documents for the current build. Movement and aiming still follow the on-screen prompts and your in-game Settings.

Key	Action	Details
`Q`	Open the commander order wheel	Attack a point, defend it, follow me, hold position, resupply or cancel.
`E`	Resupply at a crate, or treat a wounded soldier as a medic	Hold at a supply crate to refill ammo, medical supplies and drone cases. Stand next to a casualty as a medic to open the treatment screen.
`H`	Drag a wounded soldier into cover	Pull a casualty out of the open so he stops bleeding where the enemy can see him.
`3`	Equip the RPG-7	Switches the RPG gunner to his launcher. R reloads.
`R`	Reload the RPG-7	Refills the launcher from the five rockets carried in the backpack.
`4`	Bandage your worst wound	Applies a bandage to the most serious injury you are carrying.
`5`	Take a painkiller	Injects a painkiller to keep going while wounded.
`6`	Call a medic	Calls for a medic to reach your position when you are seriously hurt.
`X`	Switch to the FPV drone feed	Takes control of an FPV drone and shows its analog camera feed with telemetry.

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