Real-time strategy (RTS) games must be played with the keyboard and mouse: Touch controls are quite inadequate for the mechanics of such games. You don’t want to lose a battle because you touched the wrong place, right? With BlueStacks, you can play Command & Conquer Rivals with your keyboard and mouse as you always do, and customize the controls as you like – you don’t have to worry about “touching” the wrong place. In addition, as each RTS player knows, using macros is of crucial importance in strategy games. If you think it is impossible to create a macro for Command & Conquer Rivals, think again: You can easily do this with the BlueStacks Combo Key feature. In this guide, we will tell how you can do all of this and more.

Installing Command and Conquer Rivals

It is extremely easy to install Command & Conquer Rivals and you can complete the process in a few minutes. Launch BlueStacks, type the name of the game in the search box at the top right corner, and press “Enter”. The following screen will appear:

Press the green “install” button. The game is approximately 80 MB, so the download will be completed in a short time. BlueStacks will automatically install the game and notify you when it is ready for use. Now, you can start the battle by clicking the game icon on the main interface of BlueStacks.

Configuring The Controls

In RTS games, the main control tool is your mouse: We recommend that you use your keyboard only to activate macros. By default, BlueStacks has assigned all controls to your mouse. So you can play the whole game without even pressing a single keyboard key. However, if you want to create macros, or if keyboard controls are important to you, you can easily incorporate the keyboard into the control scheme. To do this, press the “keyboard” icon in the lower right corner while the game is open.

So, what does the “card” terms on this screen mean? During a battle, you will see buildings and units that you can produce as “card symbols” at the bottom of the screen. They look like this:

In other words, the term “card” symbolizes the buildings and units you can produce. For example, in the default control scheme, if you press Q, you will produce the unit that corresponds to the first card at the bottom of the screen. There is a keyboard shortcut key for all units and buildings and you can personalize them as you wish.

Play Command & Conquer Rivals on BlueStacks

You can specify the desired controls easily. Remember to press the “save” button when you are finished.

Keyboard shortcuts can help you during challenging battles. You can place the production orders of new units with the keyboard keys and continue to focus on the battle. However, if you just want to use your mouse, it’s also possible. If you click on the “advanced settings” on the same screen, our keymap tool menu will launch, which allows you to place any button to any place.

You can assign any function to any part of the screen. This is a visual tool and allows you to personalize the shortcut keys more conveniently.

 See you on the battlefield!

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