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This is a guide for setting up and playing War Robots on your PC via MEmu, a free Android emulator, or Bluestacks. If you already have an existing account on an Android device, you can follow these instructions to sync your account over to your PC. It is advised that you try Custom Games to get used to playing on pc so your ratings and average damage are not effected.

At the momemt this works for Android players only. Sorry iOS user. If there is a iOS solution in the future we will update the page.

Before starting

Please note that playing with a keyboard and mouse is officially allowed. See Thread:71373 for details.

*user openpilotcc3d warning : (your pc needs virtualization vx-t to run emulator smoothly. without this, it may not run or not be stable)

Android emulators are inefficient, and require a computer several times as powerful than a phone or tablet to play WR at the same frame rate. WR is a fairly demanding game, so if your computer is very old, chances are that it will run WR at mediocre frame rates (10-15 fps), so don't be surprised if you find it harder to aim with certain weapons (such as the Orkan); especially in intense battle situations. As a rule of thumb, your accuracy will be proportional to your frame rate.(however, a new method using remix os is on below, which runs smoothly even on old pcs)

With that being said, the game should be perfectly playable on modern PCs, likely running even smoother than on a comparably recent Android device. You might also find it convenient for things like managing your hangar and typing in clan chat, etc.

IMPORTANT NOTE

If you are already playing WR on your phone, you will want to sync your current progress on your phone to WR on your PC. To do this, make sure you have your Google Play Games account set up on your phone before you proceed.

Setup MEmu / Bluestacks

AS OF UPDATE 3.8 MEmu FACES AN ISSUE RUNNING WAR ROBOTS. The issue is the absence of the movement button on screen. This can be corrected by going to MEmu settings/language and input/keyboard and input methods/DEFAULT/ hardware>OFF.

Download MEmu and install it. Then log in with your Google account, making sure to use the same one on your Android device if you want to sync your WR progress. Run Google Play Games application within MEmu environment to make sure.

Bluestacks 4

1. Go tp the gearwheel on the ground to open more settings.
2. Open IME Settings.
3. Activate screen keyboard.

Install WR and sync progress

Search for the game, and download and install and run it. Click Menu button in WR then click "Google Play Games" button. A dialog will come up asking if you want to sync your local progress. Press OK if you want to use your existing account and cancel if you want to start over a new account.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Check the screenshot above and make sure it is the same as the one you get when you press "Google Play Games". Some people have sync'd their new profile onto their existing one by mistake and lost all their progress in the game. If the message is different, then make sure you have done the following before clicking "Google Play Games" button.

• You have setup your Google Play Games account on your phone.
• You have setup your Google Play Games account on your MEmu environment.

If you lose all of your progress in the game, you will need to contact Pixonic with the following information.

1. The nickname that was used (please, provide the exact spelling including all symbols, small and capital letters).
2. Your hangar level
3. The approximate amount of your silver, gold and Workshop points
4. Number of slots unlocked in your hangar
5. Data about your active robots (robots & their levels, weapons equipped & their levels). Please be as detailed as possible so we can assure we find the correct account.

SET UP CONTROLS

In order to play WR on your computer effectively, you'll need to use your mouse to aim (right click to lock/unlock the cursor) and your keyboard to control everything else. Both Bluestacks and MEmu have GUI's for customizing controls. One important difference is that MEmu allows you to aim without holding down the mouse button, which may not seem like much but definitely helps over the course of a 10 minute match.

It is also possible to play with a controller. Just map your controls as shown below and use "JoyToKey" to assign the keys.

(1) SET UP CONROLS FOR MEmu

This is an example setup for MEmu:

Here's another example setup for MEmu:

STEPS FOR SETTING UP CONTROLS

• Open war robots in MEmu and start a battle.(Recommended use Custom Games)
• Open key mapping option on toolbar
• NEVER FORGET TO CLICK 'SAVE' AFTER MAPPING KEYS OR YOU WILL HAVE TO START ALL OVER.

You need 3 basic things to control your bot

1.Robot movement= WASD PAD>>>> Keyboard

default robot movement is by the Arrow keys.....page up;page down;home;end(without use of game pad)

• Drag the DIRECTION CONTROL pad and place it where the button for bot movement is in game.
• Make sure that it is the same size or larger for optimum results(smaller pad will result in slow movement)
• Click each key to configure it(default is WSAD)
• SEE BUG FIXES FOR MEMU for known issues and how to fix

2.Robot turning=CROSSHAIR ICON → Mouse

• Drag CROSS HAIR from top and place it in centre or top of the screen.
• Right clicking it will switch between 'normal mouse controls and 'turning robot via mouse
• Remember for selecting anything on screen you need to 1st right click so you can use mouse but please note that during that time your bot cannot turn… (pretty much like a Rhino in assault mode!!)

3.Weapons firing=TRIGGER BUTTON → Left Mouse Button

• Drag the SHOOT ICON from top and place it on the red button for FIRING ALL weapons
• Activated by Left mouse click(can be configured)

Advance SETUP

• This is done by assigning different keyboard keys some specific function on emulator screen

• You just have to click an area and a button will appear on screen then just select desired keyboard key to do its job....(then you can drag it to specific point) For example; using Cap for activating ability of robot ;or Alt for LOCK ON, etc.

• You can customize this as much as you want like separate keys for separate shooting;corner shooting; opening the menu; selecting new robots

• You can also draw a line by dragging the mouse cursor to specify a quick swipe...in doing so can do a 180'turn just by a press of a button.So movements which require skill in android are mere pushes of buttons in emulator provided your placement is correct.

(2) Set Up Controls for Bluestacks

You can do pretty much the same thing in Bluestacks, or if you're extra lazy then just navigate to the following file and open it in a text editor:

and replace everything with this and save: