Keyboard Commands


Keyboard assignments can change depending on if you selected joystick or keyboard controls (see explanation at bottom of this page)

General

These are general program commands

With Joystick Keyboard Only Command
F1 F1  Help
F2 F2 Computer DSKY Help
F3 F3 Show Original Site
F4 F4 Switch Fullscreen / Windowed
F5 F5 Start Flying
F6 F6 Show Menu
ESC ESC Quit - Exit Menu
SHIFT+R SHIFT+R Start Replay
SHIFT+L SHIFT+L Load Replay
SPACE SPACE Cycle Displays
None NPAD+5 Center Controls
P P Pause

Selecting Views

With Joystick Keyboard Only Command
1,2,3 1,2,3  Virtual Views
4,5,6 4,5,6 Cockpit Views
7,8 7,8 Spot Views
9 9 Ground View
0 0 EVA View (only after landing)

Camera Controls in Virtual View

With Joystick Keyboard Only Command
UPARROW UPARROW Rotate Up
DOWNARROW DOWNARROW Rotate Down
LEFTARROW LEFTARROW Rotate Left
RIGHTARROW RIGHTARROW Rotate Right
Q Q Lower 
E E Raise 
< < Wider Angle
> > Narrower Angle
S S Reset Spot View

Camera Controls in Spot View

With Joystick Keyboard Only Command
A A Left
D D Right
W W Down
X X Up
Q Q Move Toward
E E Move Away
Comma Comma Wider Camera Angle
Period Period Narrower Camera Angle
S S Reset Spot View

Controls in EVA View

With Joystick Keyboard Only Command
A A Walk Left
D D Walk Right
W W Walk Forward
X X Walk Backward
F F Plant Flag

Flight Controls

With Joystick Keyboard Only Command
None NPAD4 Roll Left
None NPAD6 Roll Right
None NPAD8 Pitch Down
None NPAD2 Pitch Up
NPAD1 NPAD1 Yaw Left
NPAD3 NPAD3 Yaw Right
F8 F8 Translate Forward (+Z)
F7 F7 Translate Backwards (-Z)
F9 F9 Translate Left (-Y)
F10 F10 Translate Right (+Y)
F12 F12 Translate Up (+X)
F11 F11 Translate Down (-X)

Cockpit Switches

With Joystick Keyboard Only Command
+ + Rate of Descent (ROD) Up
= = Rate of Descent (ROD) Up
R R Rate Scale Toggle
SHIFT+D SHIFT+D Deadband Toggle
SHIFT+R SHIFT+R Roll Mode Toggle
SHIFT+P SHIFT+P Pitch Mode Toggle
SHIFT+Y SHIFT+Y Yaw Mode Toggle
SHIFT+A SHIFT+A AGS Toggle
SHIFT+P SHIFT+P PGNS Toggle
H H X-Pointer Toggle
T T Man/Aut ThrottleToggle

DSKY Keys

With Joystick Keyboard Only Command
NPAD0 NUMLK+NPAD0 Keypad 0
NPAD1 NUMLK+NPAD1 Keypad 1
NPAD2 NUMLK+NPAD2 Keypad 2
NPAD3 NUMLK+NPAD3 Keypad 3
NPAD4 NUMLK+NPAD4 Keypad 4
NPAD5 NUMLK+NPAD5 Keypad 5
NPAD6 NUMLK+NPAD6 Keypad 6
NPAD7 NUMLK+NPAD7 Keypad 7
NPAD8 NUMLK+NPAD8 Keypad 8
NPAD9 NUMLK+NPAD9 Keypad 9
NPADPlus NUMLK+NPADPlus Keypad +
NPADMinus NUMLK+NPADMinus Keypad -
NPADMinus NUMLK+NPADMinus Keypad -
NPADMinus NUMLK+NPADMinus Keypad -
NPADMinus NUMLK+NPADMinus Keypad -
NPADMinus NUMLK+NPADMinus Keypad -
NPADMinus NUMLK+NPADMinus Keypad -
NPADMinus NUMLK+NPADMinus Keypad -

 

Special Notes:

There are two different files that contain the assignments for commands: joyassignments.ini and keyboard.ini.  If you use a joystick then assignments come from joyassignments.ini.  If you use only the keyboard for flight control then all assignments come from keyboard.ini

Most commands can be assigned either to a joystick button or a keyboard key.  To setup the joystick and  assign commands to buttons then select "Setup" from the joystick section of the main dialog box.

The keyboard commands shown here are the default.  You can change them by modifying the joyassignments.ini or keyboard.ini file with a text editor (Notepad).