How to play FRAGLITE
Everything you need for your first match: the modes, the controls on keyboard and mouse, touch screens and gamepads, the weapons and a few tips.
Joining a game
The lobby lists every game you can join. The FRAGLITE servers are always running; the others are rooms that players host in their own browser. Pick one and choose a team - or press Create game to host your own: choose the mode, the number of players (2 to 10), the map and the rules, then share the room code or the invite link from the Esc menu.
Game modes
- Deathmatch - every player for themselves; on a duel map it's a 1v1.
- Team deathmatch - two teams, most frags wins.
- Capture the flag (CTF) - take the enemy flag from their base and bring it to yours while your own flag is at home. First to the cap limit wins.
Instagib gives everyone the instagib rifle: one shot, one kill. Classic puts weapons and pickups on the map instead.
Keyboard and mouse
| Move | W A S D |
|---|---|
| Aim / fire | Mouse / left click |
| Dodge | Q / E, or double-tap a direction |
| Jump | Space |
| Reload | R |
| Weapons | 1-5 or the mouse wheel |
| Scoreboard | Hold Tab |
| Menu | Esc |
| Fullscreen | F11 |
Touch screens
Turn your phone sideways. One stick does it: drag on the left half of the screen to move, and you aim where you move. With your right thumb, FIRE shoots (with a little aim assist to help you hit), and the four arrows round it dodge that way - tap one, or slide your thumb onto it from FIRE. In Classic, tap a weapon on the bar along the bottom to switch, with RELOAD at its end. Tap the score bar for the scoreboard.
Gamepad
Left stick moves, right stick aims, right trigger fires, the bumpers dodge, X reloads and Y switches weapon.
Weapons (Classic)
- Enforcer - the pistol you spawn with: quick, accurate, weak.
- Minigun - a stream of bullets that shreds at close and middle range.
- Flak Cannon - a fan of hot shrapnel: brutal up close.
- Shock Rifle - an instant beam that rewards a steady aim.
- Rocket Launcher - splash damage that wins corners and knocks you about.
Health, armour, the super health and the shield belt are on the map too. Jump pads throw you across gaps and up to high ledges.
Tips
- Keep moving: standing still for long gets you a warning and then hurts - defending is fine, camping isn't.
- Dodge sideways through doorways and across open ground; it's the best defence against instagib.
- In CTF, someone has to stay home. Two attackers and a defender beats three attackers.
- Learn each map's set pieces: Sundown's train, Crucible's crusher and the jump pads on Launchpad and Rampart.