CIT fix
New-player help messages stay on my screen
On-screen help messages go away when you do what they ask. You can also turn them off in /settings.
Steps
Do what the message asks
A help message goes away when you do what it asks, for example pressing J.
Source: CIT Live KB · gameplay.md
Turn them off in /settings
Only if you do not want help messages at all.
You can turn on-screen help messages off in /settings.
Source: CIT Live KB · gameplay.md
Worth knowing
On-screen help is one of the things new players get when they start on CIT.
Other problems like this
- /highlights alerts on part of a word, or desktop alerts are missing
- Minimap missing or black
- Custom radar picture does not appear
- Radar icons are in the wrong position
- Houses, factories or other map markers are missing
- Distant buildings or objects disappear
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Where this comes from
The CIT knowledge base, the same one CITBot answers from.
Read on 23 October 2026 and written in our own words here.