Movement keys
| Action | Key |
|---|---|
| Increase speed | + |
| Decrease speed | - |
| Rotate left | Left |
| Rotate right | Right |
| Rotate down | Up |
| Rotate up | Down |
| Bank left | q or Home (6 on the number pad) |
| Bank right | w or PgUp ( 9 on the number pad) |
| Afterburner |
Hold down tab |
| Zero Speed |
Backspace |
Alternatively, use the following diagram representing the number pad
| 7
Bank Left |
8
Rotate down |
9
Bank right |
| 4
Rotate left |
5 | 6
Rotate right |
| 1 | 2
Rotate up |
3 |
Joystick Controls
| Action | Button |
|---|---|
| Rotate Left/right | Left/right |
| Rotate up | Down |
| Rotate down | Up |
| Bank left/right |
Twist joystick |
| Speed control |
Throttle |
| Fire guns |
Button 1 |
| Fire missile |
Button 2 |
| Next target |
Button 3 |
| Next gun |
Button 4 |
| Next missile |
Button 5 |
| Afterburner |
Hold down button 6 |
| Cockpit camera | POV hat up |
| Left camera |
POV hat left |
| Right camera |
POV hat right |
| Back camera |
POV hat down |
Mouse Controls
| Action | Button |
|---|---|
| Fire gun | Left button |
| Fire missile | Right button |
| Afterburner | Hold down middle button |
Other Key Commands
| Action | Key |
|---|---|
| Fire guns | Space Bar |
| Fire missile | Enter |
| Change gun | g |
| Full guns |
f |
| Change missile |
m |
| Change target | t |
| Target nearest enemy | u |
| Auto pilot | a |
| Lock missile |
l (lower case L) |
| Target capital ship component |
r |
| Drop decoy | e |
| Communicate with wingman/enemy |
c |
| Damage report | d |
| Cockpit camera | F1 |
| Left camera | F2 |
| Right camera | F3 |
| Back camera | F4 |
| Chase camera | F5 |
| Tracking camera | F6 |
| Enable/Disable missile camera |
F9 |
| Exit current mission |
Esc |
| Eject | Control-e |
| Pause | p |
| Break and attack |
Alt-b |
| Attack my target |
Alt-a |
| Request damage report |
Alt-d |
| Help me out here | Alt-h |
| Action | Key |
|---|---|
| Show collision sphere |
' |
| Kill targeted enemy |
; |
| Show frames per second |
F |
| Invulnerability on | I |
| Eject targeted enemy | : |
| Pause, and start the in-game lua interpreter. Switch to the command prompt window, where you'll see a lua prompt lua> Type any lua commands. Type exit to resume the game. Since 1.7 |
Alt-p |
| Fire targeted turret | x |
| Rotate targeted turret | s |
| Rotate targeted turret | D |
